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The scenes show the  goddess Devi Chandi standing on a lion  fighting the demons Chanda and Munda, who were soldiers of the demon Shumbha ;  Krishna playing the  flute, with Radha and two attendants;  Rama and Sita enthroned, with the  monkey god Hanuman paying homage before them, and either Bharata or Lakshman holding a parasol and another attendant with a fly-whisk;  and a goddess, probably Lakshmi the goddess of wealth,  enthroned, with Kartik with his peacock and Lakshmi's vehicle the owl to  her right. 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