Two small handcrafted model scenes sit on a grey paved floor in front of cardboard boxes and a worn wooden bench. Each model has a green-leafed palm tree with clusters of yellow coconuts, rising from a pale rock base beside a small white hut with a yellow corrugated roof and black window and door details. A detached palm frond lies on the ground at lower left. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Two small handcrafted model scenes sit on a grey paved floor in front of cardboard boxes and a worn wooden bench. Each model has a green-leafed palm tree with clusters of yellow coconuts, rising from a pale rock base beside a small white hut with a yellow corrugated roof and black window and door details. A detached palm frond lies on the ground at lower left. No people are visible.

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