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A painted temple sculpture on a gopuram-style shrine, showing a multi-armed deity murti with a raised right hand holding a small flame-like object and a left hand holding a drum-like instrument. The figure wears an orange patterned cloth, bangles and a pale tilak, set in a pink arched niche with turquoise and blue borders. Palm fronds fill the background. Above and below the niche are ornate painted panels and decorative flourishes.

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May 29 20122012-05-29 +1 copiesA painted sculpture in a shrine niche, showing a seated deity murti with a raised hand holding a small object and a consort seated beside him in an orange and yellow sari with jewelry. Both figures have blue-green painted skin and gold crowns. The arched niche is framed with multicolored stucco scrollwork and a green-faced makara-like head at the top. Behind them is a blue painted backdrop with clouds, and a corrugated roof and red metal supports surround the shrine. No living people are visible.2010-08-04A colourful temple gopuram sculpture of painted stucco deities. At the centre a seated blue-skinned deity plays a veena, wearing a gold crown, gold necklaces and armlets, with a small snake at his side. Flanking him are four standing bearded sages with long hair and rudraksha malas, bare-chested and in white loincloths, hands joined in anjali mudra. Above, a seated multi-armed deity with attendants sits on a pink pedestal, and two seated bearded ascetics in saffron-toned and white dress sit on side pedestals beneath orange and turquoise scrollwork. These are statues, not living people.2012-05-29June 20 20132013-06-20February 08 20122012-02-08September 26 20132013-09-26A painted temple niche on a colourful gopuram-style facade depicts a bare-chested sage with a rudraksha mala, tilak markings and a topknot, seated beside a reclining child. Behind them are a painted tree with red fruit, blue hills and clouds, and a white lotus on a pedestal. The figures are sculpted or painted decorations, not physical people. The scene is a mural or statue, with no visible living people.2008-07-29August 28 20112011-08-28 +1 copiesSeptember 26 20132013-09-26 +1 copiesA richly painted Hindu temple gopuram facade crowded with colourful stucco sculptures of deities and attendants. In the central niche stands a multi-armed deity murti in gold and grey tones. Flanking figures include female attendants holding a fan and a whisk, and a small seated Ganesha figure with an elephant head at lower right. Above, seated figures and ornate turquoise, red and gold scrollwork decorate the tiers. No people are visible; the statues are the subject, and the page's a person reference does not appear in the image.2012-05-29 +1 copiesMay 29 20122012-05-29 +1 copiesPainted stone sculptures on a temple gopuram tier. On the left, a standing female figure in orange and red garments with gold trim and a gold necklace holds a spoon or ladle and raises one hand. On the right, a seated bearded ascetic with topknot hair, bare chest, rudraksha mala and yellow-orange dhoti sits on a lotus-like base. The surrounding tiers are green, orange and cream with carved floral and scroll motifs.2012-05-29 +1 copies