Close-up of a cylindrical pillar with a painted relief of climbing vines. Pale cream plaster is decorated with raised brown-pink stems winding diagonally, with large dark teal-green leaves and small white five-petalled flowers with yellow centres. No people are visible; the surface is a decorative architectural motif on a column. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up of a cylindrical pillar with a painted relief of climbing vines. Pale cream plaster is decorated with raised brown-pink stems winding diagonally, with large dark teal-green leaves and small white five-petalled flowers with yellow centres. No people are visible; the surface is a decorative architectural motif on a column.

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Close-up photograph of a cylindrical column decorated with a painted and moulded floral pattern. Teal-green leaves in relief sit against a cream background, joined by pinkish-brown curling vines that carry small white five-petal flowers with yellow centres. Green foliage is visible at the left edge. No people are visible, and the scene shows only architectural ornament from a palace setting.

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Close-up photograph of a tall column wrapped in a dense garland of yellow flower clusters, each cluster bound with orange thread and centred on a green woven disc with a small white star-shaped motif. The blurred background is brown and warm. No people are visible in the frame, and the garland appears to be a ceremonial decoration hung on a pillar or pole.

A carved wooden or stone pillar shrine stands outdoors among palm and tropical trees. The tiered structure has a small domed canopy, pilasters, and a rectangular panel carved with a sacred fig tree with spreading branches. A golden cloth or rope is wrapped at the top. No people are visible. No deity figure is clearly shown.

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Close-up photograph of artificial foliage: a cluster of green leaves with cream-white edges and visible veins, filling the right side of the frame. The background is a soft, out-of-focus beige and brown wall. No people are visible.

Close view looking up into a dense canopy of a banyan-type tree. Thick, pale grey-brown branches curve diagonally across the frame, with many glossy dark green oval leaves clustered along them and thin hanging aerial roots dangling. Patches of bright sky show between the foliage, and a small purple flower is visible at the top left. No people or ritual activity are visible.