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June 05 2012

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A tall, richly painted South Indian temple gopuram rises against a bright white sky. Its tiers are crowded with polychrome stucco figures of deities, celestial beings, animals and lion-like guardians in turquoise, red, orange and white. A seated deity sits in a niche at the lower centre, and a standing figure with raised arms appears in an arched shrine near the top. A plain whitewashed compound wall with brick courses stands at the lower right. No people are visible.2012-06-05May 09 20122012-05-09A tall, richly painted gopuram of a South Indian temple rises against a clear pale blue sky. Its many tiers are covered with sculpted deities, celestial figures, and mythic animals in red, pink, teal, yellow and white, with a large makara-like finial crowning the summit. The lower right foreground shows a white wall and a partly visible stone structure. No people are visible in the frame.2012-06-05A photograph of a tall, richly painted South Indian temple gopuram (gateway tower) seen from below. Its tiers are crowded with polychrome sculptures of deities, dancing figures, lions and bulls in turquoise, red, cream and yellow. A large stone gateway arch stands at the base, with a mango tree and wooden fencing in the foreground and a tiled, blue-and-white sky above. No people are clearly visible in the scene.2009-08-11July 30 20082008-07-30A photograph looking up at a tall, colourfully painted South Indian temple gopuram with tiers of carved stucco figures in pink, green, blue and yellow. A stone-carved arched gateway with pillars sits at its base, behind a white-painted boundary wall. No people are visible; the scene shows only architecture and a glimpse of green trees beyond the gate.2008-07-29A tall, ornately sculpted South Indian temple gopuram (tower) rises above a stone gateway, its tiers covered in painted figures and sculptures in turquoise, blue and cream. Stone walls with carved niches flank the arched entrance. In the lower left, a figure in a saffron-orange robe walks toward the gate. At the bottom edge, two people are partly visible, one with dark hair in a bun wearing a light top, and a sliver of a second person. Washed-out light fills the upper sky.2009-08-11A tall, colourfully painted gopuram, the tiered entrance tower of a South Indian Hindu temple, rises against a pale sky. Its upper levels are covered with rows of painted sculptural figures in blue, red, green, yellow and white, including deities, animals and attendants. A dark stone gateway with carved pillars sits at the base, with a white car parked on the open paved courtyard to the right and a stone pillared pavilion at the edge of the frame. No people are visible.2012-08-20May 15 20182018-05-15May 15 20182018-05-15February 14 20222022-02-14September 11 20122012-09-11