Exterior of a stone temple shrine under a pale sky, with a tiered gopuram-style tower of blue and white painted sculptures rising above grey granite walls. Two small figures in dark and light clothing walk across a paved courtyard at right, beside a colonnaded pillared hall. Tamil signboards are mounted on the walls, and a blue sign reads Navagraha Sannidhi. - Nithyanandapedia

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Exterior of a stone temple shrine under a pale sky, with a tiered gopuram-style tower of blue and white painted sculptures rising above grey granite walls. Two small figures in dark and light clothing walk across a paved courtyard at right, beside a colonnaded pillared hall. Tamil signboards are mounted on the walls, and a blue sign reads Navagraha Sannidhi.

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Exterior view of a South Indian stone temple complex under a pale blue sky with palm trees. A pillared colonnade with ornate carved arched niches and sculpted figures runs along a granite plinth, with a tiered gopuram tower rising behind it and small decorated shrine spires in the foreground. Two people walk across a paved courtyard on the left, one in a pale top and one in a saffron-coloured garment. No visible ritual activity is shown.

Exterior of a South Indian temple shot in bright daylight under a clear blue sky. A colourful gopuram-style superstructure with painted deity and figure sculptures stands at the left above an open pillared mandapam with stone columns. A long plain grey stone wall runs right, topped with a painted cornice in red, green and yellow and a row of small sculpted animal figures, including bulls and lions, with a larger deity sculpture above. No people are visible. A faint shadow of a tree falls across the wall.

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Photograph of an old stone temple courtyard with a carved ornate stone canopy shrine on the left, a tall tall brick-red dhvaja/flagstaff in the centre, and a temple gateway with sculpted pillars and carved relief panels. A gopuram tower with white stucco figures rises in the background. Two women in teal saris and a young girl sit on the steps at the right, with a small figure in white near the gateway. A printed yellow-and-red notice board hangs on the wall.

Exterior view of a South Indian temple compound: a long grey granite wall with colourful painted gopuram-style towers and sculpted figures at the top, with a tall whitewashed gopuram visible in the distance. A narrow stone-paved walkway runs alongside the wall, with a few people walking in the distance wearing light clothing, and a metal railing and bins at the right edge. The wall shows weathering and water staining.

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A wide stone-paved courtyard at a South Indian temple. On the left stands a massive dark granite wall topped by a colourful gopuram tower with painted deity sculptures and small carved lions at its corners. On the right, a pink-washed colonnade with arched openings and green-framed windows runs along the courtyard. Bamboo scaffolding is fixed along the base of the left wall, and two yellow-and-red barricades stand in the foreground. A distant group of people dressed in white clothing gathers near the far end of the colonnade, and a tree stands at the back under a pale sky. No visible portrait or identifiable figure is shown in the foreground.

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A photograph of a South Indian temple gateway and colonnaded hall in daylight. The tall gopuram-style superstructure above the entrance is richly painted in red, green, blue and yellow, with rows of sculpted deities and figures, including a horse-drawn chariot scene near the top. Stone pillars with carved capitals line a shaded walkway paved in stone, and a leafy tree overhangs the left side. A few people are visible at a distance, a standing figure in light clothing near the left pillars and a seated person near the right base, and no one is identified.