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Night photo of a painted temple-style facade on a building, with a tiered gopuram-like tower in bright multicolour and a central arched niche showing a seated deity murti flanked by attendant figures. Two smaller side shrines with standing figures sit beside it, and a white signboard reads SIMAP RESIDENCY across the lower front. Tangled overhead electrical wires and a utility pole fill the upper left. No people are visible.

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Street-level photograph of the colourful gopuram-style facade of the Madurai Adheenam building, with a multi-tiered tower decorated in red, green, yellow and blue painted sculpture. Within a central niche, carved and painted deity figures are visible, including a seated figure flanked by standing attendants in orange and white garments. A white signboard reads SIMAP RESIDENCY above a red and yellow band. Adjacent shopfronts, overhead power lines and a street lamp frame the scene. No people are visible.2012-05-09A night photograph of an ornately decorated temple-style gateway illuminated with lights, its front arch and tiered tower outlined in colored bulbs. Below the central arch a painted or lit sign reads Bidar Sessions. No people are visible in the scene, only the illuminated structure against a dark sky.2012-05-20Night photograph of an ornate South Indian temple gopuram gateway, its painted and sculpted facade lit by floodlights. Upper tiers display rows of small painted deity figures and celestial figures; the arch above the entrance shows a painted panel of standing deities, and the left pillar features a painted Ganesha with elephant head. Brightly coloured red, blue, yellow and green panels cover the walls, with gold-painted architectural trim. No people are visible in the frame, and the dark sky surrounds the structure.2012-04-11 +1 copiesNight photograph of an ornate, brightly painted temple gopuram-style entrance arch decorated with colourful stucco figures of deities and floral motifs, lit from below against a dark sky. Beneath the sculpted arch hangs an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta with a small portrait of a smiling person with long hair and saffron clothing, and an orange cloth draped below. Stone pillars with carved reliefs flank the entrance, and speakers are visible at the base.2013-02-05October 26 20062006-10-26October 10 20062006-10-10June 04 20122012-06-04A richly ornamented temple gopuram facade under a pale sky, its tiers covered in painted stucco sculptures of deities, dancing figures, lions, makaras and floral scrollwork in red, yellow, green, turquoise and cream. Niches framed by pillars with rounded bases hold standing and seated divine figures, and a frieze of animals runs along the lower band above the stone entrance. No people are visible, and the page's a person flag is not supported by any figure in the image.2006-10-23Photograph of a brightly painted Hindu temple gopuram or tower facing a clear blue sky, with many tiers of colourful stucco figures in red, yellow, green and blue. Several deity sculptures stand in niches, including a multi-armed figure in the centre holding objects, and a coiled multi-headed serpent form on the right, with a reclining figure beneath it.2018-03-01Night photograph of an ornate South Indian temple gateway (gopuram-style entrance) lit by warm lamps and a street light. The tiered tower is painted in red, cream and green with sculpted deity and figure panels and lion-like pillar brackets. A dark sign band across the top reads in Tamil with the temple name Arulmigu Subramaniyaswami Thirukkoyil. Below the arch a small signboard and a vehicle with a tarpaulin roof are visible at the bottom edge. No people are clearly visible.2006-10-26A photograph of an ornately painted Hindu temple gateway, shown from below. Above the dark doorway, a curved arch is decorated with a red and green scrollwork border and gold rosettes. Within the arch, a row of painted stone sculptures of standing deities and attendants is visible, several with hands in anjali mudra, along with a multi-headed figure at the centre. Ornate gopuram-style carvings, makara-like figures and a small mythical bird crown the roofline, with a cable running overhead. No physical people are visible in the scene.2006-10-23A large ornate temple-style gateway arch at night, painted in bright reds, blues, greens and gold, with a row of standing painted deity figures in a blue-backed niche, including a figure with blue skin and a flute-like object and a figure with a conch-like object, and a small elephant-headed figure at left. Flower motifs and serpentine carvings frame the arch. Below the arch hangs a banner with a small portrait of a smiling man with long dark hair and the logo of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham. No physical people are visible in the scene.2013-02-05