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Photograph looking up at the carved wooden eaves and bracket beams of a traditional Kerala palace roof. Rows of ornately turned wooden brackets with scroll-shaped ends and circular rosette carvings run along a warm, orange-brown timber frame beneath tiled roofing. No people are visible in the frame.

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November 10 20062006-11-10Carved wooden architecture at Padmanabhapuram Palace in Kerala: a row of reddish-brown wooden pillars and beams supporting a sloping wooden ceiling. Below, panels are finely carved with stylised floral scrolls and trees with birds perched among foliage, set above a stone plinth. No people are visible in the frame.2006-11-10Close photograph of a carved wooden eave or upper facade of a traditional building, with a row of reddish-brown wood brackets and horizontal rafters above a band of carved panels. The carved panels show figures and foliage in relief, and a small square window opening sits in the dark recess at upper centre. No people are visible. Image is blurred and cropped at the edges.2006-11-09Exterior detail of a traditional wooden building at Padmanabhapuram Palace, Kerala. Beneath a dark wooden eave with projecting rafters, a row of carved wooden panels shows stylised floral and foliate motifs in reddish-brown wood. Below them a long sloping roof of dark clay tiles runs across the frame, with a plain white wall at the bottom edge. No people are visible.2006-11-10Close-up architectural view of a traditional temple or palace eave showing carved reddish-brown wooden or terracotta brackets and corbels in a repeating rhythmic pattern beneath a tiled roof edge. Ornate scrollwork and relief motifs decorate the vertical panels and frieze below. A dark wooden beam crosses the lower left corner and a small window opening is visible at upper right. No people are visible in the frame.2006-11-09November 10 20062006-11-10Close view of carved reddish sandstone architecture: a row of rectangular panels under a wooden eave, each panel filled with relief carvings of foliage, scrolling vines and birds such as peacocks or parrots within leafy motifs. Vertical pillars with ornamental capitals divide the panels, and a small arched window sits high in the upper right. No people are visible.2006-11-09November 10 20062006-11-10Architectural photograph of a traditional wooden palace roof and upper gallery with carved, reddish-brown timber brackets and an octagonal wooden turret with arched openings and a small dome cap. Terracotta tiled roofs edge the frame, and tall palm trees rise against a pale sky at right. The carved wooden balcony projection has floral relief panels. No people are visible.2006-11-10A photograph of the eave of a traditional wooden building with carved wooden brackets and panels. Rows of rectangular panels carved with figures, floral motifs and scrolling designs in relief run beneath a sloping roof covered in dark terracotta tiles. No people are visible; the frame shows only architecture, with a white wall at the bottom edge.2006-11-09November 09 20062006-11-09November 10 20062006-11-10