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A night photograph of a row of painted stone guardian statues seated on a raised white plinth in front of an illuminated temple gateway. The figures are brightly coloured with red, blue, yellow and green paint, wear ornate headdresses, moustaches, necklaces and armour-like shoulder pieces. Small black plaques with Tamil text sit below them. Dark sky and an ornate gopuram-style structure with lit carvings appear behind. No living people are visible.

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February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesA night-time photograph of a row of painted stone guardian statues seated on a raised plinth before a temple wall. The foremost figures wear crowns with cobra hoods, large moustaches, beaded necklaces, jewelled armlets and ornate painted garments in green, red, blue and gold. Smaller black placards with tamil lettering sit on the plinth below them, and carved temple gopuram sculpture rises at right behind a metal grille. No living people are visible in the scene; a single partially visible figure stands at the far left edge. a person or a person is not visibly present in this image.2017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07Night view of a row of painted stone guardian statues seated on a raised plinth outside a temple gate. Four large figures with mustaches, tall conical crowns and ornate gold-coloured jewelled armour, painted in yellow, red, blue and green, sit in a line, with smaller painted figures beside them on the right. Small oil lamps sit on the plinth in front. Carved temple gopuram sculpture rises behind under dark sky. No people are visible; the statues are not a person.2017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07Night photograph of a row of painted stone guardian statues seated along a temple platform at Annamalaiyar temple area, Tiruvannamalai. Several large colourful figures with moustaches, crowns and ornate jewellery sit in a line: the leftmost in yellow-green with a blue-green necklace, others in red, blue and green robes with gold armlets. Beyond them is an ornately carved temple gateway with a gold-tiered tower, and a small seated person sits on steps at right. The statues are depictions, not living people.2017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copies