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October 09 20062006-10-09Photo of a stone temple gateway with a colourful painted gopuram-style tower above a wide arched entrance. Central niche holds a deity murti with attendant figures on either side, flanked by small painted domes and perched bird sculptures on the roof edges. Grey granite pillars carry carved figures, and a cream banner with gold Tamil script spans the top of the arch. Leafy trees, shops and a yellow signboard stand behind the gate under an overcast sky. No people are visible.2006-10-09October 29 20062006-10-29October 09 20062006-10-09May 14 20122012-05-14 +1 copiesA street photograph of a temple entrance arch in Madurai Mangaharatchi Thiruparankundram area, with a bright turquoise pillared gateway topped by a cream sign and blue peacock figures. A small shrine with a deity murti sits beside a painted wall poster showing a large portrait of a man in a dark robe and rows of smaller head portraits in white, plus Tamil text and a figure holding a staff. Several pedestrians walk on a dirt road, including a woman in a sari carrying a child, and an auto-rickshaw passes on the right.2012-05-09January 23 20102010-01-23A street procession at a temple-style gateway decorated with blue, red and gold ornamentation and sculpted figures. A decorated vehicle with a canopy and a large framed portrait of a woman with dark hair and a red bindi sits beneath the arch, with a banner on its side. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands in the foreground on the road. Several white-clad men and women walk along the street, some in saffron, while shopfronts and signs line both sides.2009-01-30A roadside street scene in a small town on a bright day. A paved road runs left to right with white lane markings, lined with a motorcycle, a parked truck and a few scooters. On the right, a small shop with a tiled awning displays hanging items and pots beneath a large hoarding of a smiling woman in red. Tamil script appears on a blue signboard on a brick wall. A bicycle is in the lower right foreground and palm trees and utility poles stand in the background. No people are clearly visible except a few distant figures near the shop.2009-09-03A photograph of a newly built temple gateway and shrine at a dry, open site in Tamil Nadu. A colourful ornamental gopuram-style arch in blue, orange and cream stands at the entrance, topped with painted deity figures and a kalasha-like finial. Flanking pillars are painted with standing female figures. Behind the arch is a small white shrine building with a domed roof and a closed grille door. A coconut palm stands at left, a water tank at right, and a red and white striped boundary wall runs across the foreground. No people are visible.2009-08-03January 23 20102010-01-23A colourful South Indian gopuram-style temple shrine seen from the front against a pale sky. The tiered superstructure is crowded with painted stucco figures of deities and attendants in pink, green, yellow and blue, with a ceremonial bell-like finial and a small figure of an elephant-headed deity on the upper tier. A central niche holds a seated deity murti. Steps lead up to a grilled blue door flanked by carved pilasters and standing female figures. Trees, palms and a small roadside shop with a Mirinda advertisement stand beside it. No people are visible.2010-01-23