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September 14 2006

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A photograph of an outdoor village scene with a row of blue and white rectangular banners strung on a line between wooden poles, each showing a blue dove-like emblem and partly legible white lettering. Behind them stands a small temple gopuram with colourful painted sculpture, surrounded by tall palm and coconut trees under a clear blue sky. A white-washed boundary wall runs along the dirt ground, and a green banner edge appears at the left foreground. No people are visible in the frame.2006-09-14A thatched-roof open shrine in a sandy courtyard with several small orange and red saffron flags on poles. Striped red-and-white pillars stand at the edges, and behind them are statues and murtis set under green cloth backdrops and gold-coloured arches. Trees frame the scene on both sides. No people are visible. The courtyard is quiet and empty.2009-08-06Dusk view of a village street after a cyclone, with bent palm trees and tangled power lines overhead. On the left a colourful temple gopuram with painted deity figures, including a Ganesha relief, stands beside a white water tank. Two men stand in the lane: one in a white dhoti and white head cloth with his arms crossed, and another in a dark shirt beside parked motorcycles. Tiled roofs and a blue-painted wall with a butterfly mural line the road, and a red cloth hangs from a wall.2012-01-06January 22 20102010-01-22A dusty open ground with scattered rubble and a low wall painted in red and white stripes encloses a small temple complex. Two colourful gopuram-style shrine towers with ornate sculpted tops rise behind the wall, flanked by a palm tree and a leafy tree on the left. A white building stands at the left edge, and a distant range of hills appears under a partly cloudy sky. No people are visible.2009-08-03A small blue village shrine with a colourful domed superstructure decorated with painted stucco figures, including a seated deity murti with a bull and attendant figures, beside a thatched hut, a water tower, and tall palm trees under a pale evening sky. A stone pillar with a stepped top stands in front of the shrine, and a low wall encloses the compound. No people are visible.2012-01-06A photograph taken through trees of a colourful Hindu temple gopuram with painted deity figures and green pillars on a white platform, behind a low grey wall. In the foreground a thatched palm-leaf hut with a white cloth draped over its roof, beside a tree trunk and a small wall with posters. No people are visible.2009-08-03September 07 20092009-09-07A photograph of a village street after a cyclone, with a leaning concrete utility pole at centre carrying many tangled power lines. Two tall coconut palms stand to the right and a bare tree to the left. A small blue-domed roadside shrine with a red finial sits at lower left, beside a corrugated metal structure. A green road sign with Tamil and English text stands in front of thatched and tiled houses on the right. No people are visible; the sky is pale and hazy.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06November 10 20062006-11-10December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copies