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Interior photograph looking up at a decorated wall and ceiling of an old building. A dark wooden coffered ceiling with a blue and gold border sits above a painted wall with floral and vine motifs in green, yellow, red and pink. Pilasters with fluted painted columns flank a small arched window with teal green wooden shutters and iron bars. Peeling paint shows the age of the walls. No people are visible.

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Interior view looking up at a richly painted wall and ceiling of a traditional building. Ornate columns with floral and vine motifs in green, yellow, red and gold frame a small arched window with green-painted metal bars. Bands of stylised grape-vine scrolls and flower borders run along the wall, and the ceiling has painted geometric and floral panels. Paint is flaking in places. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the image.2008-10-15October 15 20082008-10-15October 15 20082008-10-15Interior of an ornate old mansion hall with a painted timber ceiling of dark reddish-brown beams and blue-painted rafters. Ceiling fans hang from rods, and a multi-arm glass chandelier and globe-shaped light fixtures are suspended from the roof. Walls are painted with floral and foliate friezes in green, blue and gold, with arched windows of green and blue wooden shutters. White columns with carved corbels line the left side. Around ten people stand near the lower edge of the frame, some in white clothes and a few in orange, and a cameraperson is visible at the bottom. No individual is clearly identifiable as a specific person from this view.2008-10-15October 15 20082008-10-15November 10 20062006-11-10Interior view looking up at an ornate octagonal ceiling with a large circular medallion of concentric rows of rounded copper-toned petals radiating from a central light fixture. The surrounding bands are painted with red, green and cream floral scrollwork and carved brackets shaped like animal heads. The walls below are white with a stucco frieze, and wooden doors with carved panels sit at the bottom edge. No people are visible.2006-11-09October 15 20082008-10-15June 05 20122012-06-05Interior photograph looking up at a richly carved wooden ceiling in a palace hall. A grid of square coffered panels, painted with gold and ochre geometric motifs, is framed by golden beams and rests on turned red-and-cream wooden pillars at the corners. The darker carved wooden ceiling above the painted panels has intricate recessed patterns. No people are visible in the scene.2006-11-10A photograph of a long interior wall covered in a grid of painted mural panels depicting scenes from Hindu epic narrative. Upper right shows a grand palace hall with red drapes, blue columns and a golden throne where a figure sits, with a seated attendant nearby. Middle panels show a procession of figures in yellow and orange garments with a crowd of attendants. Lower right shows a blue-skinned deity with a crown holding hands with a man in an orange-yellow dhoti and bare chest in a garden setting with trees. Lower left shows a standing figure in red and gold with attendants. A small wooden stool sits at the lower left base of the wall, and a faded red-brown border surrounds the panels. No living people are clearly visible beyond the painted figures.2006-11-09May 15 20182018-05-15