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Exterior view of a small colourful South Indian temple shrine with a stepped, tiered tower roof patterned in red and blue, surrounded by tall coconut palms and a flowering plumeria tree. The walls are pale blue with painted red and gold decorative bands and a golden figure beside the entrance. A low white wall with red and white striped base and a patch of freshly dug earth sit in the foreground. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a Hindu temple gateway with a brightly painted, multi-tiered gopuram-style shrine tower in red, blue, yellow and white, topped by a dome and small sculptures of deities and animal figures. Tall coconut palms rise behind it under a pale sky. To the right stands a covered colonnade with white pillars and a colourful painted frieze. A low white compound wall with red and white vertical stripes runs across the foreground, and a blue signboard listing temple names stands beside a yellow bin. No people are visible.A photograph of a newly built temple gateway and shrine at a dry, open site in Tamil Nadu. A colourful ornamental gopuram-style arch in blue, orange and cream stands at the entrance, topped with painted deity figures and a kalasha-like finial. Flanking pillars are painted with standing female figures. Behind the arch is a small white shrine building with a domed roof and a closed grille door. A coconut palm stands at left, a water tank at right, and a red and white striped boundary wall runs across the foreground. No people are visible.2009-08-03A photograph of a small temple structure with a blue-painted upper storey and a gold-railed balcony, beside a grey-walled shrine with a multicoloured, tiered roof decorated with painted figures and gold trim. A coconut palm and leafy trees stand behind, and a pink brick wall runs along the front. No people are visible.2009-08-08A photograph of a small temple building painted in white with red vertical stripes and blue door frames. On its roof stand a multicoloured domed shrine with a small kalasha, a figure of a seated deity holding a pot beside a white bull, and a colourful sculpture of Ganesha seated with an orange and red body and an ornate arch behind him. Two loudspeakers are mounted on a pole, and tall coconut palms stand against a pale sky. Two people are partly visible at the bottom edge near the open doorway, which shows a dim interior.2006-10-19A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple complex with tiered gopuram-style shrine towers decorated in painted stucco, blue and pink panels, and sculpted figures above the entrance. Tall coconut palms and a rocky wooded hill rise behind it under a pale sky. In front, a low white wall with red and white stripes encloses the courtyard, and a stack of dry wooden sticks lies on the ground beside a yellow bin. Flowering oleander bushes with pink blossoms stand at the left, and a thatched shelter appears at the right. No people are visible.A small colourful Hindu temple shrine with a multi-tiered, brightly painted gopuram-style tower topped by a golden finial. The facade shows painted stucco figures including a seated Ganesha deity murti in the centre flanked by white bulls and attendant figures in blue, with a pink and green painted wall beside it. The shrine has a grey block wall, a gold-barred metal gate and a small framed black plaque with Tamil script. Tall coconut palms and a blue sky surround the structure. No people are visible.2009-08-03August 03 20092009-08-03A photograph of a small blue-walled Hindu shrine in an outdoor temple compound, with a red-tiled sloped roof over a gold-painted doorway and a short flight of steps leading up to it. A blue and orange ornamented gopuram-style tower and a stone pillar with a curved roof stand at the left. A pink boundary wall and red metal railings enclose the shrine, with palm trees and leafy trees behind. No people are visible.2009-08-08A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple gateway with a richly painted gopuram tower decorated with sculpted figures and deities, framed by tall palm trees. Red and white striped gate pillars flank a wrought-iron gate with gold-painted scrollwork, and beyond it a courtyard shows small figures near a shrine. A Tamil signboard above the right gateway reads a temple name, and a motorcycle is parked in front of the gate. The scene is a temple exterior with no clearly visible ritual activity or identifiable presentation of a person.2009-08-03Exterior of a small teal-painted temple shrine with a red corrugated metal roof and a golden cobra-hood finial on the gable. Ornate gold-carved doorway with dark wooden doors, painted deity figures with gold crowns flank the entrance, hanging bells line the eaves. Tall palm and coconut trees and a roadside street scene with vehicles stand behind. No people are visible.2009-08-08A small colourful Hindu temple gopuram with painted deity figures and lion guardians stands behind a white railing, reached by a few white steps under a flat roof. A large green banner on the left shows a goddess figure and a bearded figure with printed Tamil text. A tree in the foreground frames the shot, with a bare dusty ground and a low wall on the right. No people are visible in the scene.2009-08-03Exterior view of a South Indian temple complex with a tiered, multicoloured vimana-style tower topped by a golden kalasha, its stepped cream and red-and-green bands rising above a tiled roof. In front, a pillared open pavilion with a painted green and orange roof shelters a stucco Ganesha seated in an arched niche flanked by two white bulls. Tamil signboard text hangs above the pavilion. A flowering oleander bush and palm and shade trees surround the structure, and a small figure stands between the pillars. Only a partially visible person appears at the bottom edge.2006-10-09