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October 23 2006

Night photograph looking up at the painted gopuram of a temple, its tiers covered with colourful sculpted figures of deities and attendants in red, blue, green and white. Some figures stand with hands folded in namaskar along the lower storeys, and carved stone pillars and wall courses sit in the foreground beneath the dark sky. No people are visible in the scene.

July 13 2009

Night photograph of an ornate South Indian temple gopuram gateway, its painted and sculpted facade lit by floodlights. Upper tiers display rows of small painted deity figures and celestial figures; the arch above the entrance shows a painted panel of standing deities, and the left pillar features a painted Ganesha with elephant head. Brightly coloured red, blue, yellow and green panels cover the walls, with gold-painted architectural trim. No people are visible in the frame, and the dark sky surrounds the structure.

2012-04-11 +1 copies

Night photograph of the upper facade of a stone temple gopuram, lit by a flash against a black sky. Painted stucco sculptures of deities, apsaras and attendant figures fill the colourful tiered cornice in blue, red, orange and green, with a seated figure in a white garment on the right. Below, grey granite walls with carved pillars, a pillared niche and a lattice window show the temple's architecture.

June 04 2012

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June 05 2012

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June 04 2012

A photograph of a colourful temple gopuram-style facade under a pale blue sky. Central arched niche shows a painted-stucco image of Shiva seated on a white bull Nandi with Parvati beside him, wearing red and green garments. Flanking female figures in green and red saris hold up their hands. Smaller painted figures of Ganesha on the left and another seated goddess on the right sit beneath small domed towers. Scalloped red arch and green-and-blue borders frame the central panel.

February 04 2013

Night photograph from a low angle of a South Indian temple gopuram or roofline, its tiers covered in painted stucco sculptures of figures and deities in blue, green, red, pink and yellow tones. Lit figures stand in rows along the upper ledges and niches, with a dark sky behind. Heavy grey stone pillars and carved corbels in the foreground. No people are visible in the scene.