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A tall white stone pillar with a golden four-lion capital stands against a pale blue sky. The pillar has layered moulded bands, a carved rosette with a small lion relief at the mid-section, and dark graffiti scratched into its lower shaft, including names such as Kamal. Golden domed structures and a tiled roof appear at the lower right near the sea horizon. No people are visible in the scene.

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A tall white stone pillar topped with a gold-coloured lion capital, four lions seated back to back on a circular abacus with a wheel relief, set against a pale blue sky. The pillar has carved bracket mouldings and a rosette medallion, and its shaft is covered in scratched graffiti and names. A partial building roof appears at the lower right edge. No people are visible.2018-04-28A tall golden-bronze ceremonial flagstaff rises through the centre of the frame against a clear pale blue sky. Its top is an ornate finial with small sculpted figures and a crown-like cap, and it is wrapped with bands of decorative rings. A small saffron-orange triangular pennant with a blue emblem flutters from the pole. Below, a white temple facade with arched niches holds carved sculptures of standing deities and ornamental pilasters. No people are visible.2012-04-01April 02 20122012-04-02 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a white-painted stone pillar in a temple-style colonnade, shot looking upward. The capital has a square carved rosette panel with a stylised flower of looping petals, flanked by bracket corbels with cup-like drops. Below, the shaft has stepped, tiered mouldings and projecting ledges. A dark wooden framed board hangs on the left wall, and another pillar with similar stepped carving appears in the background. No people are visible.Photograph of a white stone pillar on an open temple pavilion, carved with a rosette medallion and a carved lion-like figure with a mane and a beaded necklace, its tail curling along the column. A tall reddish-brown ribbed pole stands at right against a pale sky, with palm fronds and a pink building in the distance. Under the roof at left, a small shrine with a red cloth and a dark deity murti is visible. No people are present.2010-09-26October 15 20082008-10-15A photograph of a tall, ornately carved white gopuram (temple tower) against a pale grey sky, photographed from below. The tiered tower is covered in stacked sculpted niches, pillars and small shrine motifs, topped by a large carved finial with a decorative arch and a stylised leonine or mythical face at the summit. No people are visible in the scene.2006-09-23April 02 20122012-04-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a carved grey granite pillar inside an unfinished, open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and bare concrete floor. The pillar's lower section shows a large carved face with a broad nose, lips and a beard-like pattern, flanked by scrolling foliate and interlaced motifs and projecting makara-like side brackets. Traces of red pigment remain in the carving recesses. Concrete block walls and a doorway are visible at left, and a red cloth edge appears at the right edge. No people are visible.2007-03-15A photograph of an ornate golden multi-tiered pedestal or peetha inside a white temple pavilion, with a red-and-gold base carved with elephants, lion figures and small deity or attendant reliefs. A garland of pink and white flowers is draped around the upper shaft, with a gold kalasha-like finial on top. Behind it stands a white gopuram-style temple tower with a red flag on a pole, under a pale sky. No people are visible.Photograph looking up at a tall ornate brass or copper flagstaff against a pale grey sky. The pole has a carved capital and banded rings, topped by a tiered wooden or metal structure with scalloped tiers, small hanging bells, and finial spires. A dark marigold or orange garland drapes from the upper section beside thin guy ropes. No people are visible.2013-10-07 +1 copiesDecember 30 20172017-12-30