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A tall, brightly painted Dravidian temple gopuram rises above a busy street in a Tamil Nadu town. Its tiers are crowded with colourful sculptures of figures and animals in turquoise, red, yellow and cream, topped by a row of finial pots and carved lion-like guardians. In the foreground a silver Ford SUV with a Metro Ford sticker and Karnataka plate KA 04 MN 4444 blocks the view, and a man in a white shirt stands at the left edge. Shop signs and tangled overhead wires line the street, including a vertical sign reading Audhra. No people are the main subject and no a person is visible.

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A street view in a Tamil Nadu town shows a tall, richly sculpted South Indian temple gopuram covered in painted deity figures and carvings, rising above low shops and buildings. In the foreground, a silver Ford SUV with Karnataka registration KA 04 MN 4444 is stopped in traffic. Several men in white shirts and dhotis walk along the roadside past a hotel sign reading Hotel Sabanayagam, with colourful cloth hanging from a stall at left. No one is clearly identifiable as a person.2009-08-11August 11 20092009-08-11August 11 20092009-08-11September 23 20062006-09-23August 11 20092009-08-11A street in a South Indian town with a tall gopuram temple tower rising in the background. Strings of triangular pennant flags in red, orange, yellow and white stretch across the street. A silver Ford SUV with a spare tyre mounted on its rear drives toward the camera, a motorcyclist in a white shirt and red scarf rides at left, and pedestrians including a woman in a pink sari walk along the roadside. Shops, signboards and a red flag line the street, and fresh marigold and yellow garlands hang in the foreground.2006-09-23Street scene in a Tamil Nadu town looking toward a tall, ornately tiered gopuram temple tower painted in pale blue and teal with sculpted figures. A grey SUV with a spare tyre on its rear door drives down the road, its number plate reading KA 04 MN 4444. On the left, a woman in a yellow sari walks with a companion past shops, and a man in white dhoti walks along the sidewalk. On the right, a man in a checked shirt rides a motorcycle, and a green-painted building stands beside a signboard with Tamil lettering. Overhead cables and a telecom tower frame the view.2009-08-11August 11 20092009-08-11Photo taken through a dusty windscreen of a street in Tiruvannamalai. A silver Ford SUV with a spare tyre cover on its rear door drives ahead, with its Karnataka number plate KA04MN 4444 visible. Ahead on the right stands a tall temple gopuram under scaffolding, painted in red, yellow and blue bands. Motorcyclists and pedestrians crowd the road, including a shirtless man in a dhoti walking on the left. Roadside fruit stalls with yellow and orange produce line the right side, and hanging signboards and shopfronts fill the background under a hazy sky.2011-11-10A street scene before a tall, multi-tiered South Indian temple gopuram covered in painted deity sculptures in pale blue, cream, pink and green. A silver Toyota Innova with a roof rack and a Karnataka plate sits in the foreground on a busy road. Pedestrians walk along the street, including women in dark saris and a man in a checked shirt, while a man in a white shirt on a motorcycle gestures at left. Shopfronts, hanging signs and political or event banners line the road, and a small pale-blue temple sign reads Namasivaya at the gate. No ritual or a person depiction is visibly identifiable.2009-08-01September 23 20062006-09-23August 06 20092009-08-06