A close-up photograph of a large weathered stone lion-like guardian sculpture with a carved mane and fierce open-mouthed face, set on a grassy lawn beside an ornately carved temple wall with a stone wheel motif at right. A man with dark hair in the lower right foreground is partly visible, and a few other people stand in the background near green shrubs and trees under a pale sky. - Nithyanandapedia

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A close-up photograph of a large weathered stone lion-like guardian sculpture with a carved mane and fierce open-mouthed face, set on a grassy lawn beside an ornately carved temple wall with a stone wheel motif at right. A man with dark hair in the lower right foreground is partly visible, and a few other people stand in the background near green shrubs and trees under a pale sky.

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