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October 31 2006

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A street scene outside a South Indian temple in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. A tall, ornately sculpted gopuram (temple tower) rises behind a row of small shops with shuttered fronts, including Sri Ambal Jewellery signs. Vendors sit and display produce on blue tarpaulins at the curb, while cyclists, motorbikes and yellow auto-rickshaws move along the road. A palm tree stands at right beside a long temple wall painted in red and white stripes, with another gopuram beyond it under a cloudy sky.2006-10-31A photograph of a tall, ornately sculpted gopuram, a South Indian temple gateway tower, rising on the left against a heavy overcast grey sky. Its tiers are covered with painted deity and figure sculptures in blue and grey tones, with a small kalasha-like finial at the top. A blue rectangular signboard with Tamil lettering stands in front of the tower. On the right, a rooftop with decorative spires and a tall metal antenna mast is partly visible. No people are shown.2006-10-31July 24 20122012-07-24July 08 20122012-07-08A street scene in Tiruvannamalai beside a large temple wall with a tall gopuram (temple tower) carved with tiers of sculpture rising behind it. Along the top of the pink-and-white wall stand several stone figures and finials. In the road, two yellow-and-black auto-rickshaws drive toward the camera, with a blue-and-white bus and another bus parked at the curb on the right. A few pedestrians walk along the left side in white and light clothing, and motorcycles are visible at the edge. Overcast sky and low hills appear in the background.2012-07-08A wide outdoor view of a temple complex on sandy ground under a pale overcast sky. Tall gopuram towers rise on the left and centre, with ornate white and cream shrine structures beside them. A small cream building with a red pyramidal roof stands in the foreground, and a tall floodlight pole rises on the right. Rows of colourful cloth and open-sided shelters line the sand, and a few scattered people sit, stand and walk across the beach-like ground.2006-10-26Street photograph of a busy roadside in an Indian town, with a blue-gray temple gopuram and entrance behind a wooden fence. A large red-and-yellow banner on the fence shows a saffron-robed figure raising one hand, with Tamil text and a Kumaran Sri Balaji Garments logo beneath. Several flags fly from poles near the temple, and two storefronts line the street. A man in a white dhoti walks along the road, a yellow auto-rickshaw and a cart sit in the street, a motorcyclist rides past, and crows fly overhead. Shopfronts show signs and posters.2006-11-25A busy street scene in front of a South Indian temple gopuram and a colourful gateway tower. A silver SUV and a white van are stopped in traffic, with a yellow auto-rickshaw on the left and bicycles in the foreground. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk along the road and near the vehicles, and one man in an orange shirt stands by the white van. Roadside shops and hoardings line the left side, and a cart of produce is visible at right. No individual can be confidently identified as the a person from appearance, so the figures are described by role and clothing only.2007-01-12October 23 20062006-10-23October 12 20122012-10-12July 24 20122012-07-24A wet, rain-slicked town street in Tamil Nadu with shops on both sides, blue and white storefronts, a tall gopuram temple tower with painted sculpted figures on the upper right, and a white van and a white hatchback car in the foreground. Yellow auto-rickshaws and a few cyclists travel down the road, and several pedestrians stand or walk along the left sidewalk, some in white dhotis and saris. Hanging signboards and banners in Tamil script line the street under overhead power lines and a cloudy grey sky. No ritual or a person depicted; the scene is a street view on the procession route.2006-10-27