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Mysterious Pavilion: Document in stone of astronomical events
by Raja Deekshithar

Detail of 34, this tortoise is different in its anatomical details form the tortoise in the left aisle, suggesting specific species were depicted.
This tortoise may be a sweet water tortoise, the other one is possibly a sea turtle, see figure 37.
Photo by Raja Deekshithar, August 2009
Granite

probably early 14th century


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