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A photograph of an outdoor stone construction site showing unfinished granite structures with stepped blocks, a square sunken basin filled with dark water in the foreground, and dark polished granite panels set into a raised platform. Tall casuarina-like trees and greenery stand behind, with a white-walled building with a tiled roof in the background and an orange pipe rising on the right. No people are visible.

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A photograph of stacked and laid-out pale grey granite temple wall blocks and moulded cornice pieces on a sandy ground, with dark stone pieces in the middle and trees behind. No people are visible. The carved blocks show pilasters and horizontal mouldings typical of temple architecture, arranged as if awaiting assembly at a stone-carving yard.A photograph of carved grey granite temple architecture stones laid out in an open yard. Several pillar-like pieces with stepped, moulded capitals and projecting brackets stand in a row along a low wall, with additional squared blocks and a carved cornice piece stacked behind them. Green shrubs and trees fill the background, and the ground is pale concrete scattered with small debris. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible.An outdoor photograph of a stone yard with a stacked dark grey granite and light grey granite block structure at centre, built in tiered layers with a sloped top, resembling a temple base or altar element. Light grey rough-cut granite blocks lie scattered on a concrete ground around it, with wooden offcut pieces on the floor. Dense green trees and shrubs stand behind, with a palm tree at upper left and a partial stone pillar at the right edge. No people are visible.A photograph of carved grey granite temple stonework stacked in an open outdoor yard. In the foreground a squared granite slab with a raised carved molding and small projecting ledges rests on stacked stone blocks, with a shallow trough-like recess behind it. Behind are larger carved pillar blocks with stepped capitals and cornices, and other dressed stones lie around on dry dirt with weeds growing between them. No people are visible.A photograph of stone masonry outdoors, showing dressed grey granite blocks and carved pillar capitals laid out on dry ground beside a white building with barred windows. Several stepped granite plinth sections and partially assembled wall blocks are scattered among weeds and gravel, with a stack of rough dark stone in the middle. No people are visible; the scene appears to be a temple construction or stone-carving yard.Photograph of granite temple architecture components laid out outdoors among trees and a low white building. Two carved grey granite pillared structures with stepped cornices and moulded capitals sit side by side, with loose carved stone blocks, a cornice piece and a carved slab in the foreground on dirt and weeds. No people are visible.Outdoor photograph of pale grey granite architectural stone pieces stacked on a concrete ground beside green bushes. Carved blocks with moulded cornices, pilasters and bracket-like projections lie in rows, with a larger carved slab in the foreground. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible; the carved stonework suggests temple construction components.A photograph of several carved pale grey granite pillared shrine structures or pavilions with stepped domed tops and lotus-like scalloped carvings, arranged in a row outdoors on bare ground at a stone yard. Stacks of dressed stone blocks and other granite pieces lie around, with a few trees and a corrugated roof at the edges. No people are visible in the scene.A photograph of a pale grey granite architectural element outdoors: a tall, freestanding stone structure with a bulbous, lotus-like domed top, stacked moulded tiers and a square cornice above a columned entrance-like passage with carved pillars. Sunlight flares across the upper part. To the left is a partly open corrugated shelter with a green net and cloth hanging, and to the right stands a row of cut granite pillars and blocks stacked in a yard. No people are visible, and no deity or ritual activity is shown.A stone-carving yard with pale granite temple components laid out under corrugated roof sheds. In the foreground, stacked carved granite blocks with moulded mouldings and small red marking numbers sit beside a small finished shrine-like structure with a domed top and columned sides. Rubble piles lie behind, with palm trees and a few distant figures under the sheds, one wearing a saffron cloth. Yellow cloth hangs at the right edge.Outdoor photograph of a yard piled with carved pale grey stone architectural elements, including moulded cornices, pilasters with decorative capitals, slabs, steps and a rectangular block with textured carving. Green shrubs and leafy trees stand behind the stone pile under a hazy sky, with a red metal pole at right. No people are visible.A photograph of a newly built grey stone temple gateway or pavilion with a flat roof and carved pillars, set in a wooded outdoor site. Carved figures and motifs decorate the pillars and base. Orange flags on bamboo poles stand along the foreground, and a few heads of seated people are visible at the bottom edge, with a figure in orange clothing visible among the trees behind the structure. Rubble and stone blocks lie around the site.2006-12-22