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A photograph of a brightly painted temple gateway tower (gopuram-style) seen from below against a cloudy sky, with a hillside behind it and overhead power lines crossing the frame. The tower is decorated with red and blue painted panels, green and gold trim, a row of black finials on top, and a stucco figure of Ganesha with an elephant head on the lower facade, flanked by painted animal sculptures. A blank rectangular signboard is mounted on the roof. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a colourful, ornately decorated gateway or shrine-top structure on a whitewashed compound wall, outdoors under a pale sky with power lines overhead. The tiered structure has painted red, blue, green and gold panels, a finial row and a carved relief of a white bull group and a Ganesha figure with an elephant head and raised hand. A rocky hill and palm tree stand behind it, and a small green signboard sits at the left edge. No people are visible.2012-07-08May 29 20122012-05-29February 06 20172017-02-06Photograph of a brightly painted Hindu temple gopuram or tower facing a clear blue sky, with many tiers of colourful stucco figures in red, yellow, green and blue. Several deity sculptures stand in niches, including a multi-armed figure in the centre holding objects, and a coiled multi-headed serpent form on the right, with a reclining figure beneath it.2018-03-01August 08 20092009-08-08A photograph of a colourful gopuram, the tiered entrance tower of a South Indian temple, in the foreground. Its lower tiers are painted in red, pink, green and blue with painted deity and attendant sculptures, and the upper section is topped by a red pennant on a small spire. Behind it rises a tall whitewashed gopuram covered in carved figures and stucco, and a rocky, scrub-covered hill stands against a pale blue sky. Strings of marigold garlands hang at the left edge, and a small painted shrine with a decorated arch appears at the lower right. No people are visible.2017-02-06A photograph of an ornate temple-style structure seen from below, its roof a colourful ratha or chariot-like canopy with carved makara-style dragon heads at both ends. The roof is covered in a blue diamond-patterned tile design with green, red and yellow painted motifs, and a row of brown finial pinnacles sits along the top. Beneath it is a pale wall topped with a plain pipe. No people are visible.2006-10-15A photograph of a colourfully painted temple gateway with a tiered roof of pink, teal and cream panels. Three niches hold Ganesha murtis: a central seated Ganesha in yellow and red and two flanking seated Ganeshas, one green and one pink, each with raised hands. A loudspeaker is mounted on the top left. Grey overcast sky and a granite-pillared gateway frame the scene. No people are visible.2006-10-10October 24 20062006-10-24A photograph of the ornate upper gopuram of a South Indian temple, its roof and walls covered in brightly painted stucco sculpture in turquoise, red, green and gold. Rows of standing and seated figures, including deities and attendants, fill the tiers. Dark finials sit atop the roof, a gilded pillar rises at the left, and a green-faced leogryph-like makara head decorates each corner. A forested hill rises behind the temple under a pale sky. No people are visible in the scene.2006-09-24A photograph of a colourfully painted Hindu temple gopuram and roof cornice. Above, a tiered tower with yellow and green makara-like finials and a small shrine niche holds a bell-shaped motif. Below the cornice, four painted stucco figures stand in a row: at left a nude figure with a rudraksha-like necklace, second a crowned deity figure in orange dhoti with hands raised, third a figure in white dhoti holding a staff with palms together in namaskar, and at right a figure with a garland. No living people are visible.2012-05-29A photograph of a small blue-grey shrine structure with a colourful painted tiered tower top decorated with figures and pink and green accents, including a figure seated on a pink lotus. A barred black metal door with a padlock is set in the shrine wall, reached by concrete steps. A pink brick compound wall and utility poles stand behind, under a bright sky. No people are visible.2009-08-08