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A photograph of a South Indian temple courtyard seen through metal crowd-control railings. A tall, colourfully sculpted gopuram tower with painted deities and figures rises in the background beside a smaller domed shrine tower. Grey stone pillars and a corrugated metal roof frame the scene, and wooden poles brace the structure overhead. Two people stand near the railings: one in dark clothing and one in an orange sari or wrap.

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A photograph of a colourful South Indian Hindu temple gopuram, a tiered gateway tower densely covered with painted stucco sculptures of deities, figures and animals in red, green, blue and yellow. A smaller temple shrine with a golden domed roof and carved finial stands in the foreground left, and a wooden pole frames the view at right. A metal railing crosses the bottom of the frame. No people are visible.2012-05-24A photograph of a South Indian temple seen from the street. In the foreground a pale yellow-cream mandapa with stone pillars sits behind a steel grille fence edged with red-and-white painted kerb stones. Above it rises a tall, colourful gopuram (temple tower) covered in tiered sculptures of deities and figures painted in blue, green, red, yellow and gold, topped by golden kalasha finials under a clear blue sky. Inside the grille, faint figures stand in the shaded hall. A utility pole stands beside the tower. No identifiable a person figure is visible, and the people inside the hall are too indistinct to count reliably.2012-08-20A photograph of a South Indian Hindu temple gateway tower, a gopuram, rising behind a low pillared portico with turquoise columns. The tower is densely covered with brightly painted sculpted figures in blue, green, red and gold, topped by golden finials under a clear blue sky. In the foreground, a stone shrine structure is enclosed by a steel grille, and a few people stand and sit near the pillars and paving, including one person in white seated on the ground beside a container. A dark frame edge runs along the right side of the image.2012-08-20A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram, its tiered tower densely covered in painted sculptures of deities and figures in red, blue, green and gold under a clear blue sky. In the foreground, a low stone colonnade with iron grilles stands at left, and a woman in a multicoloured sari walks with a small child in white past a bamboo railing. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk across a paved courtyard toward a tall stone compound wall topped with red and white striped trim. A bare tree stands at left beside the gopuram.2012-08-20 +1 copiesFebruary 08 20122012-02-08A photograph taken in a temple colonnade looking out toward a tall, richly sculpted gopuram covered in painted deity figures in many colours. Several men in saffron and rust-orange robes walk in procession along a stone pillared walkway; a few wear rudraksha beaded malas around their necks, and one has a shaved head. Some carry light fabric or walk barefoot. Red-and-white striped seating or barricades and a tall golden pillar stand in the courtyard below, with a few white-clad attendants nearby. Dark stone pillars frame the scene. Whether any of these men is a person cannot be determined from appearance, so the figures are described by role only.2012-05-08A photograph of a South Indian temple gateway and colonnaded hall in daylight. The tall gopuram-style superstructure above the entrance is richly painted in red, green, blue and yellow, with rows of sculpted deities and figures, including a horse-drawn chariot scene near the top. Stone pillars with carved capitals line a shaded walkway paved in stone, and a leafy tree overhangs the left side. A few people are visible at a distance, a standing figure in light clothing near the left pillars and a seated person near the right base, and no one is identified.2012-02-08A photograph of a South Indian temple complex under a clear blue sky. A tall, brightly painted gopuram (temple tower) rises in the background, covered with tiers of colourful sculpted deities and figures in blue, green, red and gold. In the foreground, a stone shrine with carved pillars is enclosed by a silver-grey iron grille bordered with red and white painted kerbs. To the right, a woman in a bright yellow sari with a patterned border stands beside a red-and-white striped barrier, while other women in green and teal saris walk along the paved path. A few more people are visible in the distance near a turquoise pillared portico.2012-08-20A photograph of a South Indian Hindu temple gopuram, a tall tiered tower densely covered in painted polychrome sculptures of deities and figures in red, green, blue and yellow, topped with golden finials under a clear blue sky. In the foreground a granite pillared hall with iron railings stands beside a cream-coloured building with a blue sign board, and a large tree branch frames the upper left. Several people walk and sit in the open courtyard; a woman in a white sari with a red shawl stands near the centre, a man in white walks past, and a few children are visible near the bottom. Loose stones and dirt cover the ground in front. No identifiable a person depiction is visible.2012-08-20 +1 copiesFebruary 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesPhotograph taken from a shaded colonnade at a South Indian temple, looking out toward a towering gopuram covered in painted sculptures of deities and figures in many colours. Several silhouetted figures in orange-red robes and rudraksha or bead necklaces walk in the dark foreground under the stone pillars. One figure at the right holds a folded cloth, and a man in a grey shirt stands at the lower left near a row of red-and-white seating. A gold-tipped pillar stands in the courtyard, with a blue sky above. The image is backlit, leaving the foreground figures in shadow.2012-05-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple colonnade framing a towering gopuram covered in painted sculptures of deities and figures. Several men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls walk along the stone pillared corridor in silhouette, some wearing rudraksha or bead malas, and one holds a lamp-like object. A man in white clothes walks at the left edge, and a figure in a white shirt stands at the lower left. Red and white seating stretches across the courtyard below.2012-05-08