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Photograph looking straight up at a richly carved wooden ceiling of a palace hall. A dense grid of square coffers is formed by thick painted beams with white and cream carved bosses, each coffer framed with dark wood and decorated with a circular carved medallion of petals in pale yellow and dark brown tones. Carved wooden brackets and columns with ornate capitals frame the lower edges of the image. No people are visible in the frame.

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November 09 20062006-11-09Looking up at an ornately carved wooden ceiling of a palace with a dense grid of square coffered panels. Each panel holds a circular rosette with a concentric floral pattern and a pale yellow central disc, separated by light-coloured carved beams with decorative knobs at their junctions. The dark reddish-brown timber contrasts with the painted white and cream carvings. No people are visible in the view of the architecture.2006-11-10November 09 20062006-11-09Close-up of an ornately carved wooden ceiling with a dense geometric lattice of interlocking arches and square panels. Each panel holds a raised, fan-like rosette of layered petals in a warm reddish-brown wood tone. Fine foliate scrollwork fills the spaces between the rosettes. No people are visible.2006-11-09A close view of an ornately carved wooden ceiling in a palace interior, showing a grid of reddish-brown wooden beams with raised carved white-grey lattice ribs. Each square panel holds a carved wooden block with a small round yellow-and-white floral medallion at its corners, and recessed panels display clusters of small round rosette-like carvings. No people are visible. The woodwork shows traditional Kerala palace architecture.2006-11-10Photograph of an ornately carved ceiling in a palace interior, showing a dense geometric lattice of interlocking arches and triangular cutouts with raised circular rosette medallions in pale cream and rust-red tones. No people are visible.2006-11-10November 10 20062006-11-10November 10 20062006-11-10Exterior photograph of a traditional Kerala palace facade at Padmanabhapuram Palace. Two tiered terracotta-tiled roofs run across the frame, with a row of carved wooden brackets and panels beneath the upper eave. Each bracket is carved with a standing figure, and the panels below show foliage and floral relief carvings. Small window openings sit between the brackets. No people are visible.2006-11-10Interior 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.2006-11-10November 09 20062006-11-09November 09 20062006-11-09