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# Container

During the daily worship of deities in the Kathmandu Valley the image being worshipped is adorned with red sindur powder as a mark of veneration and is also offered food, incense and flowers. The use of a stupa shaped container suggests a Buddhist usage.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1700–1800 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-9-1-2-2009](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-9-1-2-2009) · Pramāṇa
