A high-altitude rocky meadow with many small stacked stone cairns standing among patches of grass and scattered boulders. A dirt footpath winds through the stones. Two small figures in the far upper left, one in red and one in white, walk on the slope beside a purple umbrella. No deity murti, throne or ritual objects are visible, and no person is clearly identifiable as a person. - Nithyanandapedia

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A high-altitude rocky meadow with many small stacked stone cairns standing among patches of grass and scattered boulders. A dirt footpath winds through the stones. Two small figures in the far upper left, one in red and one in white, walk on the slope beside a purple umbrella. No deity murti, throne or ritual objects are visible, and no person is clearly identifiable as a person.

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