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April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29Night photograph of a tall, heavily sculpted gopuram temple tower, its stepped facade covered in stone figures and carved shrines lit by floodlights against a black sky. A full moon glows at upper right. The lower entrance is a dark wooden-framed doorway flanked by carved guardian figures. No people are visible in the scene.2012-04-05Night view of a tall, tiered gopuram temple tower covered in carved sculptural figures and niches, rising to a dark sky. A red illuminated sign with lettering is mounted on the upper tier, and small lights glow in several openings. At the base, a lit gateway with an arched doorway is visible. No people are shown.2006-09-23Night photograph of a towering sculpted gopuram of the Arunachaleshwara Temple at Tiruvannamalai, its tiered stone face densely carved with figures and lit by strings of warm lamps tracing its edges and roofline. A bright floodlight glows at the lower left near a cable, and the dark sky surrounds the tower. No people are visible in the scene; the lamps are electric string lights, not oil lamps.2006-12-04February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesNight photograph of a towering South Indian temple gopuram, its tiered tower densely covered with painted sculptures of deities and figures, lit by warm light against a black sky. A small golden finial glints at the top. In the foreground, a colonnaded hall with white pillars and an ornamented parapet runs along the bottom, with a street lamp at left and small lamps along the base. A few tiny figures are visible near the colonnade, but no individual person can be clearly identified. No identifiable a person depiction is visible.2012-05-20February 06 20172017-02-06Photograph of a tall, white gopuram (temple tower) rising against a pale blue sky with a faint moon at upper right. The tiered tower is densely carved with rows of small shrine niches, pillars and sculpted figures, with a large circular relief of a deity near the base. Pink-flowered branches of a shrub intrude at the lower right. No people are visible in the frame. The page concerns a 1989 Ganesh Chaturthi event inside the Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai, but this image shows only the exterior tower.September 23 20062006-09-23September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public functionA tall, ornately carved white gopuram, the tiered tower of a South Indian temple, rises against a pale blue sky. Its many tiers are densely covered with sculpted niches, pillars, and figures of deities and attendants, with a domed crown at the summit. Pink flowering branches hang in the lower right corner. No people are visible in the frame.