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Night photograph of a temple complex entrance with a brightly painted, multi-tiered gopuram tower lit by warm lamps, flanked by stone-carved walls. Several people walk along the paved approach: a man in a white shirt and dark trousers in the foreground, a woman in a blue sari, a woman in a green patterned sari, and a few children and others behind. On the left, a signboard in Tamil script stands beside a metal railing. A street lamp rises at right. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.

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September 23 20122012-09-23September 23 20122012-09-23 +1 copiesNight photograph at a temple entrance in Tiruvannamalai. A large crowd of devotees, mostly dressed in white with some in blue and yellow saris, walks through a gated lane toward a lit temple gopuram. In the foreground, a small boy in a blue shirt and an older man with white hair and a white beard in white clothes walk together. A small shrine with a colourful painted tower stands at the left, with a flame or oil lamp burning near its base. Along the right, a metal barrier guides people in a line, and a few onlookers stand beyond it. A printed banner in red and yellow reads a Tamil temple inscription. No identifiable a person is visible in this crowd.2012-09-23 +1 copiesFebruary 06 20172017-02-06Night photograph of a crowded temple gateway lit by strings of oil lamps along a carved stone gopuram tower. A dense crowd of devotees fills a narrow passage: men in white shirts and dhotis, women in colourful saris (pink, orange, blue), a man in a teal green shirt and a man in saffron-orange garments with a rudraksha-style garland. Metal railings and a wooden ladder line the walkway, and a street lamp glows overhead.2017-02-06September 23 20122012-09-23September 23 20122012-09-23Night view of a illuminated South Indian temple gopuram, a tiered tower densely carved with deity and figure sculptures, lit by floodlights at its top. A doorway below leads into a glowing inner shrine. In front, a row of about nine seated figures in saffron and orange robes rests along the paved approach, and a single standing figure in a dark robe stands near the entrance. Metal railings and a small stall with a canopy stand at the right, and a tree grows at the left. The scene resembles a temple precinct at night, with the saffron-clad group as devotees or sannyasis.2017-02-07 +1 copiesA night view of a South Indian temple courtyard with a stone pillared hall (mandapam) on the right, its roof lined with white bull (nandi) sculptures and a tall gopuram tower rising in the background under a dark sky. Several people walk across the paved courtyard: a woman in a pink sari and a man in a white shirt near the centre, a woman in a blue sari at left, and a man in white dhoti near the centre-right. A thatched bamboo canopy stands at left beside a small shrine with a lit entrance. Carved columns with sculpted figures line the hall, and a cable and a small lamp hang overhead.2012-04-05Night photograph of a colourfully decorated South Indian temple shrine with a tiered, sculpted gopuram-style roof crowned by a finial, its painted pillars and walls lit from within. Several people in orange and red robes walk near the entrance steps, and a stainless steel bin stands in the foreground on a paved courtyard beneath a tall street lamp. A few small figures sit at the right edge near a doorway. Overhead wires and dark trees frame the scene.2008-08-02April 05 20122012-04-05Night photograph of a temple complex with a tall illuminated gopuram tower lit with strings of lights, behind a fence decorated with colourful lamps. Devotees walk along a paved path; a man in a white shirt and a woman in an orange sari stand near the entrance, while a priest in a white dhoti with gold border stands at left beside a metal stand holding several oil lamps. At right, a small shrine pavilion with a lit roof and decorative lights has people nearby. Oil lamps are lit on a metal rack in the foreground.2017-02-06