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Photograph looking upward at the ornately carved white gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers covered in sculpted deities and figures, with a smaller carved tower on the right against a pale blue sky with thin clouds. Overhead run several horizontal electrical wires. No people are visible.

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A photograph looking upward at the carved stone gopuram of a temple against a blue sky with thin wispy clouds and a faint pale moon. Ornate tiered sculptures cover the tower on the left, and a smaller carved finial rises at right. Overhead run several horizontal power lines strung across the frame. No people are visible.September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public functionSeptember 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public functionAugust 21 20062006-08-21Photograph of a tall, white gopuram (temple tower) rising against a pale blue sky with a faint moon at upper right. The tiered tower is densely carved with rows of small shrine niches, pillars and sculpted figures, with a large circular relief of a deity near the base. Pink-flowered branches of a shrub intrude at the lower right. No people are visible in the frame. The page concerns a 1989 Ganesh Chaturthi event inside the Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai, but this image shows only the exterior tower.A large photograph of a towering white gopuram, the tiered ornate gateway tower of a South Indian temple, rising against a pale blue sky with wispy clouds. Its many stacked levels are densely carved with niches, pillars, figures and miniature shrine motifs, and a dark doorway sits at its base. Overhead utility wires cross the frame, and a small purple logo appears in the upper left corner. No people are visible.2006-09-23Low-angle view looking up at a tall, tapering temple gopuram at Tiruvannamalai, its whitewashed surface densely carved with tiers of sculpted deities, pillars and niches, rising to a rounded finial against a pale sky. Small figures are carved into the tower; no living people are visible.2006-08-21March 05 20202020-03-05September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public functionA tall, ornately carved white gopuram, the tiered tower of a South Indian temple, rises against a pale blue sky. Its many tiers are densely covered with sculpted niches, pillars, and figures of deities and attendants, with a domed crown at the summit. Pink flowering branches hang in the lower right corner. No people are visible in the frame.A photograph looking up at a tall, white stone gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers densely carved with figures, niches and ornamental sculpture, topped by a rounded finial against a blue sky with scattered clouds. No people are visible.September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public function