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A black stone Nandi bull statue sits on a dark pedestal in front of a red-ochre temple wall, garlanded with red flower strands, yellow marigold garlands, a rudraksha mala and a rope of small bells, with white vertical tilak lines on its chest and white markings on its forehead and yellow plumeria blossoms placed on its head and shoulder. Behind it, people in saffron-orange robes are visible at the edge of the frame, and a player holds a long brass horn; a white parasol and palm foliage are in the background. Nandi is a deity murti and no living figure is clearly identifiable as a person.

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