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A photograph of a large South Indian Hindu temple gopuram, a tiered tower covered in white and grey carved sculptures, seen through a colourful gateway with painted arched niches, pillared pavilion and decorative cornices. Small painted deity figures stand in the niches and a relief panel sits above the entrance. A rocky hill rises behind the temple under a pale blue sky, and wooden scaffolding and a tall metal pole stand at the right edge. No people are visible.

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September 23 20062006-09-23A large South Indian temple gopuram rises above a long stone colonnade entrance, its tiers carved with deity figures and painted in multiple colours. Crowds of devotees, many in orange or saffron clothing and white caps, fill the foreground around two ornate fringed umbrellas with red, gold and floral embroidered panels. Hills rise behind the temple under a pale sky, and blue tarpaulin and a balloon bundle appear at the lower right.2008-08-02A photograph of a large temple gopuram (tower) covered in white stucco sculptures of deities and figures, rising above a long pink-and-grey colonnaded corridor with arched pillars. Behind the tower a rocky, green-scrubbed hill rises under a pale sky, with palm trees at the left and right. Yellow signboards and a metal railing are visible at the lower edge near the corridor. No people are visible in the scene.2006-09-24July 08 20122012-07-08August 02 20082008-08-02A tall, ornately carved gopuram, the tiered gateway tower of a South Indian temple, rises on the left, its whitewashed surface covered in rows of sculpted figures, niches and small roofed shrines. A rocky hill with sparse green vegetation stands behind the temple complex on the right, under a pale overcast sky. A lower temple wall and roofs with small finials sit at the base, with palm trees visible beyond. No people are visible in the scene.2012-07-08A photograph of a large white stone gopuram, the tiered entrance tower of a South Indian temple, rising behind a lower temple structure with painted colourful sculptures on its roofline. A green hill stands at the right under a cloudy sky. In the foreground at the lower left, a red and yellow roadside billboard shows a lingam and text in Tamil about twelve jyotirlinga temples. Small figures of people stand near the base of the scene, at the lower left and lower centre.2008-08-01October 12 20122012-10-12October 20 20162016-10-20A large photograph of a towering white gopuram, the multi-tiered entrance tower of a South Indian temple, seen through a framed archway with ornate red and cream carved pillars. The tower is densely covered with sculpted deities, figures and niches, with a small shrine and figures at its base and a rocky hill rising on the right. No people are visible in the photograph. Blue sky with thin clouds fills the background.2006-09-23August 01 20082008-08-01A photograph of a South Indian temple complex under a pale blue sky. Two tall whitewashed gopuram gateway towers with sculpted tiers and small finials frame the scene, with a painted, multi-coloured shrine tower between them. A rocky, scrub-covered hill rises directly behind the temple. In the foreground, open stone pavilions with pillars and ornamented roofs stand over a low wall with decorated panels, and a tree grows at the left edge. No people are visible.2003-11-09