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An empty, dim interior of an old wooden palace hall with reddish-brown timber pillars supporting a coffered grey-white ceiling. Behind the pillars stands a dark wooden wall with a central arched double door flanked by two arched wooden panels. The stone-and-concrete floor is strewn with debris and fallen wood. Tiled roofs of neighbouring buildings are visible through openings at the sides. No people are present.

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November 09 20062006-11-09Exterior view of a whitewashed colonial-style palace entrance with a row of white round columns supporting a covered portico. A dark wooden double door sits beneath an arched fanlight in the centre, with a hanging lantern from the ceiling and a terracotta-tiled floor leading in. No people are visible. The scene shows architecture, not a ritual, so no physical people or candidates appear.2006-11-10November 10 20062006-11-10October 15 20082008-10-15November 10 20062006-11-10An empty entrance to a white-walled palace building with two white columns flanking a dark wooden double door set within an arched window frame. A terracotta-tiled floor leads to the doorway, and a grey patterned stone slab lies in the foreground. No people are visible. The white painted low wall and pillars give a colonial-era architectural appearance.2006-11-10Interior of a wooden-ceilinged hall with richly carved brown wooden beams and ornate bracket capitals on tall, dark-brown carved pillars. A central hanging brass chandelier and several lamps light the room, with ceiling fans visible. Five to six people stand along the pillars and near a white wall with a cream-painted door: a bald older man in white, a man in a pink shirt, a man in an orange-brown shirt, a woman in an orange sari, and a partly visible person at the left edge. No one is identifiable as a person with confidence; the figures appear to be devotees or attendees standing in the hall.2008-10-15November 09 20062006-11-09October 15 20082008-10-15Photograph of a traditional Kerala-style palace building with a steep terracotta tiled roof and a carved wooden gable ornament above the entrance, seen through a gateway flanked by white walls topped with stone spherical finials. The wooden pillars support a covered veranda with a few steps leading up to it, and a bicycle is parked under the eaves. A paved courtyard in front is lined with grass and palm trees. No people are visible in the scene.2006-11-10Empty colonnade at Padmanabhapuram Palace in Kerala. Tall grey stone pillars with carved bases stand along a polished dark stone floor under a wooden eave with ornate carved brackets and a terracotta tiled roof. Whitewashed walls, small wooden-shuttered windows and green foliage at the right edge complete the traditional palace corridor. No people are visible.2006-11-10A dim, empty interior hall with a dark wooden roof and a row of tall, dark wooden columns with carved bases receding into the distance. The floor is tiled in red, orange and blue-grey tiles that reflect light. Plain white walls and small barred windows line the sides, with daylight glowing at the far end. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible.2008-10-15