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February 08 20122012-02-08February 08 20122012-02-08February 08 20122012-02-08September 18 20062006-09-181981 - MAstering the Science of Yoga with Yogi Yogananda PuriClose view of a dark carved granite pillar in a temple hall, with finely sculpted panels of figures and scrolling foliage on each face. Upper panels show standing figures in dance or procession poses, and lower panels show dense floral and geometric relief. Stone colonnade and pale paved floor appear blurred in the background. No people are visible in the frame; the pillar carvings depict figures in stone.2006-09-18Close-up photograph of a weathered grey stone carving on a temple wall, showing a small sculpted figure with a rounded head and a raised arm holding a tall vertical pillar or staff. The relief is worn and shallow, with rounded folds of carved drapery visible beneath. A stone column with a carved capital stands at the right edge of the frame. No living people are visible; the subject is a stone sculpture.2010-01-08January 06 20132013-01-06Close-up photograph of carved granite architecture in a temple hall. Two square stone pillars rise diagonally from the lower left and centre, their faces decorated with raised floral and foliate relief panels. Above them, ornate bracket capitals with scrolled volutes and pendant tapered finials support a heavy stone beam. Weathered granite surfaces and shadowed ceiling beams fill the background, with a patch of bright sky at the upper left. No people are visible in the frame.2012-02-08September 18 20062006-09-18 +1 copiesA carved granite pillar in a temple corridor, its shaft decorated with a relief panel of a rearing animal figure and a lower panel showing a carved figure grappling with a serpent-like form. Dark pillared colonnade recedes to the right, with a sunlit courtyard beyond and a colourful gopuram-style shrine tower with a white dome in the distance. Painted yellow, green and red tower details frame the upper left. No people are visible.2013-01-06A carved granite pillar panel in a temple, showing a relief of a dancing figure in the upper left with raised arms and a bent leg, beside standing figures with tall crowns and jewellery, and a row of smaller seated and standing figures below. A man in white clothes stands at the right edge, partly visible. Sculpted deity or mythological figures, not a living person.2006-09-18 +1 copies