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Photograph of a stone temple shrine entrance in Tiruvannamalai. A green ceiling panel painted with a large concentric circular medallion in red, orange, yellow, blue and white sits above granite pillars. Beneath it, a dark shrine niche holds a deity murti decorated with a strand of flower garland. Carved stone figures and a carved lion-like guardian figure flank the entrance, and a stone pillar with wooden support beams is at left. No people are visible.

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Photo of a stone temple shrine entrance with a painted ceiling panel in green, orange and blue concentric rings. A priest in red-orange dhoti and white upper cloth bends forward at the right, his bare shaved head visible and wearing a long beaded necklace. Inside the dark sanctum a small garland hangs on a deity murti, with an oil lamp glowing at the base. Grey stone pillars frame the scene, with a metal pot tied to a pillar at left.2011-05-17July 29 20082008-07-29July 08 20122012-07-08February 08 20122012-02-08Long empty stone colonnade in a South Indian temple corridor, receding toward a distant doorway. Rows of carved granite pillars with ornate bracket capitals line both sides, each topped with painted yellow lion-like brackets. The ceiling is painted with concentric rosette medallions in pink, yellow, purple and blue, lit by a line of ceiling lights. No people, deity murti or ritual activity is visible; the photograph documents the architecture of the hall.2012-05-29Photograph of an empty, long colonnade in a South Indian temple corridor, with a dark stone-pillared walkway receding into the distance. The ceiling is painted with concentric rings in red, green, blue and yellow on a lavender ground. The left wall carries a long painted frieze of deity and mythological scenes in red, blue and orange, beneath rows of black panels with text. No people are visible in the corridor.2008-07-29February 08 20122012-02-08December 25 20052005-12-25A photograph of a temple courtyard at Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, a person in an orange-saffron robe with a draped orange shawl and gold bangles bends forward, pressing their forehead and hands against a dark stone shrine structure. The shrine has carved stone pillars, a small lion sculpture, and a ceiling painted with a concentric rainbow-coloured circular medallion. A tall cylindrical stone lingam-style object with a white cloth wrap stands inside the shrine. Bamboo scaffolding and palm trees are visible behind, along with pink-painted temple walls. The person's face is not visible and no identification is made from appearance.2012-10-12July 29 20082008-07-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a long temple corridor with a painted ceiling of concentric circular medallions in blue, red, green and yellow on a lavender ground, bordered in gold. Fluorescent tube lights hang from the ceiling. Carved stone pillars with ornate brackets line the right side, and painted murals of temple scenes and gopurams run along the left wall beneath a row of printed black panels. Several people are visible at the bottom edge: a young boy in the foreground, and partially visible heads of others behind him.2008-07-29May 29 20122012-05-29 +1 copies