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May 14 20182018-05-14A colourful Tamil temple gateway with a tiered, painted superstructure topped by a gopuram-style crown, decorated with figures of Ganesha and other deities flanked by lions. A pink banner over the entrance reads a Tamil temple name, and a shirtless man in a white dhoti stands in the doorway with several onlookers, one in saffron, passing by. Garlands hang beside the doorway, and a parked white car and trees frame the street scene.2006-11-01May 14 20182018-05-14A photograph of a small temple gopuram-style shrine with colourful painted tiers in blue, red and yellow, seen through a tree in front of a roadside gate. A loudspeaker is mounted on the roof beside a palm tree. Foreground includes an orange-and-red iron gate, a concrete pillar, and two notice boards: one with Tamil text and a schedule listing dates from 2009, and a poster with Tamil text. A utility pole with a blank white signboard stands at left. No people are visible.2009-08-08A photograph of a temple doorway with a pale blue frame, hung with a fringe of white beads and a red canopy, and garlanded with alternating yellow, red and green flower strands. Above the door, colourful painted stucco figures include a multi-armed deity holding a drum and staff in a teal sari, flanked by a figure with an elephant head and a seated smaller figure. Standing painted figures in teal and cream saris flank the entrance on both walls. Tamil lettering is carved above the doorway. No people are visible in the scene; a dark inner sanctum is glimpsed beyond the threshold.2014-07-01Photograph of a painted blue temple gateway arch against a pale sky, with trees at the bottom. Three niches sit atop the arch: the left holds a seated Ganesha figure, the centre a multi-armed goddess standing with a sword, and the right a seated figure in green and white. Two stone lions flank the outer corners. The horizontal blue signboard carries Tamil lettering reading a temple name and 'Thirumana Mandapam'. No people are visible.2009-01-31Photograph of a colourful Hindu temple gateway with a tiered, painted gopuram-style tower topped by a kalasha-like finial. Statues on the parapet include two white bulls, a standing figure with raised arms, a seated figure, and a large deity murti of Ganesha with a trunk, flanked by small sculpted figures. A red and yellow banner hangs over the entrance with Tamil script and images of Ganesha and a goddess. No people are visible in the scene.2006-10-16October 14 20062006-10-14August 03 20092009-08-03A temple doorway painted light blue, framed by a garland of yellow and red flowers and a hanging string of shells over the entrance. Above the door, a painted stucco panel shows a multi-armed deity murti seated on a mount, flanked by two smaller figures. Painted standing female figures in saris flank the doorway on both walls, one in pink and one in teal. Tiled floor in the foreground; the interior beyond the threshold is dark. Tamil script is painted above the door.2014-07-01A photograph of a small temple building painted in white with red vertical stripes and blue door frames. On its roof stand a multicoloured domed shrine with a small kalasha, a figure of a seated deity holding a pot beside a white bull, and a colourful sculpture of Ganesha seated with an orange and red body and an ornate arch behind him. Two loudspeakers are mounted on a pole, and tall coconut palms stand against a pale sky. Two people are partly visible at the bottom edge near the open doorway, which shows a dim interior.2006-10-19A photograph of the exterior facade of a colourful South Indian temple gateway in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Above the entrance, painted stucco figures stand on the cornice: a central deity murti with a crown and garland, flanked by a seated female figure with a lion-like mount and a standing male figure holding a flower, with white lions at the corners. Green leaves hang in from the left, and a large pink lotus relief decorates the ceiling beneath the cornice. Below, a blue signboard in Tamil reads the temple's name, with a small Tamil address line. Two black speaker boxes flank the entrance. No people are visible in the frame.2006-10-22