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Photograph through an ornately painted gateway toward a tall white gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers packed with carved figures and niches. A small deity relief sits above the entrance arch at the base. In the foreground a busy street market with shops and hanging items, and several people walk or stand, including a woman in an orange sari at left, a man in a checked lungi, and a few women in pink and red saris near the temple gate. A cart loaded with white sacks sits at right. Hills rise behind the temple.

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July 08 20122012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08A tall white gopuram, the ornately sculpted gateway tower of a South Indian temple, rises behind a painted archway in the foreground. Market stalls with hanging bags and colourful balloons line the lane, and a woman in an orange sari stands at left. A man in white dhoti walks down the central pathway toward the entrance, and a cyclist with a bicycle loaded with a white sack stands at right. Several other people are scattered in the street, and the sky is pale and hazy.2012-07-08Photograph of the tall white gopuram (temple tower) of an South Indian temple seen through the stone pillars of an entrance archway, with tiered carved sculptures rising to a finial. In the foreground, people walk along a street lined with small shops, parked bicycles, a yellow building and stacked white sacks, while a woman in an orange-and-red sari stands at left. A dark hill rises at right under a pale sky. Printed copyright and source credits appear in the lower right corner.2012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08September 23 20062006-09-23July 08 20122012-07-08Tall white gopuram of a South Indian temple rises behind a stone gateway at street level. A small shrine niche above the gate holds a seated deity murti with a child figure, flanked by bull statues and guardian figures. Shops with hanging goods, cloth and sacks line the lane. Several people walk through the gateway, including a man in an orange cloth and white dhoti near a motorcycle, and a woman in a sari. Printed text on the tower reads a Tamil word. No one can be identified as a person from appearance here.2006-09-23July 08 20122012-07-08A 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.2006-09-24A photograph of a large South Indian temple gopuram, a tiered tower covered in carved sculptures, rising above a courtyard in Arunachaleshwara Temple. In the foreground a small ornate shrine with painted colourful tiers stands on a stone platform. Several people walk across the paved courtyard, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, some in colourful saris and salwar. A few devotees stand near the carved stone pillars on the right, and a figure in white stands at the lower right edge.2006-09-24July 08 20122012-07-08