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Close view of a carved granite temple wall with a niche housing a red-painted Ganesha murti, seated with a trunk and multiple arms, framed by white-painted ornamental stonework and a carved makara-like head with red dots above. Adjacent pillars and mouldings recede along the wall. No people are visible in the scene.

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July 08 20122012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08Close view of carved grey stone architecture inside an old temple: a projecting stone ledge or cornice supported by carved corbels and pillars, with decorative lion-like or mythical animal heads at its ends and ornate stepped stonework above. No people are visible. The setting appears to be an ancient temple hall.2008-07-29May 30 20122012-05-30Close view of a weathered grey stone temple wall with carved pilasters, ornate capitals and niches. A small standing sculpted deity figure with a halo-like arch sits in a recessed panel at lower centre, with scrollwork flanking it. No people are visible; the image shows only architectural stone carving.2012-05-29 +1 copiesA dark carved stone relief of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, shown seated with multiple arms holding a lotus-like object, an axe and a rope, and a red flower placed on one raised hand. A small mouse figure sits at the base beside a round sculpted pedestal. A red kumkum mark is on the forehead.2010-12-16A photograph of carved sandstone temple wall panels with pillars and niches. Several sculpted figures stand in niches: a central dancing or standing deity with a crown and raised arms, flanked by smaller carved figures, and a figure at the left in a fighting or dancing pose. Ornate pillar capitals and cornices frame the reliefs. No living people are visible, and no a person candidate is shown.2012-05-29 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of carved granite architecture in a temple hall. Two square stone pillars rise diagonally from the lower left and centre, their faces decorated with raised floral and foliate relief panels. Above them, ornate bracket capitals with scrolled volutes and pendant tapered finials support a heavy stone beam. Weathered granite surfaces and shadowed ceiling beams fill the background, with a patch of bright sky at the upper left. No people are visible in the frame.2012-02-08Close view of a weathered grey granite temple pillar with a carved mythical lion-faced bracket, its open mouth and rounded eyes sculpted in relief. A carved geometric fan-shaped motif and a square boss sit beside it on the wall, with a red cord running vertically across the frame. No people are visible; the scene shows only carved stone architecture inside a temple hall.2008-10-15A photograph of a stone temple wall in a colonnaded corridor. Ornately carved pillars with orange-stained surfaces and miniature shrine niches line the wall, with carved figures and floral motifs visible near their bases. The pale stone ceiling overhead and open courtyard with a tree at the left edge are visible. No people are present in the scene.2012-05-22 +1 copiesA carved granite pillar in a temple corridor, its shaft decorated with a relief panel of a rearing animal figure and a lower panel showing a carved figure grappling with a serpent-like form. Dark pillared colonnade recedes to the right, with a sunlit courtyard beyond and a colourful gopuram-style shrine tower with a white dome in the distance. Painted yellow, green and red tower details frame the upper left. No people are visible.2013-01-06Close view of a weathered pale stone temple wall carved with architectural niches, pilasters and small pedestal-style shrine frames. Within the central niche, a standing carved deity murti stands flanked by two smaller attendant figures, with a lion-like corbel motif above. No people are visible; the scene is stone carvings only.2012-05-29 +1 copies