A corner of a building with a white upper wall and a red-painted lower dado. On the floor lie scattered terracotta items: clay pipes or cylindrical pots, a rounded clay vessel, and a broken earthen dish, mixed with dry straw, plastic sheets and torn white sacks. No people are visible, and no ritual activity, deity or a person depiction appears in the frame. - Nithyanandapedia

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A corner of a building with a white upper wall and a red-painted lower dado. On the floor lie scattered terracotta items: clay pipes or cylindrical pots, a rounded clay vessel, and a broken earthen dish, mixed with dry straw, plastic sheets and torn white sacks. No people are visible, and no ritual activity, deity or a person depiction appears in the frame.

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