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August 03 2009

A night-time photograph inside a temple hall with turquoise and gold painted pillars carved with scrolling floral and foliate motifs. A tiered gopuram-style shrine structure rises in the centre among gilded pillars, and a colourful concentric circular ceiling medallion hangs above. On the right stands a tall copper lamp stand (deepa stambha) beside a stairway. In the lower left, a young man in a white dhoti with an orange-saffron shawl and a young woman in white stand near the foreground, and a few other figures are partially visible. A shrine or pavilion with white pillars is visible outside an iron gate at left. The scene suggests a temple precinct after dark.

August 03 2009

Night photograph looking up at the painted gopuram of a temple, its tiers covered with colourful sculpted figures of deities and attendants in red, blue, green and white. Some figures stand with hands folded in namaskar along the lower storeys, and carved stone pillars and wall courses sit in the foreground beneath the dark sky. No people are visible in the scene.

A night photograph of a stone temple gopuram or entrance tower at Srivilliputhur temple. Colourful painted sculptures of deities and mythical figures line a cornice, including a figure reclining on a serpent-like form with a hooded canopy. Carved grey granite walls with intricate patterns rise on the right, and a street lamp glows against the black sky on the left. No people are visible.

Night photograph from a low angle of a South Indian temple gopuram or roofline, its tiers covered in painted stucco sculptures of figures and deities in blue, green, red, pink and yellow tones. Lit figures stand in rows along the upper ledges and niches, with a dark sky behind. Heavy grey stone pillars and carved corbels in the foreground. No people are visible in the scene.

Night photograph of an ornate South Indian temple gopuram gateway, its painted and sculpted facade lit by floodlights. Upper tiers display rows of small painted deity figures and celestial figures; the arch above the entrance shows a painted panel of standing deities, and the left pillar features a painted Ganesha with elephant head. Brightly coloured red, blue, yellow and green panels cover the walls, with gold-painted architectural trim. No people are visible in the frame, and the dark sky surrounds the structure.

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A night photograph of a tall, ornately sculpted South Indian temple gopuram (tower) rising in tiers, its surfaces covered with painted figures and deity sculptures in teal, blue, green and orange tones. Its lower portion is lit by a warm lamp, with striped red-and-white pillars at the entrance. On the left, stone pillars and a flat-roofed colonnade with a lamp sit in shadow. No people are visible.

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Night photograph of the upper facade of a stone temple gopuram, lit by a flash against a black sky. Painted stucco sculptures of deities, apsaras and attendant figures fill the colourful tiered cornice in blue, red, orange and green, with a seated figure in a white garment on the right. Below, grey granite walls with carved pillars, a pillared niche and a lattice window show the temple's architecture.