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A black stone Nagaraja serpent sculpture with a hooded multi-headed cobra canopy and small red-orange dots on its hood, seated on a stepped black base inside a hollow of a large tree trunk. A small oil lamp flame burns on a central depression at its coils. White rangoli kolam lines and a small red kumkum mark decorate the stone floor before it, with dry twigs visible behind. No people are visible.

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