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Description: Ancient sculpture at Nageshwara Temple, Kumbakonam, India. July 2008. "Framed in the main niches around [the Nageshwara temple's] sanctum wall are a series of exquisite stone figures, regarded as the finest surviving pieces of ancient sculpture in South India. With their languid stance and mesmeric, half-smiling facial expressions, these [are] modest-sized masterpieces ..." (Rough Guide to South India)
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