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What image of Vishnu is worshipped at the Padmanabhaswamy Temple?

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Vishnu appears in the Padmanabhaswamy Temple lying on the five-headed serpent Shesha with the god Brahma seated on a lotus emerging from Vishnu’s navel. Vishnu is surrounded by his wives Sri (Lakshmi) and Bhudevi and holds his hand over a lingam representing the god Shiva. The main murti image is covered with 12,008 shaligrams imported from Nepal.