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January 07 20102010-01-07Dusk photograph of a crowd gathered outside a stone temple gopuram entrance decorated with painted sculptures of deities and figures in multicoloured stucco. Many devotees, mostly in white clothing, some women in saris and salwar, stand packed together at the base of the carved doorway, with a wooden ladder leaning against the wall and bright lights illuminating an inner gate. Partially visible people fill the lower frame.2010-01-07August 17 20072007-08-17June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05May 31 20122012-05-31A 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.2007-08-17Photograph of a towering gopuram at a South Indian temple, its tiers densely covered with painted sculptures of deities and figures in yellow, green and blue. The tall entrance gateway is shaded below, with a dark passage leading inward. In the foreground a crowd moves through the gate, many men in white shirts and white dhotis, some women in colourful saris, and a few people carrying items. A green tree stands at left and a blue sky shows above. No individual can be clearly identified as a person.2012-06-05August 17 20072007-08-17July 14 20092009-07-14