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Street photograph of the facade of the Madurai Aadheenam building with its ornate pale-yellow stucco, arched niches and sculpted deity figures, including a multi-armed goddess and a figure on a bull over the entrance. A blue-gated doorway below a signboard reading Madurai Aadheenam leads inside. In front, several motorcycles and scooters are parked on a dusty street beside shops selling jewellery, and a blurred motorcyclist in a helmet passes in the foreground. A man in a white shirt stands in the doorway holding a camera. Two other people are partly visible at the left edge, one in a red shirt and a head wrap.

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Street-level photograph of the entrance to the Madurai Aadheenam, a stone-fronted gateway with a white sign reading மதுரை ஆதீனம் and MADURAIAADHEENAM above an open doorway. Blue-painted metal gates stand open, and a man in a light shirt and dark trousers stands on the threshold while another man in a white cap crouches beside him. Carved stone deities in niches flank the sign, and motorbikes are parked on the steps. Shops with colourful signage line both sides, including a green-canopied storefront.2012-04-11 +2 copiesFacade of the Madurai Aadheenam building, a multi-storey structure with a colourful decorated gopuram-style upper tier. A gold-lettered signboard reads MADURAI AADHEENAM in Tamil and English, hung with green leaf strands. Above the entrance, painted sculptural niches show deity murtis including a seated figure on a white bull and a multi-armed deity beside it, with peacock and lion figures in the ornamentation. Shop signs and wires run across the street frontage. No people are visible.2012-06-04June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesPhotograph of a crowd gathered in front of the ornate facade of the Madurai Aadheenam temple gateway. A yellow sign reads 'Madurai Aadheenam' above a doorway hung with green leaf festoons and strings of flowers. Above, colourful painted deity sculptures include a figure seated on a white bull and a multi-armed deity. In the foreground, several men in white shirts and white vests stand close together; one man in a white vest wears a forehead tilak and a rudraksha-style mala, and an older man with white beard wears a white t-shirt. A yellow umbrella is visible at the left edge. Behind them, more people in white are visible in the doorway area with hands folded.2012-06-05 +1 copiesJanuary 21 20092009-01-21June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesJune 04 20122012-06-04October 23 20062006-10-23January 21 20092009-01-21A street view of a brightly painted multi-tiered gopuram, the gateway tower of a South Indian temple, rising in front of a large rocky hill. The tower is covered with rows of colourful sculpted deities and figures in red, blue, green and gold, topped by golden finials. The temple entrance is a dark archway beneath a decorated awning. In the foreground a busy street is crowded with pedestrians, including a woman in a light olive sari, a man in a pink shirt and a man in white dhoti, plus a motorcycle rider, parked cars, a green and yellow auto-rickshaw and shopfronts with signboards. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2012-05-09A busy street scene outside an ornate, painted South Indian temple gateway with a richly sculpted tower of deities and figures above the entrance. In the foreground, a man in a light blue shirt walks toward the camera beside a woman in a bright green saree. Behind them, crowds of devotees move along the street, including men in white dhotis and women in colourful sarees. On the left, a decorated wooden palanquin or ratha-like shrine stands beside a motorbike, with framed portraits displayed nearby. A No Parking sign and a large green tree line the street.2006-10-23