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Close-up photograph of a pale blue painted corner of a building or pavilion, showing two matching carved scroll brackets meeting at a square column beneath the roof beams. The scrolls have curled volute shapes and round finials at their ends. Thin black electrical cables run down the left side, and green foliage is visible through the open space beyond. No people are present.

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Photograph looking up at carved granite architecture: a stone pillar with a stepped, lotus-like capital and a horizontal beam with scrolled, carved brackets. A thin metal wire or chain runs across the beam. Dense green trees and foliage fill the background, with a few small bits of loose sandy ground visible beneath. No people are visible in the scene.2007-03-15November 10 20062006-11-10Close view of a grey granite water spout carved with a curling scroll motif, with water dripping from its tip into a stone channel. Behind it, a dim corridor with red and white pillars and a red-painted wooden structure. Carved white stone relief appears at the right edge. No people are visible; the scene is a temple water-channel detail.2008-01-03Close-up photograph of a carved grey granite pillar base. A stylised scrolling foliate motif with curling leaves and tendrils is carved in relief on the shaft, above a stepped moulded plinth. The stone surface is speckled and weathered, with a wall of plain granite to the right. No people are visible.2010-01-07November 09 20062006-11-09January 07 20102010-01-07A photograph of a stepped, tiered stone-coloured pillar or small shrine base with projecting ledges and corner finials, set outdoors in front of a yellow building with a dark blue sign board and green shrubs. No people are visible in the scene.Close-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.2013-01-06November 10 20062006-11-10Close-up photograph of a white-painted architectural column and its stepped corbels or brackets supporting a beam under a veranda or porch roof. The stacked, tiered cream-coloured mouldings project outward in layers, and a palm tree and foliage are visible at the left edge beyond the building. No people are present.May 15 20182018-05-15November 10 20062006-11-10