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Photo 11732847July 29 20082008-07-29July 29 20082008-07-29 +1 copiesJuly 29 20082008-07-29A painted temple wall mural in a painted panel with a yellow and blue border showing a row of Vaishnava saints and deities. Center-left, a blue-skinned deity with a white Vishnu-style tilak stands beneath a golden arch, flanked by consorts in green and red saris. To the right, a seated blue-skinned figure under a tree sits on a throne with striped white and green garlands, while bare-chested, shaven-headed devotees in white dhotis stand with palms joined. On the far right, a figure in a tall feathered headdress holds a staff. Above, a reclining deity rests in the tree branches. Tamil captions run along the bottom of the panel. The painting is a mural with no physical people present.2008-07-29 +1 copiesInterior temple wall painted with a horizontal frieze of panels depicting Vishnu forms in blue, multi-armed and crowned, many standing with attendants and one reclining or seated with consorts, set beneath a richly patterned green, yellow and red painted ceiling border. Several panels carry painted Tamil captions in blue bands. In the lower left foreground a man in a white shirt with a moustache, seen in profile, looks toward the paintings. Dark stone masonry forms the lower wall and a carved wooden door frames the right edge.2008-07-29A photograph of a temple corridor wall decorated with a long row of painted panels depicting Hindu deities in arched frames, with blue-skinned figures in gold and red garments and ornate crowns. Painted ceiling borders in green, red and blue run above. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt stands at the wall on the right, and a partially visible man in a white shirt is at the lower left edge. Their faces are turned away from the camera.2007-08-17A painted mural panel depicting a royal interior scene. On the left, a seated figure in a red-and-gold crown and green-and-gold garment sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne chair. In the centre, a blue-skinned figure in a gold dhoti reclines on a canopied bed draped with red and gold fabric, with a gold vessel on a low red table beside it. On the right, a standing attendant in a gold crown and gold dhoti with a bow over the shoulder watches over the bed. Red-and-gold drapes frame the top, with red tiled flooring and classical columns at right. The panel is part of a painted wall with additional scenes above and to the side.2006-11-10A long painted temple wall mural in a South Indian temple corridor, with a richly coloured ceiling of red, green and blue patterns above. The panels show multiple deity figures under arched canopies, including a blue-skinned Krishna playing a flute beneath a tree with cows, a peacock and a serpent, alongside other standing gods in ornate crowns and garlands. In the lower left, a man in white shirt and a woman in a striped sari stand near the wall. The wall shows a deity murti-style painted gallery. No identifiable a person depiction is visible.2008-07-29 +1 copiesA photograph in a narrow stone corridor lined with long wooden panels painted in red, green and yellow with rows of figures. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a floral headband, a large beaded rudraksha-style mala and a gold pendant, walks forward and gestures toward the panels. Behind him a bare-chested man in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a chain, and a shaved-headed man in orange follow along. Fluorescent lights hang overhead.2012-05-07 +2 copiesAugust 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A framed printed picture of a painted diorama-style scene is displayed on a stone pedestal in a temple setting, with a green garland draped over its top edge. The image shows a reclining figure on a bed being attended by three standing figures and two seated figures with palms pressed together. Robed attendants are shown in red and blue clothing with blue turbans, and a small cow-like figure appears in the background near a shrine. No physical people are in the scene; the figures are depicted only in the printed image.2008-07-28