Sunlit stone wall of an ancient temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, carved with rows of standing apsara figures. The celestial dancers wear tall tiered crowns, long jewelled necklaces and flowing skirts, several holding flowers or raised arms, arranged in niches across two corners of the sandstone. Shadows fall across the left panel. No people are visible in the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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Sunlit stone wall of an ancient temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia, carved with rows of standing apsara figures. The celestial dancers wear tall tiered crowns, long jewelled necklaces and flowing skirts, several holding flowers or raised arms, arranged in niches across two corners of the sandstone. Shadows fall across the left panel. No people are visible in the scene.

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