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June 19 2014

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A large outdoor signboard with a peach-coloured background and red and black lettering announces a Golden Temple under construction at Svyambu Nithyanandeshwara. Two architectural elevation drawings of temple towers in yellow, blue and red flank a yellow banner reading UNDER CONSTRUCTION with black and yellow hazard stripes. A red cross-section drawing of the temple's halls and sanctum runs along the bottom. Green foliage fills the background, and no people are visible.2014-08-15September 18 20162016-09-18A photograph at night of a large cream-coloured temple model on a red carpet, with a golden tiered shrine-top (vimana-like form) at its centre and several gopuram-style towers around it. Behind the model, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a long garland of orange and yellow flowers stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Other people in orange and red clothing stand near him under a scaffolded covered hall with string lights.2018-03-02A framed architectural drawing on a wooden stand, photographed indoors beside a wooden banister. The line drawing shows the front elevation of a Hindu temple complex with a tall central shikhara tower topped by a kalasha and flag, flanked by smaller shikharas and a gopuram-style entrance tower with arched niches and columned facade. A caption at the bottom reads Front Elevation, Thwadasa Jothir Lingas Temple, with a location line beneath.2008-08-07A framed architectural drawing in black line work on pale paper, shown as a front elevation of a temple with a tall central tower and multiple curved shikhara spires with niches and finials, a gateway tower in the centre, and rows of ornamented windows and pillars along the base. A small red-and-white pennant flies from the top of the central spire. The sheet is mounted on a wooden surface beside a wooden post. A printed caption at the bottom reads Front Elevation, Thwadasa Jotbir Lingas Temple, Oicha Hill, Tangerine area. The image is a drawing, not a photo of people, and no people are visible.2008-08-07A large blue printed banner shows a white line-drawn temple architectural illustration with multiple red-and-white spired shikhara towers, a central tall tower, a pennant flag on top, and a sunburst behind it. Below the temple are bands of yellow marigold flowers. At the right edge, a partial photographic portrait of a figure with long hair in orange-saffron clothing appears within a sunburst, beside a small clipped portrait on the left. No physical people are present in the scene itself.2008-08-07A framed architectural elevation drawing on paper, shown in a photograph, of a multi-spired temple facade. The black-and-white line drawing depicts a tall central gopuram-style tower with a curved shikhara, flanked by smaller spires and pillared colonnades with windows and arched niches. Lower bays of pillared arcades run along the base. The drawing is mounted on a dark wooden frame beside a wooden pillar. A printed caption at the bottom reads Front Elevation, Thwadasa Jothir Lingas Temple, Oxford Hill, Bangalore. No people are visible.2008-08-07A line drawing of a multi-spired temple complex with a tall central shikhara, several smaller red-and-white towers, a stepped gopuram-style entrance and rows of arched windows along a white base, set against a blue wave background with a radiating white sunburst above. Kannada script appears at the bottom. No people are visible.2008-08-07July 10 20142014-07-10Outdoor view of a temple-style structure draped with a maroon canopy bearing white English and Devanagari lettering reading Nithyanandeshwara Devasthanam. A tall gilded kalasha-topped pole stands at the centre, with a red flag fluttering from the roof corner above. Colourful painted pillars with lotus and elephant motifs hang beneath the canopy, along with orange and red decorative umbrellas. No people are visible in the frame.2016-05-08A photograph of a large gopuram, the tall ornate gateway tower of a South Indian temple, rising above a long red-tiled roof with a scalloped edge. The tower is painted golden yellow and carved with tiers of deity figures and topped with a row of finials against a blue sky with white clouds. Green trees frame the left and right. In the foreground, a railing and a low red-roofed entrance hall with a signboard and a green sign are visible, and a few small figures of people stand near the gate at the bottom edge. Several blurred people are visible at the lower edge, partly cut off by the frame.2018-04-29November 18 20162016-11-18