A close view of a weathered stone wall carved with many small deity figures and shrine niches, covered in grey dust and smeared with red kumkum marks. A carved cobra or naga figure with coiled hood sits at lower left, and a gilded pillar with carved panels rises at upper left. No people are visible, only a dark shape at the bottom edge. - Nithyanandapedia

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A close view of a weathered stone wall carved with many small deity figures and shrine niches, covered in grey dust and smeared with red kumkum marks. A carved cobra or naga figure with coiled hood sits at lower left, and a gilded pillar with carved panels rises at upper left. No people are visible, only a dark shape at the bottom edge.

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