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April 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of a small temple courtyard with a pink-walled shrine built on a pillared hall with blue columns and a flat roof. A tall dhwajasthambha flagstaff stands in front, with a stone lamp stand and small stone pedestals on the paved ground. Two stone lions sit on the roof corners and a coconut palm stands at right. No people are clearly visible except a figure in red walking near the pillars.2018-04-29 +1 copiesOutdoor temple scene in a sunny courtyard. A tall dark stone dhvaja-style lamp pillar with a multi-tiered top and hanging bells stands on a pedestal, partly draped with a white cloth. A bare-chested man in a yellow and magenta dhoti stands at right, facing the pillar, with a sacred thread across his shoulder. Behind him a white-walled pavilion with blue pillars and a pink wall shelters small shrine images, and a seated figure in white and gold sits on the roof beside a palm tree. A standing person in a white shirt appears at far right edge. No one is clearly identifiable as a person.2018-04-29A photograph of a temple courtyard with a stone-pillared open hall leading to a shrine entrance. The doorway is framed by painted pilasters showing standing dvarapala guardian figures, with a decorated lintel, green leaf festoons and a small kalasha-like finial above. A black stone Nandi bull sits on a square base in front of the shrine, and potted plants stand beside the entrance. Two men in white dhoti and white shirts stand near the right edge, one wearing a rudraksha-style mala, with a third figure in white at the far right.2014-07-01Empty interior courtyard of a South Indian temple with blue-painted pillars and a white marble floor. A steep stone staircase with a metal railing rises at left toward a closed yellow grille gate. Smaller blue shrines with painted tops and a tiled roof stand in the open court, with a palm tree and a multicoloured gopuram-style shrine visible at right. Two metal stands sit on the floor, a ceiling fan hangs overhead, and no people are visible.2009-08-08August 08 20092009-08-08A dusty open courtyard of an old temple or house complex with concrete floor, flanked by a tiled-roof shed on the left and granite pillars with a flat roof on the right. Potted plants sit near the pillars and a small shrine structure with a sloped corrugated roof stands in the centre, with a gopuram-like tower visible in the background. No people are visible in the scene.2014-07-01Outdoor photograph of a small South Indian temple with a blue-pillared open front porch beneath a tiled roof, surrounded by palm trees and leafy trees under a pale sky. A tall black dhvaja-style flagstaff stands in front of the shrine, and a black stone lamp stand or dipa stambha sits nearby. A crowd of devotees gathers on the paved path. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a saffron cloth and a crossbody bag stands with his back to the camera. A young woman in the center wears a black top with yellow flowers in her hair, and a man in a white shirt stands beside her. A man on the left in a white dhoti and dark shirt photographs the scene with a camera. Visible people are roughly a dozen.2018-04-29March 16 20132013-03-16A photograph taken through a framed doorway looking out onto a whitewashed temple-style building with ornate sculpted parapet and columns painted with red and blue bands. A tall dark metal flagstaff stands in the courtyard. Two people in white are visible on the upper veranda. A tiled walkway leads to a stepped entrance flanked by green shrubs and red flowering plants. At the base of the steps, a large framed portrait shows a smiling figure with dark hair in a red-orange garment, placed in front of the building.2009-09-13 +1 copiesJuly 14 20092009-07-14Outdoor photograph of an open-air shrine courtyard under a corrugated metal roof with steel trusses. In the centre, a tall copper-coloured flagstaff or dhvaja stands on a red-brick stepped pedestal, in front of a dark stone Nandi bull garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. Coconut palms and green shrubs surround the area, and several dark stone statues and small red-labelled plinths are visible at the edges. The sandy ground has circular raised platforms and white kolam-style floor designs. No people are visible.2010-09-30