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This is a 2004 photograph showing a close-up of Nagore Durgha Shrine. It shows a wall rising into five triangles, the largest in the middle flanked by two smaller ones. The side is composed of small open arches, circles and other geometrical designs. Two square pillars with similar designs stand on either side of the wall. Nagore Durgha was gazetted a national monument on 29 November 1974. Title devised by Library staff.
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