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Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam

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1978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara Temple +1 copies1978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara Temple1978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara TempleA black-and-white scanned photograph of Arunachaleshwara Temple in Tiruvannamalai. A tall gopuram tower with tiers of sculpted figures stands at left, and a smaller tower rises behind it. At right, a large ornate temple chariot with a tiered roof and decorated pillars is pulled through a dense crowd of people gathered in the foreground, with a hill rising in the hazy background. No individual person can be clearly identified, and no candidate for a person is visible.2017-11-20 +1 copiesBlack-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 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.2017-11-201978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara TempleA large photograph of a towering white gopuram, the tiered ornate gateway tower of a South Indian temple, rising against a pale blue sky with wispy clouds. Its many stacked levels are densely carved with niches, pillars, figures and miniature shrine motifs, and a dark doorway sits at its base. Overhead utility wires cross the frame, and a small purple logo appears in the upper left corner. No people are visible.2006-09-23A photograph of a tall, tiered gopuram temple tower with white-painted, densely carved sculpted tiers and dark recessed niches, rising above a stone entrance gateway. Crowds of people in white and light clothing walk toward and around the entrance; a large stone elephant sculpture stands at left beside a carved stone colonnade. Devotees in white dhotis and saris, some with red and cream garments, move through the courtyard. The page excerpt mentions Ratha Yatra celebrations and Archavatara temple lore, but the visible scene is a temple gopuram with pilgrims, and the ceremony itself is not shown.2006-09-241978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara Temple2017-11-20 +2 copiesA photograph of a large stone gopuram, the tiered temple gateway tower of Arunachaleshwara temple, rising under an overcast sky, its upper tiers covered in carved sculptural figures. To the left a long colonnade with carved pillars and a stone bull statue in the foreground. Several devotees in white dhotis and shirts walk and gather at the temple entrance and courtyard, with a few people sitting along the colonnade and a figure in white near the bottom left. Street lamps and small shrines stand at the right edge.2006-09-24Black-and-white photograph of a tall, ornately carved South Indian gopuram (temple tower) rising against a cloudy sky. The tiered tower is densely covered with rows of sculpted deities, figures and decorative motifs, with a finial and kalasha crowning its top. Dark foliage stands at the left, and a hillside and low temple wall appear at the right. No people are visible.