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A photograph of a colourful, ornately sculpted South Indian temple gopuram with tiered painted figures and a central relief of a deity on a bull, above a stone-pillared entrance. In front, a crowd of men stands on the temple grounds; several wear saffron/orange robes and others wear white dhotis and shirts, with some holding their hands together in namaskar. The people are in the foreground at the temple entrance, giving the scene a devotional, temple-visit character.

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A group of people stands in front of a richly painted, multi-tiered temple gopuram with colourful sculpted figures and a stone entrance. In the foreground, several men in saffron-orange robes and white dhotis and shirts stand together, some with shaved heads, and one seated man in orange clothing sits near the front. Some men wear white ritual clothes and others wear orange garments. The temple arch above shows a painted deity scene. Stone pillars and a covered walkway frame the entrance.2012-05-30May 30 20122012-05-30May 29 20122012-05-29May 30 20122012-05-30May 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16A photograph of a tall, ornately painted South Indian temple gopuram (gateway tower) in the evening, its tiers covered in colourful stucco figures of deities and decorative patterns in blue, red, green and yellow. Beneath the entrance archway a central figure stands on a raised ledge, and below it a few people in light and white clothing, some in dhotis and saris, stand or walk near the gate. A lit interior corridor is visible through the gateway, with a yellow-and-brown exterior wall and a red-accented pillar at the right. The sky is dusky blue with a small crescent moon at the upper left.2012-05-29May 29 20122012-05-29May 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a colourful multi-tiered gopuram temple tower at the Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple entrance, its many painted figures and niches in blue, red, yellow and white. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand at the lower left near the gate while a crowd of devotees in white, cream and colourful saris and dhotis gathers at the right. A large printed banner with a smiling portrait and red lettering hangs at the left edge beside the gateway, and a small wall-mounted sign appears above the entrance.2012-05-16A photograph of a temple courtyard with a tall, richly painted gopuram tower in the background, its tiers covered in colourful deity sculptures. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and shawl and a rudraksha mala, walks across the paved ground. Beside him a shaved-headed monk in orange robes with his hands folded walks alongside. Another man in white clothing stands at the left edge, and part of a broom-wielding worker is visible. A stone colonnade runs along the right. The appearance of the figure in the centre shows several qualifying cues (long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala), so he is described as a probable Swamiji in an in-person capacity.2012-05-30