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A photograph of carved sandstone temple wall panels with pillars and niches. Several sculpted figures stand in niches: a central dancing or standing deity with a crown and raised arms, flanked by smaller carved figures, and a figure at the left in a fighting or dancing pose. Ornate pillar capitals and cornices frame the reliefs. No living people are visible, and no a person candidate is shown.

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May 29 20122012-05-29Close view of a weathered grey stone temple wall with carved pilasters, ornate capitals and niches. A small standing sculpted deity figure with a halo-like arch sits in a recessed panel at lower centre, with scrollwork flanking it. No people are visible; the image shows only architectural stone carving.2012-05-29 +1 copiesClose view of a weathered pale stone temple wall carved with architectural niches, pilasters and small pedestal-style shrine frames. Within the central niche, a standing carved deity murti stands flanked by two smaller attendant figures, with a lion-like corbel motif above. No people are visible; the scene is stone carvings only.2012-05-29 +1 copiesCarved stone exterior wall of an ancient South Indian temple, with tiered pilasters and niches holding sculpted deity figures, including a large standing sculpture of a multi-armed deity striking a smaller figure beneath its foot. Friezes of small figures and animal reliefs run along the base. At right, a doorway opens onto a shrine where a figure in a yellow and green sari stands near a dark stone image, lit by a fluorescent tube overhead. No a person is visible in the scene.2006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18May 30 20122012-05-30Close view of a weathered granite temple wall with carved stone pillars and ornate pilasters. A central niche holds a seated deity murti flanked by attendant figures, with carved panels of divine figures and mythical animals and a decorative cornice above. No people are visible in the scene.2006-09-23Exterior wall of a stone temple with carved sandstone panels. A central niche holds a dark stone deity murti draped in a yellow-green cloth with red garland, standing on a yoni-like base with scattered red flowers. Flanking niches contain larger carved figures, one a dancing female form and one a standing male figure, with narrow carved pilasters and friezes of small figures above and below. No people are visible; a fluorescent tube light hangs above the niche.2006-09-18Close view of carved grey stone architecture inside an old temple: a projecting stone ledge or cornice supported by carved corbels and pillars, with decorative lion-like or mythical animal heads at its ends and ornate stepped stonework above. No people are visible. The setting appears to be an ancient temple hall.2008-07-29September 18 20062006-09-18 +1 copiesMarch 17 20182018-03-17Close-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.2012-02-08