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Photograph taken from ground level looking up at a tall, whitewashed gopuram (temple gateway tower) with ornate sculpted tiers, rising above a smaller colourful entrance mandapa and a dark doorway. A dense crowd of devotees fills the courtyard in front of the entrance; women wear saris in red, blue and light colours, and men wear white shirts. A tall lamp post and trees frame the scene under a grey evening sky. Painted sculptures decorate the adjacent brightly coloured tower on the left.

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February 14 20222022-02-14October 12 20122012-10-12Photograph of a crowd at a South Indian temple entrance under a tall white gopuram carved with figures. In the centre, a group of people in white clothes and saffron-orange robes descends a stone staircase toward the viewer, some carrying garlands. A tree shades the left side, and a signboard on the left reads a Tamil name with the word sannidhi. Several people in the foreground, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, walk among the crowd, and a gold-trimmed shrine façade with colourful painted deity figures stands on the right. Overcast sky above.2006-09-24February 06 20172017-02-06 +4 copiesA photograph of a large South Indian temple gopuram, a tiered tower covered in carved sculptures, rising above a courtyard in Arunachaleshwara Temple. In the foreground a small ornate shrine with painted colourful tiers stands on a stone platform. Several people walk across the paved courtyard, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, some in colourful saris and salwar. A few devotees stand near the carved stone pillars on the right, and a figure in white stands at the lower right edge.2006-09-24Photograph of the Arunachaleshwara temple complex in Tiruvannamalai, with a large white gopuram tower rising in the background above a colourful small shrine with painted tiers in the courtyard. Thatched palm-leaf roofing with bamboo poles frames the upper corners. Devotees walk through the open pillared courtyard; in the foreground, two women in red and yellow saris sit at the left edge, and a woman in a white sari with a red sindoor mark stands at the right bottom. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk among the crowd, and drummers in white are visible near the centre-right. A metal railing and a stone platform are in the foreground.2007-01-12A photograph of a large South Indian temple gopuram, a tiered tower covered in white painted sculptures, rising behind a smaller colourful multi-tiered gateway tower in front. A crowd of people fills the stone courtyard. A group of men in white dhotis and shirts stand near the small gateway, some holding drums and what appear to be ceremonial items, while a man in white holds a camera. Women in saris, including orange and dark tones, walk among visitors. Trees overhang the right edge, and a carved stone pillar and pale teal wall stand at the right side.2006-09-24A photograph of a large crowd walking through a temple courtyard toward a towering gopuram, the tiered stone temple gateway covered in carved sculptures, under an overcast sky. Most people wear white dhotis and white shirts with lanyards. In the centre foreground, a man with a saffron-orange turban and orange-saffron shawl walks among the group, with long hair and a beard, carrying what appears to be a ritual item. Another figure in an orange-saffron shawl appears nearby. A smaller ornate shrine with colourful sculpted figures stands to the right. Silhouetted pillars and a covered colonnade frame the left side of the scene.2006-09-24February 17 20222022-02-17A photograph of a large South Indian temple gopuram rising in the background, its tiers covered in white and painted sculpture, with a smaller colourful shrine tower and a dark stone mandapa in front. In the open courtyard, a crowd of devotees moves about and gathers; several men wear white dhotis and shirts, women wear red, green and blue saris, and a few kneel on the paving near the front. A pale sky and a metal railing and roofed shelter appear at the left edge. No single person can be clearly identified as the a person from appearance, and the scene shows an ordinary temple gathering.2006-09-24A photograph of a large procession moving across a paved courtyard in front of a towering gopuram, the tiered stone temple gateway of a South Indian temple, covered in carved figures under a grey overcast sky. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts walk in a group, several wearing rudraksha malas. At the centre a figure in a saffron-orange robe and orange turban, with a garland of beads at the neck, walks among them with hands folded. Men in white also carry or hold garlands. To the left, a colonnade with pillars and a few women in saris walk in the courtyard, and on the right a smaller shrine with a colourful painted tower stands beside the crowd.2006-09-24February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copies