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Interior view looking up at a tall, weathered grey stone pillar in a temple hall with sandstone-tiled walls and a dark wooden ceiling. A ceiling fan with brown blades and a fluorescent tube light are visible near the top. Below, a yellow metal lattice gate stands beside the pillar. The stone surface shows worn carvings and rough texture. No people are visible.

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October 15 20082008-10-15February 08 20122012-02-08October 15 20082008-10-15Interior view of a stone temple doorway with carved granite pillars and a heavy lintel decorated with floral and scroll relief. A fluorescent tube light hangs under the lintel, with a dark opening beyond. In the foreground, the tops of several people's heads are visible at the bottom edge, including a man in white with an orange cloth at the lower left and a bald man at the lower right.2008-08-02October 15 20082008-10-15A photograph, rotated on its side, of a grey stone or metal pillar base with carved mouldings and stepped bands, resting on a tiled floor beside a dark opening. No people are visible. The carved ridges and rounded motifs resemble a temple pillar or column, and the scene reads as an architectural detail rather than a ritual event.2008-10-15Interior of a stone temple hall with carved granite pillars and a low ceiling lit by hanging bulbs and a ceiling fan. At the far end a golden-framed shrine doorway glows, with a few figures standing in the distance near the sanctum. In the right foreground an elderly man with a shaved head wears a white dhoti and white upper cloth, standing with his back to the camera and facing the shrine. Metal railings and a blue-painted cart or platform line the walkway.2012-02-08A photograph of a rough, unpolished grey stone cylinder lying on bare sandy ground, rotated on its side. The cylinder has incised concentric grooves and a lattice or crosshatched pattern carved near one rounded end, and a smooth polished face at that end. Behind it, a second larger grey stone piece curves in from the right edge. Warm sunlight casts shadows across the sand. No people are visible.2016-10-28Interior view of a stone temple corridor with a dark granite ceiling made of long slab stones supported by carved stone brackets and beams. Ornately carved columns and corbels line the left side, receding into shadow. No people are visible.2009-01-15Interior of a stone temple hall with dark granite pillars carved with rearing yali or lion-like mythical figures at the capitals. Several hanging brass oil lamps and a ceiling fan are suspended from a wooden beam under fluorescent tube lights. At the far end a golden doorway frames a dimly lit inner shrine. No people are visible in the scene.2012-02-08February 08 20122012-02-08Interior of a stone temple hall at Thiruvanaikaval showing a large carved granite pillar with an ornate bracket capital featuring rearing lion-like yali figures and foliate carving. Several paper notices are pasted on the pillar: a yellow Tamil sign advertising a Rs 100 ticket for darshan of the Amman/Swami, a red-bordered Way to Amman Temple sign with a deity picture, and a blue sign listing video camera fees of Rs 150 and camera ticket Rs 20. A framed deity picture hangs on the left and a green signboard is partly visible. No people are visible in the frame.2009-08-01