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A photograph of a tall, tiered white gopuram, a South Indian temple tower, rising above a flat town of low buildings, palm trees and green foliage. Its many carved stone tiers are covered in sculpted figures and niches, topped by a domed crown with a small spire at the summit. Hazy grey sky and distant hills frame the scene; no people are visible.

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August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02Elevated view over a dense Indian town toward a tall, tiered South Indian temple gopuram covered in carved stone figures, rising above low buildings, palm trees and green trees. Hazy sky and distant hills frame the scene. A beige wall edge runs down the right side. No people are visible.A large white gopuram, the tiered entrance tower of a South Indian temple, rises at centre, its surface carved with rows of sculpted deities and figures and topped with a row of small finials. A smaller white gopuram stands at left, and dense low buildings, palm trees and a brown hill fill the foreground and background under an overcast sky. No people are visible in the scene.2008-08-02A tall, ornately carved white gopuram, the stepped temple tower of a South Indian temple, rises on the left, its tiers filled with sculpted figures, niches and small shrine motifs. A rocky hill rises behind it under an overcast sky, and a low reddish-tiled wall with small pillars runs along the bottom right. No people are visible in the scene. A faint translucent logo sits at the top left and a copyright caption with source text runs across the lower right, though these are not counted as text content.2012-07-08May 20 1989A photograph of a large gopuram, the tiered stone gateway tower of a South Indian temple, rising in pale grey stucco with rows of sculpted figures and a crown of finials at the top. Behind it are soft green hills and a hazy sky, and in the foreground a large rounded brown boulder and scrubby green plants frame the view over low rooftops of cream and yellow houses. No people are visible in the scene.Aerial photograph of the Arunachaleswarar temple gopuram at Tiruvannamalai, a tall white-painted, multi-tiered tower carved with rows of deity sculptures and small niches, rising above a dense town of flat roofs, palm trees and small temple shrines. Parked vehicles sit on a road at the tower's base and a low walled compound lies in the foreground. No people are visible.September 23 20062006-09-23A tall, ornately carved gopuram, the tiered gateway tower of a South Indian temple, rises on the left, its whitewashed surface covered in rows of sculpted figures, niches and small roofed shrines. A rocky hill with sparse green vegetation stands behind the temple complex on the right, under a pale overcast sky. A lower temple wall and roofs with small finials sit at the base, with palm trees visible beyond. No people are visible in the scene.2012-07-08August 03 20082008-08-03A photograph of a tall, whitewashed gopuram, the sculpted tiered tower of a South Indian temple, rising above a dense town of low concrete houses in pink, yellow and cream. Green trees frame the left and right foreground, a red-and-white lattice telecom tower stands at right, and hazy hills lie beyond under a pale grey sky. No people are visible in the scene.2012-06-03