A photograph looking upward at the carved stone gopuram of a temple against a blue sky with thin wispy clouds and a faint pale moon. Ornate tiered sculptures cover the tower on the left, and a smaller carved finial rises at right. Overhead run several horizontal power lines strung across the frame. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph looking upward at the carved stone gopuram of a temple against a blue sky with thin wispy clouds and a faint pale moon. Ornate tiered sculptures cover the tower on the left, and a smaller carved finial rises at right. Overhead run several horizontal power lines strung across the frame. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a tall, ornately carved stone gopuram tower of a Hindu temple, rising against a deep blue evening sky with a pale crescent moon at left. The tower is densely covered with tiers of sculpted figures, niches and pilasters in pale grey stone, topped by a carved kalasha-style finial and a large arched decorative crown. No people are visible.

September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public function

A photograph of a tall, ornate white gopuram tower of a South Indian temple, its tiers crowded with carved sculptures of deities, animals and decorative niches against a clear pale blue sky. A small pale moon is visible on the right side of the sky. No people are visible in the frame. Near the lower right of the tower, a standing carved deity figure with a raised arm is set into the stonework.

Photograph looking upward at the ornately carved white gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers covered in sculpted deities and figures, with a smaller carved tower on the right against a pale blue sky with thin clouds. Overhead run several horizontal electrical wires. No people are visible.

September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public function

A photograph of a tall, ornately carved stone gopuram, the monumental tiered temple gateway, rising under a pale overcast sky. Its tiers are covered with rows of sculpted figures and niches, with a row of small finial spires along the top. In the foreground at lower right, a dark pillared hall with a sculpted roofline stands beside the tower, and a street lamp and overhead power lines cross the frame. At the lower left, a small shrine with a colourful domed roof is partly visible. No people are visible in the scene.

A photograph looking up at a tall, white stone gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers densely carved with figures, niches and ornamental sculpture, topped by a rounded finial against a blue sky with scattered clouds. No people are visible.

Photograph looking up from below at a large banyan tree whose dark leaves and thick trunk frame the left side. Behind the branches rises a tall, tiered gopuram of pale stone, carved with many niches, figures and small domed shrine tops, set against a clear pale blue sky with a faint moon. A smaller carved shrine peak appears at the lower right edge. No people are visible in the scene.

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September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public function

September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public function

Low-angle photograph of the towering gopuram gateway of a South Indian temple, its tiers covered in dense carved sculptures of deities and figures in pale stone. The dark, deeply recessed entrance doorway sits at the base beneath the tiered tower, with thin power cables crossing the upper frame against a pale sky. No people are visible in the scene.