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Photograph of an ornate temple gateway entrance with a painted gopuram-style facade. Above the doorway, painted stucco figures in blue, red, green and gold include multiple deity figures and seated bulls on a blue panel, with crouching carved figures at the corners. A dark inner corridor leads into the temple, and a single small figure stands within the passage. A signboard above the entrance reads in Tamil script. No prominent ritual activity is shown; the scene is architectural.2012-02-08A temple doorway painted light blue, framed by a garland of yellow and red flowers and a hanging string of shells over the entrance. Above the door, a painted stucco panel shows a multi-armed deity murti seated on a mount, flanked by two smaller figures. Painted standing female figures in saris flank the doorway on both walls, one in pink and one in teal. Tiled floor in the foreground; the interior beyond the threshold is dark. Tamil script is painted above the door.2014-07-01Entrance to a stone temple gateway at Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai, with a colourful painted upper frieze of deities and figures in red, orange, gold and blue above a dark doorway. A Tamil name board reads Sri Arunachaleswarar above the threshold. A metal railing and a steel-framed walkway lead into the dim interior, where a single figure in white stands partway inside near a golden doorway. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2012-02-08January 03 20182018-01-03A photograph of a temple doorway with a pale blue frame, hung with a fringe of white beads and a red canopy, and garlanded with alternating yellow, red and green flower strands. Above the door, colourful painted stucco figures include a multi-armed deity holding a drum and staff in a teal sari, flanked by a figure with an elephant head and a seated smaller figure. Standing painted figures in teal and cream saris flank the entrance on both walls. Tamil lettering is carved above the doorway. No people are visible in the scene; a dark inner sanctum is glimpsed beyond the threshold.2014-07-01July 14 20092009-07-14May 29 20122012-05-29Photograph taken through a open wooden lattice gate in a blue-grey wall, looking across a bare concrete courtyard toward a small temple shrine. The shrine has a tiered, painted gopuram-style roof with sculpted figures and colourful ornamentation, a dark doorway with a white ornament, and a stone platform. A terracotta pot with a plant sits beside the shrine. No people are visible in the scene.2014-07-01Night photograph of the eastern gateway of the Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai, with a tall gopuram-style facade carved with standing divine figures above. A long orange banner hangs across the top of the entrance, its black Tamil lettering reading the temple's name. Inside the open yellow-and-green grilled gates, a corridor leads back under lit ceilings and a red neon sign. A barefoot man in a pink shirt and white cloth walks toward the viewer with a grey beard, while a few devotees stand in the background and at the lower edge. A man in a light shirt stands at the far left near the gate.2017-02-07Photograph of the entrance to a temple shrine with steps leading up to closed yellow folding gates. Above the gates a blue signboard in Tamil reads Shakti Vinayagar Alayam, with a deity image at its left and a small framed picture on the wall. Painted flower bouquets decorate the blue walls beside the gates, a colourful lotus-like rosette hangs under the ceiling, and a small bell hangs at the threshold. No people are visible.2009-08-08May 09 20122012-05-09A photograph of a small South Indian temple entrance with a pale blue-grey stone gateway and tiered roof topped by small finials. Above the doorway a relief shows a seated couple on a bull (Nandi), consistent with a Shiva-Parvati form. Steps lead up to a grilled iron gate; inside, a dim shrine holds a stone lingam on a yoke-shaped base and standing deity murti with offerings. A small framed plaque sits on the left pillar. No people are visible in the scene.