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A 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.

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Close view of a carved granite pillar in a South Indian temple hall, with a stone bracket capital decorated with scrolling motifs and a circular medallion. The shaft has carved panels with a mythical beast relief. To the left, a painted gopuram-style shrine niche shows a red and orange seated figure and a brightly coloured sculpted deity beneath a pink and green cornice. Through the open archway in the background, a colourful temple tower and a white dome are visible. No people are present.2013-01-06February 08 20122012-02-08February 08 20122012-02-08Close-up photograph of a carved stone pillar in a South Indian temple corridor. The white granite capital has scrolled brackets and a round medallion, and the shaft below shows a carved relief of a lotus or floral motif. Beside the pillar, a gopuram-style shrine niche is painted in red, green, blue and yellow, with a painted Ganesha figure on the left and a small seated carved figure further down. No people are visible; the scene shows only architecture and sculpture.2013-01-06January 06 20132013-01-06February 08 20122012-02-08Photograph of a stone temple colonnade with carved granite pillars. The foreground column features sculpted rearing lion or yali figures with a deity panel and ornate capitals. Behind, a colourful gopuram tower with painted figures rises above a low wall, with green trees at left. No people are visible.2012-07-08Close-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.2012-02-08A carved granite pillar in a temple corridor, its shaft stepped with square and cross-shaped mouldings and a relief panel showing a rearing lion-like creature among scrolling foliage. Painted blue tile above and a blue street-style sign reading in Tamil script are on the adjacent plain stone wall. Colourful painted stucco figures and a red-and-green ornate cornice appear at the upper right. No people are visible.2013-01-06February 08 20122012-02-08July 08 20122012-07-08Carved granite temple pillars in a long colonnade at an Indian temple, with a large rampant lion or yali sculpture on the left pillar carrying a foliage and scroll motif. Other pillars show carved figures and ornamental panels. Green trees and a colourful gopuram tower with painted figures are visible through the openings, and a stone step runs along the right side with a few small objects on the floor. No people are visible.2012-07-08