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Low-angle photograph of a tall, pale grey temple gopuram (tiered gateway tower) covered in carved sculptural figures and niches, rising toward a bright white sky. Green leaves of a tree hang across the top of the frame, with sunlight flaring through them on the left. Small trees and part of a stone wall appear in the lower foreground. No people are visible.

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July 08 20122012-07-08Photograph looking up at a tall, tiered gopuram temple tower in Tiruvannamalai, its pale stone surface densely carved with tiers of sculpted deity figures and niches. Green leaves of a tree frame the upper left and right, and a low stone compound wall runs along the lower left. Bushes and small trees fill the foreground. No people are visible.2012-07-08A photograph looking up at a tall, tiered white gopuram of a South Indian temple, its surface densely carved with rows of sculpted deities, figures and niches under a pale blue sky. A large tree trunk and leafy branches frame the upper left and right edges, and pink-flowered shrubs grow in the foreground. No people are visible. The tower is the temple gateway tower of the Arunachaleswara temple in Tiruvannamalai.September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public functionJuly 08 20122012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08A photograph looking up at a large, gnarled banyan tree with thick grey aerial roots and a dense canopy of dark green leaves, framing a tall white gopuram tower covered in carved sculptures of deities and figures against a pale blue sky. Pink-flowered shrubs and foliage fill the lower left. No people are visible.September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public functionJuly 08 20122012-07-08Photograph framed by the thick pale trunks of a large banyan tree, looking up through an arch of trunks toward a tall whitewashed temple gopuram covered in tiered rows of carved sculptures and niches. Green leaves hang across the upper frame, and pink flowering shrubs grow at the lower edge near the temple base against a pale blue sky. No people are visible.Photograph of a tall, white gopuram (temple tower) rising against a pale blue sky with a faint moon at upper right. The tiered tower is densely carved with rows of small shrine niches, pillars and sculpted figures, with a large circular relief of a deity near the base. Pink-flowered branches of a shrub intrude at the lower right. No people are visible in the frame. The page concerns a 1989 Ganesh Chaturthi event inside the Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai, but this image shows only the exterior tower.October 12 20122012-10-12