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May 15 20182018-05-15May 15 20182018-05-15May 15 20182018-05-15A brightly painted Hindu temple gopuram, a tiered tower covered in colourful sculpted deities and figures in red, green, yellow, blue and white, rises above a stone-walled temple entrance. A small stone pavilion with pillars stands at right beside a tree, and a few people are visible near the lower right corner. Pale sky and a flat paved courtyard frame the scene.2012-07-23May 15 20182018-05-15Kailaasa Paramparagatha Suvarnapeetha Sarvajnapeetha Swargapuram SamrajyamMay 15 20182018-05-15A colourful multi-tiered gopuram, the ornate entrance tower of a South Indian temple, rises against a pale blue sky. Its upper levels are densely covered with painted stucco sculptures of deities, figures and animals in red, blue, green, yellow and white. The stone base below has a dark recessed doorway with plain brown carved pillars. A bare paved courtyard in the foreground is empty of people. No physical people or identifiable a person figure are visible.2012-07-23A photograph of a colourfully painted South Indian temple gopuram rising above rooftops and palm trees under an overcast sky. The tiered tower is decorated with painted deity figures and multicoloured sculpted bands, and a gilded dome-shaped shrine tower stands behind it. Thatched and corrugated roofs, a pink boundary wall and a street lamp sit in the foreground. No people are visible.2006-04-23May 15 20182018-05-15A photograph of a South Indian Hindu temple gateway tower, a gopuram, rising behind a low pillared portico with turquoise columns. The tower is densely covered with brightly painted sculpted figures in blue, green, red and gold, topped by golden finials under a clear blue sky. In the foreground, a stone shrine structure is enclosed by a steel grille, and a few people stand and sit near the pillars and paving, including one person in white seated on the ground beside a container. A dark frame edge runs along the right side of the image.2012-08-20January 17 20182018-01-17