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A faded mural painting on a red-bordered wall in an old palace hall, showing a forest scene with blue and yellow foliage and two horse-drawn carriages with canopied roofs and gold-trimmed wheels, accompanied by horses, attendants and soldiers in red and white. On the right edge, a row of figures in crowns and yellow garments is partly visible. A wooden ladder rests in the left foreground. No living person is clearly visible in the scene.

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A painted mural inside an old palace hall shows a courtly scene of richly dressed men seated and standing around a low wooden table with a game board. Figures wear yellow dhoti-style garments, pearl necklaces and tall pointed golden crowns, with bare torsos and armbands. A dark arched niche with a carved throne sits behind them, framed by red and blue decorative panels. Wooden scaffolding stands in the left foreground, and the faded red border surrounds the wall painting. The figures are painted depictions, not living people, and no a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2006-11-10A large painted mural in a palace-style hall, showing a scene from an epic. Blue-skinned figures wearing golden crowns sit on ornate yellow chairs at left, surrounded by richly dressed courtiers in gold headdresses, white and orange garments. In the centre, a blue-skinned figure in a golden crown stands beside a gilded chariot with a domed canopy, pulled by a white horse, while a woman in a yellow sari holds an offering plate before it. Red swagged curtains frame the scene, with blue-and-gold pillars and a painted sky behind. The figures are painted artwork, not physical people.2006-11-10A painted mural panel on a wooden wall inside a palace, showing a royal procession. At centre, a golden canopied chariot with a domed gold roof carries a richly dressed figure wearing a tall gold crown, seated beside a woman in a teal headscarf and a figure in a white garment. Beside the chariot, a bare-chested attendant in a rust-orange dhoti holds a long gold staff, and a man in a red turban and orange dhoti walks beside a white horse. Behind them a crowd of bare-chested men in white dhotis and turbans and women in yellow and red saris carry parasols and drums, in front of a terracotta palace wall with arched windows under a blue sky.2006-11-10A framed mural painted on a wall inside an old palace, showing a scene from a traditional story. A small blue-skinned child figure with a crown and yellow dhoti stands centre, holding hands with a woman in a blue and white sari and a man in a golden yellow dhoti wearing a tall gold crown. Behind them a row of women in long white and yellow garments stands in a line, and to the left a line of men in white dhotis and bare torsos stands in another panel. The painting has a red-brown border, a dusky orange and grey sky and a darkened background. No living people are visible.2006-11-10A painted mural panel showing a royal procession. A golden domed chariot with wheels is the centre, carrying a crowned figure with a garland of flowers beside a seated woman in a blue-green sari, with a bare-chested attendant in yellow standing at the side. Men in white dhotis and turbans, some bare-chested, walk alongside holding red and green parasols and lead a white horse decorated with red cloth. Ochre-orange palace walls with arched windows form the background under a blue sky. The panel is mounted on a wooden frame. The painted figures are not physical people.2006-11-10A photograph of an old mural painted on a palace wall, showing a royal hall with blue and gold columns, a golden throne with red drapery, and a raised balcony with figures. In the foreground a standing figure in a yellow dhoti with a cloth over the shoulder faces a seated figure in a crown and jewelled necklace, who is kneeling on the floor. Offerings of fruit sit on a stone pedestal at left. The painting is faded and flaking, with red curtains and a green coffered ceiling above. No living people are visible; the figures are painted depictions.2006-11-10November 10 20062006-11-10May 10 20122012-05-10 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a palace hall where a long wall is covered with painted mural panels depicting Hindu epic scenes: a chariot drawn by a white horse with warriors, a cave with a bearded figure and a blue-skinned figure with a bow, a serpent coiled above, and a king seated on a throne beside a reclining blue deity on a bed with a bowing attendant. Two men stand in front, gazing up at the murals. The nearer man is bald and bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti and a beaded necklace. The man beside him has long dark swept-back hair and wears an orange saffron robe with a gold-coloured ceremonial necklace, and he is smiling as he looks up. A third person is partly visible at the right edge in orange clothing.2006-11-10November 09 20062006-11-09A painted mural inside a palace-style hall shows a royal wedding or sacred marriage ritual beside a fire pit. A crowned figure in gold and red garments with a flower garland stands at the centre beside a woman in teal and blue, who holds a garland and a small offering. Attendants in orange and saffron clothing, one bare-chested with a sacred thread, kneel or stand around the fire, some holding offerings and flowers. Behind them a painted red-curtained arch and a building with arched windows, with turbaned men in white garments at the right edge. A pot and flower offerings sit on the floor. The image is a painting on a wall, so no physical people are present.2006-11-10A painted mural in a palace hall depicts a royal court scene. A blue-skinned figure with a tall golden crown, pearl necklaces and a garland stands at right holding a sword, flanked by attendants in golden crowns and yellow dhotis. At center a figure in a teal bodice and gold belt raises an arm, while a seated king in a golden-framed throne with red drapery watches. Red swagged curtains hang above and courtiers in crowns and gold jewellery fill the background. No physical people are visible; the subjects are painted figures.2006-11-10