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A deity murti in a procession, seated on a grey cushioned throne-like seat in a golden arched canopy frame with carved floral and bird motifs. The murti wears a green silk sari with gold border, a crown-like headdress studded with red and white stones, a multi-strand silver necklace and a gold armlet, and its right hand is raised in abhaya mudra. Yellow marigold and red-white flower garlands drape the seat and frame. A multicoloured tasselled umbrella with a gold finial shelters the murti, with trees and palms behind. A lion-faced figure is partly visible at the lower left. Outdoors, no people visible.

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