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Empty long corridor inside a South Indian temple with rows of carved grey stone pillars and yellow lion-shaped brackets projecting from their capitals. The ceiling is painted with large concentric circular medallions in pink, yellow, blue and green, lit by a line of ceiling lights receding into the distance. A stone floor runs down the centre; no people are visible.

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May 29 20122012-05-29 +1 copiesLong empty stone colonnade in a South Indian temple corridor, receding toward a distant doorway. Rows of carved granite pillars with ornate bracket capitals line both sides, each topped with painted yellow lion-like brackets. The ceiling is painted with concentric rosette medallions in pink, yellow, purple and blue, lit by a line of ceiling lights. No people, deity murti or ritual activity is visible; the photograph documents the architecture of the hall.2012-05-29May 10 20122012-05-10July 13 20092009-07-13Interior view of a colonnade in a South Indian temple, looking down a long row of grey stone pillars with carved brackets. Each bracket is painted and carved with rearing lions and yali-like figures, and the ceiling above holds a sequence of circular medallions painted in concentric rings of red, green, blue and orange. Pendant lamps hang from the ceiling at intervals. At the far end of the corridor a white gopuram-style structure is visible through the arches. No people are present in the frame.2006-09-23Photograph of an empty, long colonnade in a South Indian temple corridor, with a dark stone-pillared walkway receding into the distance. The ceiling is painted with concentric rings in red, green, blue and yellow on a lavender ground. The left wall carries a long painted frieze of deity and mythological scenes in red, blue and orange, beneath rows of black panels with text. No people are visible in the corridor.2008-07-29Photo 11731647 +2 copiesA long, pillared corridor inside a stone temple, with rows of white carved pillars topped by sculpted lion-like brackets along both sides. The ceiling is painted with concentric circular medallions in red, blue, green and yellow. Four people walk away down the central aisle: a figure in red and another in white on the left, and two women in purple and pale blue saris on the right. No one is identifiable as a person in this view.2009-01-14January 14 20092009-01-14Interior corridor of a South Indian temple with ornately carved dark stone pillars topped by painted brackets and mythical lion-headed figures, and a colourful concentric circular painted ceiling in pink, yellow, green and blue. Several people walk along the stone floor, including a man in white dhoti and shirt and others in saffron and orange saris, while two women in orange and yellow sit near a metal barrier at the left. A painted green and red serpent figure stands on a pillar at left. Warm lamp light fills the long aisle.2012-05-10May 10 20122012-05-10A long covered corridor inside a stone temple with rows of carved granite pillars and rearing lion-like brackets. The ceiling is painted with concentric rosette medallions in pink, yellow, green and blue, and rectangular wooden beams with lion heads line the top. Hanging cloth banners with colourful borders and yellow tassels hang between the pillars. A woman in a yellow sari and a man in white shirt and orange dhoti stand near the left in the foreground, with a man in a white shirt and grey trousers beside them. Further down the aisle, a few figures walk toward a bright opening at the far end.2012-05-08 +1 copies