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A photograph outside a South Indian temple with a tiered, colourfully painted gopuram tower behind a white boundary wall. Two large white horse statues with gold-trimmed blue and gold saddle cloths stand in the foreground, and lion sculptures sit atop the wall. To the right, a silver SUV is parked as several men in white dhotis and saffron-orange robes walk and gather near it. A woman in a green blouse and white sari stands in the lower centre. A large printed banner on the wall shows a portrait photo and Tamil text for a 26 September event.

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October 24 20062006-10-24A colourful gopuram temple tower with tiers of painted deity sculptures rises above a green-walled temple entrance. Crowds stream out through the doorway in daylight. In the foreground, two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes with orange shoulder cloths and rudraksha malas walk forward smiling, one holding a garland. Behind them a man in white dhoti and shirt and a man in a dark blue shirt move among devotees, and a woman in white with a yellow sash and tilak stands at left. A grey car is at lower right, and roadside stalls with red garlands sit to the right of the gate.2012-08-20Outdoor photograph at a South Indian temple entrance with a colourful gopuram tower and ornate shrine structure behind. A silver SUV with its door open stands at left. A tall man in orange robes with a red-and-orange garland walks forward, and beside him a bearded man in an orange-saffron tunic and dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala, walks barefoot; a person candidate in saffron clothing with a mala. Around them, young men and women in white and saffron-orange shawls, some in yellow sashes, walk in a group. An older man in a yellow-gold shirt and white dhoti stands at right with his hands together. Several people in white garments stand behind them.2009-07-14May 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesOctober 25 20062006-10-25May 16 20122012-05-16November 05 20062006-11-05October 25 20062006-10-25May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesA photo of a South Indian temple gopuram, a tiered tower with painted sculptural panels and finials, backlit by a bright sun in a hazy sky. Tall palm trees stand at left and a white bus is parked at left edge. In the courtyard in front of the gopuram, a group of people walk and stand, including several uniformed police officers in khaki, a woman in a white sari with a dark shawl, and men in white shirts and dhotis. A tall orange-and-red flagstaff stands before the tower.2012-05-18 +2 copiesA photograph of a colourful South Indian gopuram temple tower with tiered painted sculptures, deity figures in niches and a tall red dhwajasthamba flagstaff in front. Several men in white dhotis and shirts and a woman in a red and orange sari walk and stand in the courtyard near the entrance gate. Coconut palms and a white sky frame the scene.2012-05-18