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A photograph of an empty stone-paved courtyard at dusk beside a temple complex. On the left, a carved stone temple wall with pilasters and a small entrance; ahead, a pink-washed hall with a flat roof, a row of square pillars and blue-shuttered doors. Palm trees and tall trees stand behind the buildings under a pale sky, and a tall metal lamp post rises from the courtyard. No people or visible ritual activity are present.

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A photograph of a temple courtyard with pink-washed walls and a grey stone plinth. Wide stone steps lead up to a carved stone entrance with a dark metal grille gate on the left, and a pink pillared hall stands to the right. Coconut palms and trees rise behind the roofline, and the paved stone floor is empty of people.1988 - Ochre Robe Given by Arunagiri YogishwaraA photograph of a temple courtyard with a long colonnade of ornate pillars on the left under a tiled roof, and a small shrine with a pyramidal gopuram-style tower on the right. The open paved ground is enclosed by low railings and tall palm trees stand behind the buildings under a clear sky. No people are visible in the scene.A wide stone-paved courtyard of a South Indian temple at dusk, with a tall gopuram gateway with painted stucco figures and a kalasha finial rising above a whitewashed compound wall. Tall palm trees stand behind the structure. On the left, a colonnaded pillared hall with pillars and carved balustrades. A metal grille barrier with orange and red painted frames runs across the middle, and a few small figures of people stand behind it near the gate. No clear individual is identifiable in the foreground. A faint copyright and source caption appears at the bottom right corner.A photograph of an empty temple courtyard with a long yellow-ochre colonnade on the left, its pillars and cornice painted in warm tones. Palm trees and a tall rocky hill rise in the background. On the right stands a small shrine with a gopuram-style tower, surrounded by a low reddish-brown fence. The paved ground is bare, with no people visible.A photograph of an empty temple courtyard with a dark grey stone-paved floor. A pale orange boundary wall topped with painted gopuram-style shrine tops in pink, green and blue rises behind it, with palm trees beyond. On the left, a black metal railing staircase climbs beside a sloped canopy and a stone plinth. No people are visible.A photograph of a long, two-storey cream-and-ochre temple or ashram colonnade with a pillared verandah, decorative parapet with yellow and orange trim, and blue-painted doorways. A paved courtyard lies in the foreground, with palm trees and a hill in the background. No people are visible.1988 - Ochre Robe Given by Arunagiri Yogishwara1988 - Ochre Robe Given by Arunagiri YogishwaraWide view of an empty temple courtyard with a paved stone floor and a curved white pathway. A long colonnaded corridor with pillars and a pale ochre-coloured wall runs along the left, with palm trees and a rocky hill behind. On the right stands a tall gopuram tower with colourful painted sculptures, and wooden barricades line the right side. A single small figure in white walks near the centre-left.A photograph of a temple shrine in South India with dark stone pillars carved with figures and a stone shrine doorway lit by a small oil lamp flame inside. In the foreground at left, an elderly man with a white head cloth and white shirt, barefoot, bends forward holding a yellow cloth bag. A small stone lingam-like object sits on the floor in front of the shrine. The walls behind are light-coloured with carved stone pillars rising to a roof overhang.May 22 20122012-05-22 +1 copies