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A small stone shrine with a colourful tiered gopuram-style tower decorated with painted sculptures of deities and figures in green, red, blue and yellow. The shrine has a dark open doorway with a wooden lattice door swung open, a short flight of steps, and a small raised stone platform. In the foreground at the base, a garlanded linga-shaped deity murti sits beside a small stone object and a clay dish. Palm trees, bushes and a white compound wall surround the shrine, with an ornately carved stone pillared hall visible at right. No people are visible.A photograph of a South Indian stone temple tower (gopuram or vimana) with dense carved tiers of figures and niches under a cloudy sky. Metal railings lead up a stepped side staircase at left, and a columned pavilion stands at right. Two small figures in white clothing stand near the right-hand columns, and the stone surface shows weathered sculpture of deities and animals.2006-09-18Photograph of a tall, ornately carved stone temple gopuram rising above a long sandstone wall at dusk under a cloudy sky, with a group of people in white clothing standing in the foreground near the wall. Several people, including one in a red-orange garment and others in white shirts, look up toward the carved tower. A bare tree stands at the right edge beside a low boundary wall, with figures and deity carvings visible on the lower stone surface.2006-09-18Exterior of a stone temple shrine under a pale sky, with a tiered gopuram-style tower of blue and white painted sculptures rising above grey granite walls. Two small figures in dark and light clothing walk across a paved courtyard at right, beside a colonnaded pillared hall. Tamil signboards are mounted on the walls, and a blue sign reads Navagraha Sannidhi.2009-08-11A photograph of an ornately carved stone temple tower (gopuram or vimana-style shrine) in warm sandstone tones, with intricate sculpted tiers and niches. Tall green trees stand to the right and left, and a low wall with small structures sits at the base. No people are visible in the scene.2012-08-20September 18 20062006-09-18Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchee Kailasa SarvajnapeethamA weathered stone temple with a tiered, domed shikhara tower stands under a heavy overcast sky. A low corrugated-metal roofed shelter with wooden posts extends to its right over grassy ground, and blossoming white-flowered shrubs frame the foreground. Power lines and tall trees surround the old structure, and no people are visible.2008-06-09Photograph of an ornate stone temple at dusk, with carved granite walls, pillared niches, and a tall tiered gopuram with sculpted tiers and a domed shikhara in the background. In the right foreground, a group of about five people in white and saffron-orange clothing walk along the temple's paved courtyard, one in orange extending an arm toward the temple. A figure in yellow stands in the doorway of a lower shrine entrance.2006-09-18Kailasa Paramparagatha Kanchee Kailasa SarvajnapeethamKailasa Paramparagatha Sūrya Vamsa Adi Chola Samrajya Kamala Peetha SarvajnapeethamPhotograph of a carved stone temple exterior at Dharapuram, Tamil Nadu, with a tiered vimana-style shrine tower on the left and a densely sculpted sandstone wall of deities and figures on the right. A stone stairway leads up to a pillared mandapa entrance. The courtyard is paved and no people are visible.2006-09-18