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Photograph taken through a stone gateway of a temple, looking outward toward a distant hill. Two white Nandi bull statues with painted red and teal collars sit on a green-trimmed wall top, and a tall golden lamp post or flagstaff stands between them. In the foreground, the dark silhouettes of the backs of several people's heads are visible at the bottom edge, and a small white loudspeaker is mounted on a pillar. Pillars and a painted ceiling beam are visible beneath the wall.

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A photograph taken through a dark stone temple gateway, looking out toward a white gopuram tower rising in front of a green forested hill under a pale sky. In the foreground a barefoot man in white dhoti and white shawl with a light forehead mark walks toward the viewer on a worn stone floor. Behind him several people in white and other clothing walk or stand in the courtyard outside the gate, including a woman in a dark sari and a person in a light green shirt with hands joined. A tree and a blue-and-white banner appear in the outer area.2003-11-09Looking up at a temple roof structure under a white corrugated canopy with maroon steel beams. Two painted white bulls with red bead necklaces, gold-and-jewel collars and gold saddle cloths sit on a blue-topped stone ledge on either side of a small seated figure. The central figure is a painted deity murti or statue with a gold crown, blue garment, gold necklaces and wrists, hands joined in anjali mudra. No living people are visible.2009-12-16January 12 20072007-01-12A large crowd of devotees sits densely packed in a temple courtyard, seen from an elevated vantage point. In the foreground, a white painted stone Nandi bull with colourful green, orange and gold trappings faces the crowd. Behind it, a multi-tiered gopuram covered in painted deity figures rises on the left, and a long covered colonnade runs across the back. The worshippers wear white, yellow, orange, red and pink clothing. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this view. The scene suggests a temple ceremony with people seated on the ground.2017-02-06 +1 copiesMay 20 1989A white gopuram tower of a Hindu temple rises above palm trees and a low pillared colonnade, with a green wooded hill behind it under a pale blue sky. Carved stone sculptures of figures and animals decorate the tower's tiers. On the right, a plain red-brown stone wall meets a shaded area where a few small figures are seated. A tall metal street lamp stands in the foreground. No people are prominent enough to identify, and no ritual is visible.2009-08-06A photograph of a crowd gathered in a stone temple courtyard. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts stand among the pillars of a stone colonnade with carved capitals and a painted teal and red roof trim. A man in a light tan shirt and a man in white stand near the centre-right. Women in red and pink saris are visible in the background. A loudspeaker is mounted on a pillar at left.2007-01-12Interior view of a stone temple doorway with carved granite pillars and a heavy lintel decorated with floral and scroll relief. A fluorescent tube light hangs under the lintel, with a dark opening beyond. In the foreground, the tops of several people's heads are visible at the bottom edge, including a man in white with an orange cloth at the lower left and a bald man at the lower right.2008-08-02February 06 20172017-02-06A photograph of two painted sculptures on a concrete ledge beneath a translucent corrugated roof with metal rods. On the left, a white recumbent bull with a pink and gold garland and golden decorated saddle cloth lies on a turquoise plinth. On the right, a small figure with a gold crown, turquoise garment and gold bangles sits with hands pressed together in prayer on a matching turquoise plinth. No physical people are visible.2010-09-29A photograph of a colourful gopuram, the tiered entrance tower of a South Indian temple, in the foreground. Its lower tiers are painted in red, pink, green and blue with painted deity and attendant sculptures, and the upper section is topped by a red pennant on a small spire. Behind it rises a tall whitewashed gopuram covered in carved figures and stucco, and a rocky, scrub-covered hill stands against a pale blue sky. Strings of marigold garlands hang at the left edge, and a small painted shrine with a decorated arch appears at the lower right. No people are visible.2017-02-06A photograph of a temple roof parapet against a pale blue sky. Three painted stone sculptures sit on the ledge: a central seated male figure with a moustache, wide ornate crown and headdress, gold armlets and a jewelled belt, holding a small round object in one raised hand; flanking him are two white recumbent bulls with blue-and-gold saddle cloths, gold tassels and ornamental collars. No living people are visible. Only the statues are present.2012-05-29