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Photograph of a traditional wooden double door set into a pale blue plastered wall beneath a sloping red clay-tiled roof with a small projecting canopy. The dark, heavy wooden leaves are open on one side, revealing stone steps leading up into a dim interior. Iron hinges and bolts are fixed to the doors, and a few weeds grow at the base of the wall. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible.

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A photograph of a traditional wooden doorway set into a whitewashed wall of an old palace building in Kerala. The doorway has tall dark wooden leaves, one standing partly open, with iron-studded frames and a sloped roof of terracotta tiles overhead. Worn stone steps lead up into the dark interior. No people are visible.2006-11-10November 09 20062006-11-09November 09 20062006-11-09November 10 20062006-11-10November 10 20062006-11-10A traditional Kerala-style wooden temple or shrine building with a steep, sloping red-tiled roof and a gabled front portico supported by carved wooden pillars. The whitewashed walls surround a dark wooden double door, and granite steps lead up to a raised platform. Green lawn, shrubs and a clear blue sky surround the building, with a second tiled-roof structure visible at the left and right edges. No people are present.2006-11-09A photograph of a traditional wooden gate set in a whitewashed compound wall, its red-painted double doors partly open under a tiled roof with moss. Through the opening, a group walks along a paved path under trees. Leading the group is a person in orange saffron robes carrying an orange umbrella, with several people in white clothing following behind. Palm fronds and foliage frame the scene.2006-11-09November 10 20062006-11-10A photograph taken through an open red wooden gate set in a whitewashed wall, with a tiled roof overhead and trees and palms behind. Through the gateway, a small group walks along a paved path: a figure in a saffron-orange robe holds an orange umbrella, flanked by people in white clothing. The scene is shaded by large trees.2006-11-09A traditional Kerala-style wooden palace building with a sloped terracotta tiled roof, a gabled dormer with carved wooden lattice, and an open pillared verandah. Plain white-washed walls surround a dark wooden door, reached by stone steps over a lawn with flowering shrubs. No people are visible in the scene. Behind it, similar tiled roofs of adjoining palace halls extend across the frame under a pale sky.2006-11-10November 10 20062006-11-10November 10 20062006-11-10