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A photograph of the ornately painted gopuram-style facade of a South Indian temple, its tiers covered in colourful deity sculptures and floral painted bands in red, green, blue and gold. Pillars at the front feature painted figures and guardian sculptures. In the foreground, several people walk along the street past roadside fruit stalls stacked with orange and yellow fruit, and a small pink-canopied stall. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers carries a white shopping bag, a woman in an orange sari walks nearby, and a man in a pink shirt and white dhoti strolls on the right. No a person candidate is visible, so the figures are ordinary passersby.

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A colourful gopuram-style temple facade with tiered tower and painted sculptures of deities and figures in blues, reds, greens and gold, with a rocky hill behind. In the street in front, several people walk and stand: an elderly woman in a red-bordered sari at left, a man in an orange dhoti and shawl, a bare-chested man in an orange cloth, and others in white dhotis and saris near a parked black car and roadside stalls. A roadside banner hangs at right. The scene reads as a Tamil Nadu temple street outside a shrine, with no visible ritual activity or identifiable Swamiji figure.2012-05-09Street-side photograph taken through a vehicle window of a colourful temple gopuram-style facade in Madurai, decorated with painted stucco sculptures of horses, rearing figures and a large green-and-red leogryph head at upper right. In front, a row of flower stalls under pastel umbrellas sells garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, displayed on green leaves. A vendor sits at the stall at right, and pedestrians in white dhotis and saris walk along the street. A printed poster of a bearded man in saffron appears at the bottom of a stall, but no identification is made from appearance.2012-05-09December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04October 23 20062006-10-23Photo of the colourful gopuram-fronted temple entrance of a South Indian Shiva temple, with tiered painted sculptures of deities and a dark rocky hill behind. A street scene in front shows an elderly woman in a purple sari at left, a man in a striped shirt, a bare-chested sadhu in orange cloth, a man in white dhoti and shirt, and a woman in a yellow sari. A parked silver car, umbrellas, a market stall and a roadside signboard appear beside the gate, with a yellow barrier in the foreground.2012-05-09Street photograph of a colourful multi-tiered gopuram temple gateway, densely covered with painted sculptures of deities and figures in red, yellow, green and blue, with a red central spire, set against a rocky hill. Pedestrians walk and stand in a busy street; a yellow auto-rickshaw sits in the foreground, a white car and parked motorbikes are nearby, and a man in a white dhoti and a man in an orange cloth walk near the entrance. Shops and balconies line the roadside. No identifiable a person appearance is visible.2012-05-09A busy street scene outside an ornate, painted South Indian temple gateway with a richly sculpted tower of deities and figures above the entrance. In the foreground, a man in a light blue shirt walks toward the camera beside a woman in a bright green saree. Behind them, crowds of devotees move along the street, including men in white dhotis and women in colourful sarees. On the left, a decorated wooden palanquin or ratha-like shrine stands beside a motorbike, with framed portraits displayed nearby. A No Parking sign and a large green tree line the street.2006-10-23A photograph of a tall, richly painted South Indian gopuram temple tower with many tiers of carved deity and mythological figures in red, blue, yellow and green. A pale cream stone entrance gate sits at the base, with a sign reading Arulmigu Kodaikalaiyappa... style Tamil lettering above the doorway. Several people in white dhotis and colourful saris walk along the street in front, a few devotees and passers-by visible, and a yellow auto-rickshaw sits at the right edge. A striped red-and-white awning and a banner are visible near the left. A cream dome-topped shrine stands to the left of the tower.2006-10-22A photograph of a richly painted temple gopuram tower, rotated sideways in the frame, its tiers covered in dense rows of colourful painted deity figures in red, teal, yellow and pink. Tall rock outcrops stand behind it. In the foreground on a street, several people in white and patterned clothing stand and walk near parked white and yellow vehicles, and a few people sit under a tarpaulin canopy. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2012-05-09A photograph of the gopuram-side entrance of a South Indian temple, its tiered upper walls crowded with painted deity and figure sculptures. Strings of yellow, orange, pink and white marigold garlands hang along the front facade beneath small round lamps. Several dozen devotees and passersby, mostly in white shirts, dhotis, sarees and salwars, mill about the courtyard steps. An orange-robed figure stands near the center, and a uniformed guard appears at right beside a woman in a maroon saree. A man in a white shirt on the left and an elderly man seated on the steps add to the scene, with a blue tarpaulin and a metal lantern-style lamp at right.2006-12-04A photograph of a richly painted Dravidian-style temple gopuram, rotated sideways, with tiers of colourful sculpted deities and figures in red, blue, green and gold against a rocky hillside. Below, a busy street lined with vendors' stalls, parked vehicles and a yellow auto-rickshaw. A few small figures are visible at street level, and no identifiable a person is visible in the frame.2012-05-09Street view of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram with tiered, painted sculptures of deities and a striped painted band across the entrance facade, set before a rocky hill. Many people walk in the street: several elderly women in pink, purple and blue saris, a man in white dhoti and shirt, and men in saffron or orange cloth. A silver sedan is parked near the temple entrance. Roadside shops and a building with orange balconies line the right side, with a fruit stall in the foreground. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.2012-05-09 +1 copies