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A 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.

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February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06A photograph of the colourful painted gopuram (temple tower) of a South Indian temple, with a large white upper tower covered in sculpted figures behind it. The painted tiers hold multiple deity statues: a seated multi-armed figure at the top, a dark-skinned multi-armed deity with a crescent-like crown in the middle, and standing figures below including a pink elephant-headed Ganesha on the left, a white-clad male deity in the centre, a green-faced figure in orange garments, and a standing figure on the right. Strings of yellow and maroon flower garlands hang down the left side, and a red-and-white flag flies at the top. No living people are visible.2017-02-06A photograph of a colourful South Indian Hindu temple gopuram, a tiered gateway tower densely covered with painted stucco sculptures of deities, figures and animals in red, green, blue and yellow. A smaller temple shrine with a golden domed roof and carved finial stands in the foreground left, and a wooden pole frames the view at right. A metal railing crosses the bottom of the frame. No people are visible.2012-05-24A tall whitewashed gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers densely carved with sculpted figures and deities, rises against a blue sky. Scaffolding covers the upper section, and a group of people in white, orange and green clothing stand on a wooden platform at the top beside a circular canopy. Garlands of yellow and red flowers hang down the tower face. In the foreground at the base, a small shrine with painted deity figures sits beside a sign reading Arunachaleshwara. A dark tree occupies the left side, and a hill appears behind the temple.2017-02-06A white gopuram tower of a Hindu temple rises above palm trees and a low pillared colonnade, with a green wooded hill behind it under a pale blue sky. Carved stone sculptures of figures and animals decorate the tower's tiers. On the right, a plain red-brown stone wall meets a shaded area where a few small figures are seated. A tall metal street lamp stands in the foreground. No people are prominent enough to identify, and no ritual is visible.2009-08-06A photograph of a tall white gopuram (temple tower) carved with tiers of sculpted figures, rising above trees against a pale blue sky with a brown hill behind it. Bamboo scaffolding wraps the tower and a platform on top holds several people in white and coloured clothing, including a figure in orange, around a small umbrella-shaped canopy and a kalasha-like structure. Two long vertical garlands of flowers hang down the front of the tower.2017-02-06 +1 copiesA 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.2003-11-09May 29 20122012-05-29February 06 20172017-02-06A photograph of a tall white gopuram, the tiered entrance tower of the Arunachaleshwara temple in Tiruvannamalai, rising above green trees with a rocky brown hill behind it under a pale blue sky. Scaffolding covers the upper section and workers are visible on top of the tower. A second, smaller white gopuram with scaffolding stands at the left edge, and an orange boundary wall runs along the bottom. No people are clearly visible in the scene.2017-02-06