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A photograph of the white gopuram (temple tower) of Arunachaleshwara Temple in Tiruvannamalai rising above red-and-cream temple buildings under a clear blue sky, with a low cloud bank resting on the green hillside behind it. In the foreground a red nandi (bull) statue sits on the roof of a salmon-pink shrine with arched windows. Two men in white clothes stand on a rooftop ledge at right, and a few people are visible at the bottom edge near street stalls. Shop signs in Tamil and English include a key-cutting shop and a frame-works shop. A date stamp reads 3 December 2022 6:46 am.2022-12-03December 03 20222022-12-03Photograph of a crowded street outside a large South Indian temple gopuram at dawn, the sky pale blue with a lenticular cloud over a hill behind. A tall white-washed gopuram with tiered carvings rises at left beside a colourful temple gateway with stone pillars. Dense crowds of devotees fill the foreground, many in white dhotis, saris in green, pink and orange, and some bare-chested men. A tall floodlight pole and scaffolding for festival preparations stand at right, with palm fronds decorating the gateway. Shops with signboards line the left edge.2022-12-03Outdoor photograph of a crowded street in front of a tall ornate gopuram-style temple tower and entrance at Arunachaleshwara Temple in Tiruvannamalai, with a blue sky and a wispy cloud above the hill behind. Scaffolding and bamboo structures stand beside the temple. On the left, shopfronts with a Vivo sign and Tamil signage line the street. Many devotees walk and gather, mostly in white shirts, dhotis and lungis, and in saris in orange, green, yellow and red; several elderly women stand with palms pressed together in namaste. A decorated red-and-gold chariot with garlands is at the right edge. A timestamp reads 3 December 2022 6:47 am with a copyright credit.2022-12-03December 03 20222022-12-03December 03 20222022-12-03Photograph of the gopuram (temple tower) of the Arunachaleshwara Temple in Tiruvannamalai, its white-painted tiered tower rising above a long colonnade of pillars, with palm trees and the green hill of Arunachala behind it under a cloud drifting over the peak. A tall white street lamp stands at left, strings of small lights cross the blue sky, and a red-and-white striped canopy shelters a stall at right. Some fabric stalls and metal barricades are set up in the courtyard in the foreground. No people are visible.2022-12-03December 03 20222022-12-03December 03 20222022-12-03A large crowd of people in white clothes walks in front of a tall, white-stone gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers densely carved with deity figures and animals. A single figure at center-right wears saffron/orange robes and carries a bag over the shoulder; the wider crowd includes men in white shirts and dhotis, a woman in a blue sari, and a uniformed official in khaki. Stone nandi bulls sit on the roof edge of a pillared mandapam at left, and a tall lamp post stands at right beside a shrine entrance with Tamil signage.2007-01-12August 01 20082008-08-01A photograph taken looking upward at a pale blue sky over a temple complex. On the left, a white gopuram tower with tiered ornamental carvings and small finials rises above palm trees. On the right, the edge of a pinkish-orange temple wall topped with a stone sculpture of a bull and a figure, with a wrought-iron bracket holding a hanging bell. Behind the gopuram, a dark forested hill fades into hazy sky. A small purple bird logo appears in the upper left corner. No people are visible.2022-02-07