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A colourful multi-tiered gopuram temple tower with painted sculptures of deities and figures stacked in tiers, topped by a row of golden finials, rising above a white entrance mandapam with red-and-white striped walls. Through the open doorway a golden deity murti is visible inside. A decorated yellow-and-gold festival vehicle with a framed photograph and posters stands at the right beside a dirt courtyard, and a white bell tower is at the left. No people are visible.

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October 25 20062006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25Outdoor photograph of a South Indian temple procession at a colourful gopuram with tiers of painted deity sculptures. A crowd of devotees, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts with some women in saris, stands gathered in front of a gilded palanquin or shrine carrying two decorated deity murtis with garlands. Smoke rises from the front of the shrine. A white van decorated with a garland and a portrait is parked in the foreground beside a metal gate. Palm trees and a red-tiled shrine structure stand behind. A portrait printed on the van reads Nithyanandam. Dozens of people are visible.2006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25October 24 20062006-10-24May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesOutdoor procession at a South Indian temple with a tall, multi-tiered gopuram covered in painted sculptures and a stone elephant figure on its roof. In the foreground, a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and shirts walks past a shrine entrance and a ratha-style palanquin on the right. Two men in white clothes with orange shawls stand on the decorated platform beside a deity murti garlanded with marigolds, and framed portrait photos hang on the cart. Overhead, many utility wires cross the blue sky.2006-10-24A photo of a South Indian temple gopuram, a tiered tower with painted sculptural panels and finials, backlit by a bright sun in a hazy sky. Tall palm trees stand at left and a white bus is parked at left edge. In the courtyard in front of the gopuram, a group of people walk and stand, including several uniformed police officers in khaki, a woman in a white sari with a dark shawl, and men in white shirts and dhotis. A tall orange-and-red flagstaff stands before the tower.2012-05-18 +2 copiesFebruary 06 20172017-02-06October 10 20062006-10-10