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A colourful multi-tiered gopuram rises behind a temple courtyard with pale stone pillars and a small open bell pavilion on the left. A white stone nandi bull sits on the roof at right. Several people work on the temple grounds: a figure in orange clothing stands near the left pillars, a man in white shirt and dhoti stands at centre, and women in saris sweep the paved floor with brooms. A small sign is posted on a gate at right. The scene shows cleaning work at a Shiva temple.

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May 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph at a South Indian temple courtyard with a tall, richly painted gopuram tower in multicoloured tiers behind. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange dhoti and matching shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, walks forward at the centre, a person candidate by his long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha cues. Beside him a shaved-headed man in orange robes stands with hands folded, another orange-clad sannyasi stands at the right, and a man in white dhoti and shirt walks behind on the left. A thatched shelter and stone pillars line the colonnade.2012-05-30Photograph of the colourful multi-tiered gopuram entrance tower of Kanjanoor Agniswarar Temple in Tamil Nadu, its painted sculptures of deities, animals and kalasha finials rising above a stone gateway. In front, a crowd of people in white dhotis, saris and uniformed police stand on the street beside parked motorcycles and a white SUV, with a woman in a black-and-white outfit drinking from a cup at left. A printed banner hangs beside the gate.2012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16A photograph of a barefoot man in saffron-orange robes with a sash over his shoulder and a rudraksha mala around his neck walks across the open stone courtyard of a temple. A bald monk in orange robes with hands folded in greeting walks beside him, and another saffron-clad figure stands at right. Behind them rises a tall, richly painted gopuram tower with colourful sculpted figures. On the left, a worker in white clothes sweeps the courtyard with a broom, and a thatched shelter stands at the edge. The scene shows volunteers and ashramites cleaning and inspecting a temple premises during kar seva.2012-05-30A photograph of a colourful South Indian gopuram temple tower with tiered painted sculptures, deity figures in niches and a tall red dhwajasthamba flagstaff in front. Several men in white dhotis and shirts and a woman in a red and orange sari walk and stand in the courtyard near the entrance gate. Coconut palms and a white sky frame the scene.2012-05-18A photograph of a temple courtyard with a tall, richly painted gopuram tower in the background, its tiers covered in colourful deity sculptures. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and shawl and a rudraksha mala, walks across the paved ground. Beside him a shaved-headed monk in orange robes with his hands folded walks alongside. Another man in white clothing stands at the left edge, and part of a broom-wielding worker is visible. A stone colonnade runs along the right. The appearance of the figure in the centre shows several qualifying cues (long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala), so he is described as a probable Swamiji in an in-person capacity.2012-05-30May 30 20122012-05-30Photograph of the colourful gopuram entrance of Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple, with tiered painted towers in pink, blue, green and yellow, a white bull carving with a deity figure on the gateway shrine niche, and orange-and-blue pillars flanking the doorway. In the foreground a crowd of about ten men in white dhotis and shirts, a girl in a patterned dress, and uniformed police stand near the entrance. A large banner on the left shows a saffron-robed figure with a crown or turban and garlands beside a smiling devotee; the figure's appearance is not clearly confirmed from the image.2012-05-16Photograph of the tall, colourfully painted gopuram (temple gateway tower) of a South Indian temple, its tiers crowded with sculpted deity and figure murtis in blue, pink, yellow and green. In front stands a smaller stone gateway with pillars and a relief panel showing a bull and a seated figure, flanked by two recumbent bulls. Palm and leafy trees frame the scene. Several people walk along the paved courtyard: a bare-chested man in a white dhoti, a woman in a yellow sari, an older man in white clothes, and a few other figures near the entrance. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2009-08-01A photograph of the multi-tiered gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers painted in red, blue, green, yellow and cream with niches, pillars and stucco figures, topped by finials and a curved roof with decorative sculptures. A leafy green tree with yellow flowers stands in the foreground against a bright white sky. No people are visible in the scene.2012-05-16