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Low-angle photograph of a tall, tiered stone temple tower shaped like a sikhara, with stepped layers of reddish and grey stone and carved pilasters on its lower body. A small golden finial with a bird-like figure crowns the summit against a pale evening sky. A thin power line runs diagonally across the frame. No people are visible.2016-06-03Night photograph from a low angle of a large old stone temple with a tall, tiered shikhara spire of weathered sandstone and brick-red sections, its carved surfaces lit faintly. To the right, an open colonnaded pavilion with pillars is covered by a blue-and-white striped awning, with a warm lamp glowing beneath it. Strung overhead are electric cables, and in the lower right corner two people stand near the pavilion, one in white. The dark sky shows a bright light at the top edge.2016-06-03June 03 20162016-06-03September 18 20062006-09-18April 05 20122012-04-05A tall, tiered gopuram temple gateway of a South Indian temple, its sculpted tower covered in carved figures, deities and niches in grey-white stone against a clear blue sky. Electric wires cross the sky at the upper right. The lower gateway opens into a dark entrance passage flanked by pillars, and a small stone figure sits at the lower right corner of the wall. No people are visible in the frame.2006-11-24May 22 20122012-05-22April 29 20182018-04-29 +2 copiesLow-angle photograph looking up at the tall, tapering stone spire of a temple. The dark grey stone walls are layered with carved horizontal bands of floral and scroll motifs, and a small square niche sits mid-wall. A wooden-roofed top tier with carved brackets is visible at the peak. No people are present, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.2006-05-30Low-angle photograph of a towering stone temple gopuram at Tiruvannamalai, its tiers covered in carved sculptures of deities and ornamental pillars in pale sandstone. A dark arched entrance opens at the lower left, and a flock of birds scatters across a cloudy grey sky. Overhead utility wires cross the frame. No people are visible in the scene.2012-10-12A photograph of a tall, ornately carved stone temple gopuram at Dharapuram, Tamil Nadu, rising in tiers covered with sculpted deities, pillars and niches under a pale sky. Several people walk in the courtyard at its base: a man in a white shirt and trousers on the left, a woman in an orange sari near the centre, and a child in front of her. No a person candidate is visible, and the figures are too small and distant to attribute any ritual activity to them.2006-09-18December 23 20142014-12-23