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A street photograph of a colourful multi-tiered south Indian temple gopuram rising above a roadside, with painted sculptures of deities and figures stacked on its tiers. A large ganesha statue in orange and yellow stands at left beside a yellow wall, with a palm-thatched entrance canopy below the tower. Palm trees and a leafy tree frame the sky. A grey car and a few people in white shirts and dhotis pass in the foreground, and a co-op cost price shop sign hangs at right.

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January 24 20102010-01-24 +1 copiesA busy street scene in an Indian town on a hazy day. Several motorcyclists and scooter riders ride along a paved road toward a colourful gopuram temple tower, its tiers covered in painted deities and figures, with a yellow-painted barrier in the foreground. A tall orange-and-white statue stands at the roadside by the temple wall. On the left, a large banner with a portrait and Tamil lettering hangs on a wall. A man in a white shirt on a bicycle and a rider in a white shirt with a red backpack are at the right edge, with traffic lights and utility poles overhead.2010-01-23October 23 20062006-10-23May 16 20122012-05-16A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram, a tiered tower covered in painted stucco figures in red, blue, green and yellow, rising above a pink compound wall. Behind it a gilded golden dome or shikhara catches the overcast light, flanked by tall coconut palms. In the foreground are corrugated metal and thatched roofs, a street lamp on a pole, and a small roadside structure. No people are visible. A sculpted figure stands on the right roofline, and the tower shows a finial with a trident-like top.2006-04-23A 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.2010-01-23A photograph of a colourfully painted South Indian temple gopuram rising above rooftops and palm trees under an overcast sky. The tiered tower is decorated with painted deity figures and multicoloured sculpted bands, and a gilded dome-shaped shrine tower stands behind it. Thatched and corrugated roofs, a pink boundary wall and a street lamp sit in the foreground. No people are visible.2006-04-23A photograph of a colourful multi-tiered South Indian temple gopuram covered in painted sculptures of deities and figures, rising above a pink boundary wall. Beside it stands a golden-topped shrine dome, with tall palm trees behind. In the foreground are corrugated sheet and thatched roofs, and a street lamp on a pole stands at right. The sky is overcast. No people are visible.2006-04-23May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesOctober 20 20062006-10-20January 23 20102010-01-23August 11 20092009-08-11