A close photograph of sandstone bas-relief carvings on a temple wall. Three carved panels show figures seated or mounted on mythical animals, with a central figure on a rearing beast flanked by smaller figures in ornate arched frames. Scrolled foliage and flame-like motifs surround the carvings. No people are physically present, only carved figures. - Nithyanandapedia

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A close photograph of sandstone bas-relief carvings on a temple wall. Three carved panels show figures seated or mounted on mythical animals, with a central figure on a rearing beast flanked by smaller figures in ornate arched frames. Scrolled foliage and flame-like motifs surround the carvings. No people are physically present, only carved figures.

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Close-up photograph of carved bas-relief on a grey sandstone wall, Angkor Wat style. Central figure is a dancing apsara with a tall crown and elaborate headdress, arms raised, with flowing scrolling foliage carved around her. To the right, another carved figure with a raised arm stands beside a stylized animal form, and the carving is worn and weathered. No physical people are visible; all figures are stone carvings.

A close view of carved sandstone bas-relief on a temple wall, showing figures in tall ornate niches with scrolling foliate arches. Several dancing or striding carved figures with raised arms ride or stand beside animal forms, possibly lions or mythic creatures, below a decorated border. The carving is weathered and pale grey.

Close view of a stone bas-relief carving on a temple wall at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Carved figures in high crowns and jewellery ride on rearing mythical horses and lions beneath ornate flame-like arches and scrolling foliage. Stylised floral rosettes line the lower border. The figures are carvings, not living people, and no physical person is visible.

July 02 2007

July 02 2007

July 02 2007

July 02 2007

Close-up photograph of carved bas-relief stone panels at Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Central figure is a crowned apsara-style female figure with raised arms, standing on a rearing animal mount, flanked by carved figures on horseback and grotesque mythical creatures with bulging eyes. Dense foliate and scrollwork ornament surrounds the carvings in a weathered grey sandstone surface. No living people are visible.

Close view of weathered stone bas-relief carvings on an Angkor-style temple wall. Central figure is a carved apsara-like female figure with raised arms and an elaborate headdress, standing on a carved mythical animal with a flaming halo-like arch behind. Flanking figures on left and right are similar carved dancers or celestial figures, some riding animals, with ornate scrolling foliage and small carved creatures below. No living people are visible.

July 02 2007

July 02 2007

A photograph of carved stone bas-relief on a sandstone wall, showing celestial dancers and figures in raised arches with decorative flame-like foliage. Several apsara-style figures with arms raised above their heads appear in carved niches, some with animals beneath them. The stone is pale grey-green with weathered surfaces. No physical people are present in the scene; the carvings are of figures only.