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Exterior photograph of a white-tiled multi-storey building on a city street, with arched balconies, blue-grey trim and a painted arch sign above the entrance showing a colourful deity image. A shop sign for Suresh Jewellers hangs at street level with a yellow banner beside it. Two partially visible people stand at the bottom edge, one in the foreground left and one at the lower right. Overhead wires cross the sky and a street lamp stands in front of the building.

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Photograph of a pink and cream multi-storey building facade with stepped arched window details and a large framed portrait poster on the upper front. The poster shows a smiling figure in orange ornate clothing with a saffron-orange head wrap and a beaded necklace, viewed from the chest up. Below, a Tamil signboard reads Prakash Medical Store (Pharmacy) and a yellow banner with blue lettering is hung beneath. In front, parked cars and rows of motorcycles fill the dusty street, with a thatched shelter at right and trees behind. No people are visible in the scene.June 04 20122012-06-04Exterior view of a white multi-storey temple complex with pale grey cornices, a crenellated parapet and arched windows under a pale blue sky. A small entrance canopy with columns stands at the centre, with a blue signboard above it and a few distant figures near the entrance. Bare-branched trees rise behind the roofline, and a blue railing and stone steps run along the foreground.2008-09-04August 08 20092009-08-08Street view in a Tamil Nadu town of a colourful gopuram temple tower rising above shopfronts and tangled overhead wires under bright hazy sunlight. A tall white vertical signboard with Tamil script stands at left, and a gilded golden figure edge and a red-painted vehicle panel occupy the right foreground. A small banner hangs over the street, and a red sign with Tamil text is at lower left. No people are clearly visible in the scene.2006-10-23A photograph of a white multi-storey building facade with a curved balcony and pillars, its entrance labelled with Tamil script on the upper fascia. Several large orange-robed portrait banners hang on the building: one on the balcony, two beside the entrance and one at the lower left, each showing a smiling man in an orange turban and orange shawl with hands folded. Two men in white dress walk toward the open doorway, and a man in white stands at the lower right near the entrance steps. Shrubs and a metal handrail sit in the foreground.2003-11-09A busy street in a South Indian town with motorcycles and riders in white shirts approaching the camera. Behind them rises a large gopuram temple tower of tiered grey-white sculpted stone, identifiable as a temple gateway, with a line of flat-roofed shops painted green, pink and orange along the left. Overhead tangles of electric and telephone wires cross the blue sky. A woman in a white sari and a man in a white turban sit on a scooter at the right edge. A green auto-rickshaw is visible in the middle distance.2012-07-24A photograph of a two-storey temple building with grey pillars carved with figures, cream upper walls with small framed windows, and a white tiered shikhara-style tower on the roof. A blue-roofed structure stands at the left edge. In the foreground, a banner in Tamil and English is hung on a metal railing at the entrance, with a painted image of a deity on a blue panel beside it. No people are clearly visible apart from a partial figure at the bottom right corner.2009-08-08September 23 20062006-09-23October 23 20062006-10-23Facade of the Madurai Aadheenam building, a multi-storey structure with a colourful decorated gopuram-style upper tier. A gold-lettered signboard reads MADURAI AADHEENAM in Tamil and English, hung with green leaf strands. Above the entrance, painted sculptural niches show deity murtis including a seated figure on a white bull and a multi-armed deity beside it, with peacock and lion figures in the ornamentation. Shop signs and wires run across the street frontage. No people are visible.2012-06-04A photograph taken through a car windshield of a tall residential apartment tower with cream and pink facades, blue-capped rooftop domes and many balconies, under a pale overcast sky. A street lamp stands at left beside a billboard showing a smiling woman in a yellow-framed poster. Below, a low wall carries painted Tamil-script signage, and a red and blue banner with a cartoon figure hangs on a building at right. A partly visible person in light clothing stands near the wall. No deity, ritual or a person figure is visible.2010-01-10