Hazy aerial view of a town looking toward a large Hindu temple complex with tall gopurams, the tiered towers of a South Indian temple, rising above a dense grid of white and pale buildings and green trees. A rounded granite rock outcrop sits in the foreground, and distant low hills lie beneath a pale overcast sky. No people are visible in the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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Hazy aerial view of a town looking toward a large Hindu temple complex with tall gopurams, the tiered towers of a South Indian temple, rising above a dense grid of white and pale buildings and green trees. A rounded granite rock outcrop sits in the foreground, and distant low hills lie beneath a pale overcast sky. No people are visible in the scene.

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May 20 1989

May 20 1989

A wide daytime photograph taken from a rocky, scrub-covered hillside looking over a dense town of low buildings toward two tall gopuram towers of a temple complex on the right, one with tiers of painted sculpture, with another gopuram on the left. Bushes, small trees and bare red earth sit in the foreground, and a hazy pale sky with scattered clouds spreads above the flat horizon. No people are visible.

May 20 1989

May 20 1989

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May 20 1989

May 20 1989

May 20 1989

May 20 1989

May 20 1989

Elevated view over a dense town of low white and beige buildings with terracotta roofs and green trees, looking toward three large gopurams (temple gateway towers) of the Arunachaleshwara temple in Tiruvannamalai. The central tower is tall and tiered with carved sculptural figures, flanked by smaller towers on either side. Layered cumulus clouds fill the sky above distant brown hills. Rocky ground with boulders and dry earth occupies the foreground. No people are visible.