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January 12 2007

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May 22 20122012-05-22May 29 20122012-05-29June 04 20122012-06-04 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA small colourful Hindu temple shrine with a multi-tiered, brightly painted gopuram-style tower topped by a golden finial. The facade shows painted stucco figures including a seated Ganesha deity murti in the centre flanked by white bulls and attendant figures in blue, with a pink and green painted wall beside it. The shrine has a grey block wall, a gold-barred metal gate and a small framed black plaque with Tamil script. Tall coconut palms and a blue sky surround the structure. No people are visible.2009-08-03A photograph of a colourful temple gopuram-style facade under a pale blue sky. Central arched niche shows a painted-stucco image of Shiva seated on a white bull Nandi with Parvati beside him, wearing red and green garments. Flanking female figures in green and red saris hold up their hands. Smaller painted figures of Ganesha on the left and another seated goddess on the right sit beneath small domed towers. Scalloped red arch and green-and-blue borders frame the central panel.2012-02-08A richly painted Hindu temple gopuram facade crowded with colourful stucco sculptures of deities and attendants. In the central niche stands a multi-armed deity murti in gold and grey tones. Flanking figures include female attendants holding a fan and a whisk, and a small seated Ganesha figure with an elephant head at lower right. Above, seated figures and ornate turquoise, red and gold scrollwork decorate the tiers. No people are visible; the statues are the subject, and the page's a person reference does not appear in the image.2012-05-29 +1 copiesOctober 22 20062006-10-22A photograph looking up at the colourfully painted gopuram tower of a Hindu temple against a pale sky. Multiple tiers are decorated with stucco deity figures in red, orange, blue and green, including a standing deity above the entrance niche and flanking figures in saffron, blue and teal sarees. Carved bulls and lotus-like motifs project from the upper tiers, and a large ornate finial crowns the structure. No people are visible in the scene; the only figures are sculpted murtis.2012-05-30A photograph of an ornately painted Hindu temple gateway, shown from below. Above the dark doorway, a curved arch is decorated with a red and green scrollwork border and gold rosettes. Within the arch, a row of painted stone sculptures of standing deities and attendants is visible, several with hands in anjali mudra, along with a multi-headed figure at the centre. Ornate gopuram-style carvings, makara-like figures and a small mythical bird crown the roofline, with a cable running overhead. No physical people are visible in the scene.2006-10-23A photograph of a colourful, ornately decorated gateway or shrine-top structure on a whitewashed compound wall, outdoors under a pale sky with power lines overhead. The tiered structure has painted red, blue, green and gold panels, a finial row and a carved relief of a white bull group and a Ganesha figure with an elephant head and raised hand. A rocky hill and palm tree stand behind it, and a small green signboard sits at the left edge. No people are visible.2012-07-08May 29 20122012-05-29