Photograph of a painted temple chariot wheel and body in close view. Large yellow wheels carved with lotus petal patterns sit beside a painted wooden-style cart base with bands of blue, green, teal, pink and orange floral scrollwork. Below is a red-orange plinth with a teal door and concrete steps. No people are visible in the frame. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of a painted temple chariot wheel and body in close view. Large yellow wheels carved with lotus petal patterns sit beside a painted wooden-style cart base with bands of blue, green, teal, pink and orange floral scrollwork. Below is a red-orange plinth with a teal door and concrete steps. No people are visible in the frame.

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