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Black-and-white photograph of the Arunachaleshwara Temple in Tiruvannamalai. A tall tiered gopuram tower with rows of sculpted figures rises on the left, with a rocky hill behind it. In the centre, an open pillared hall with a pitched roof stands in a dusty courtyard. Several people walk through the scene: a young boy in a dark dhoti-style cloth at left, a woman in a white sari near the right edge, and figures in light clothing crossing the courtyard. Thatched stalls and clay pots sit at the left, and a small painted sign hangs on a stall.

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Black-and-white photograph of the Arunachaleshwara Temple in Tiruvannamalai, showing a tall, tiered gopuram covered with sculpted figures on the left, and a hill rising behind the temple complex. In front, a pillared open hall with a pitched roof stands beside a thatched stall. Several people are visible in the street: a woman in a dark sari near the bottom left, a person in white walking near the pillared hall, and two women in white saris on the right. Baskets and pots sit near the hall's base.Black-and-white photograph of the Arunachaleshwara temple complex at the foot of a rocky hill. A tall ornate dhwajastambha flagstaff rises beside a carved stone mandapa with a row of pillars and an ornamented roofline, and a small gopuram-style shrine sits at the left. Several people walk across a paved courtyard, including a group of figures in white and a small child standing near the pillars.A black-and-white photograph taken from inside a stone temple gateway, looking out across a courtyard toward a tall, tiered gopuram (temple tower) covered in sculpted figures, with a hill rising behind it. Several people walk and sit on the sunlit paved ground in the courtyard; the foreground figures stand near the carved pillars of the entrance, one in a light shirt and dhoti-style clothing. On the right, dark wooden benches and a carved stone figure are visible inside the hall. The image shows temple architecture and everyday visitors rather than any ritual or ceremony.Black-and-white photograph of a large crowd of men and some women in white clothes gathered in front of a tall temple gopuram that is wrapped in bamboo scaffolding during construction or restoration. Bamboo poles climb the tiered tower, and a hillside rises behind it. Most people stand close together looking toward the camera, several in front with hands folded or resting at their sides. The tower's upper tiers are partly covered by scaffolding and a flag or decoration is visible near the top.2017-11-20Black-and-white photograph of the Arunachaleshwara temple complex at the foot of a rocky hill, with tiered gopuram towers carved with sculpted figures rising behind a long colonnaded hall. In the foreground a large water tank reflects the temple walls, and a few small figures stand in the water near the pillared steps. A tall plain hill fills the background under a pale sky.Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam1978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara Temple2017-11-201978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara Temple1978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara TempleA photograph of a large white gopuram, a tiered temple tower, rising on the left beside a street market in front of a temple colonnade. The colonnade on the right has grey stone pillars and a roofline crowded with painted sculptures in green, red and yellow. Below, street vendors sell metal pots, lamps and bronze wares from stalls. A red-saried woman stands near a man in a red-and-white checked shirt, and a man squats among the wares. A motorbike is parked at left, and a hill rises behind the temple.2012-07-08Black-and-white photograph of a tall, ornately sculpted gopuram of the Arunachaleshwara temple in Tiruvannamalai, its tiers covered in rows of carved deity and figure sculptures, with a rocky hill rising behind it on the left. A small framed portrait sits in the lower-left corner: a older man with short grey hair and a light-coloured shirt, shown against a blue backdrop with a garland of marigold-yellow flowers draped over his shoulders. No physical people are visible in the main scene, and the portrait is a printed photograph, so no in-person candidate is present. The portrait carries no readable caption.Old sepia photograph of a temple car procession in a street. A tiered, multi-storeyed wooden ratha with pillared niches and a canopy finial is pulled through a dense crowd of hundreds of people, mostly men and women in white clothing, many holding black umbrellas against the sun. Low hills rise behind the chariot, and small white buildings and utility poles line the roadside. The image appears to show a ratha procession of the Arunachaleshwara temple, a chariot festival setting rather than any individual portrait.