A photograph of a bas-relief carving on a sandstone temple wall. A seated multi-armed deity figure with a tall crown sits on a raised platform, surrounded by fanned cobra-like hoods and attendant figures. Below, rows of smaller carved figures and shields or panels fill the lower register. Weathered stone shows faint orange-red pigment traces. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a bas-relief carving on a sandstone temple wall. A seated multi-armed deity figure with a tall crown sits on a raised platform, surrounded by fanned cobra-like hoods and attendant figures. Below, rows of smaller carved figures and shields or panels fill the lower register. Weathered stone shows faint orange-red pigment traces.

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