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Close view of a dark carved granite pillar in a temple hall, with finely sculpted panels of figures and scrolling foliage on each face. Upper panels show standing figures in dance or procession poses, and lower panels show dense floral and geometric relief. Stone colonnade and pale paved floor appear blurred in the background. No people are visible in the frame; the pillar carvings depict figures in stone.

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September 18 20062006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18 +1 copiesSeptember 18 20062006-09-18March 17 20182018-03-17Close view of a dark carved stone panel on a temple pillar, showing dense relief sculpture of deities, figures and animals in tiers. At the upper left a dancing or seated deity with raised arm is carved, with smaller attendant figures and a central pillar-like motif. Lower registers show seated figures and animal carvings. At the right edge, a man in a white shirt and glasses stands partly visible beside the pillar. Pale stone architecture is visible at the left.2006-09-18A carved granite pillar panel in a temple, showing a relief of a dancing figure in the upper left with raised arms and a bent leg, beside standing figures with tall crowns and jewellery, and a row of smaller seated and standing figures below. A man in white clothes stands at the right edge, partly visible. Sculpted deity or mythological figures, not a living person.2006-09-18 +1 copiesFebruary 08 20122012-02-08February 08 20122012-02-08A person in an orange-saffron robe stands at the right edge beside a carved granite pillar in a temple setting, looking toward the camera with a slight smile. The carved panel on the pillar shows relief sculpture of figures in dynamic poses, including a dancing or standing figure at left, animals and seated figures below, all framed in a decorative border. Blurred stone temple architecture with tiered carved walls sits in the background.2006-09-18Close-up photograph of carved granite architecture in a temple hall. Two square stone pillars rise diagonally from the lower left and centre, their faces decorated with raised floral and foliate relief panels. Above them, ornate bracket capitals with scrolled volutes and pendant tapered finials support a heavy stone beam. Weathered granite surfaces and shadowed ceiling beams fill the background, with a patch of bright sky at the upper left. No people are visible in the frame.2012-02-08March 17 20182018-03-17Dim interior of an old stone temple hall with carved granite pillars. The foreground pillar bears a standing relief figure of a deity with raised arms, and smaller carved figures decorate the adjoining columns. Through an open doorway, green leafy shrubs and a weathered brick and plaster wall are visible. Scattered dry palm fronds lie on the floor beside a few metal vessels and a plastic container at left. No people are present.2012-07-08