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Photograph of a brightly painted multi-tiered gopuram temple tower in Kanjanur, with a stone-pillared entrance beneath it and a relief of a deity on a bull above the doorway. In front, a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts stands and walks in the open courtyard. On the left, a uniformed police officer in a cap raises an ornate red and green umbrella. In the foreground, a bare-headed woman wears an orange shawl over white and an older man in white with a maroon shawl walks past. Several other people stand near the temple entrance.2012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesPhotograph of the colourful multi-tiered gopuram entrance tower of Kanjanoor Agniswarar Temple in Tamil Nadu, its painted sculptures of deities, animals and kalasha finials rising above a stone gateway. In front, a crowd of people in white dhotis, saris and uniformed police stand on the street beside parked motorcycles and a white SUV, with a woman in a black-and-white outfit drinking from a cup at left. A printed banner hangs beside the gate.2012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16Photograph of the colourful gopuram entrance of Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple, with tiered painted towers in pink, blue, green and yellow, a white bull carving with a deity figure on the gateway shrine niche, and orange-and-blue pillars flanking the doorway. In the foreground a crowd of about ten men in white dhotis and shirts, a girl in a patterned dress, and uniformed police stand near the entrance. A large banner on the left shows a saffron-robed figure with a crown or turban and garlands beside a smiling devotee; the figure's appearance is not clearly confirmed from the image.2012-05-16Colourful gopuram temple entrance of Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple, tiered tower painted in turquoise, red, yellow and blue with stucco figures, a relief of Nandi bull carrying Shiva and Parvati above the gateway, and orange-and-white pillars flanking the doorway with stone lion guardians. Four men in shirts and trousers stand near the entrance, including one in pink shirt and one in white shirt beside a uniformed police officer. Motorcycles are parked at right and a banner with a painted figure leans on the left side of the courtyard.2012-05-16A photograph of a colourful multi-tiered gopuram temple tower at the Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple entrance, its many painted figures and niches in blue, red, yellow and white. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand at the lower left near the gate while a crowd of devotees in white, cream and colourful saris and dhotis gathers at the right. A large printed banner with a smiling portrait and red lettering hangs at the left edge beside the gateway, and a small wall-mounted sign appears above the entrance.2012-05-16Photo 11730554May 29 20122012-05-29