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Photograph of the stone colonnade of a temple corridor at Thiruvanaikaval. Rows of sturdy square granite pillars with carved capitals support a flat stone roof over a wide paved courtyard. Two small figures in light clothing walk in the distance, and a plain high stone wall runs along the right side. No deity, ritual, or a person is visible.

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August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A photograph of an empty stone-paved temple corridor at Thiruvanaikaval, with a row of carved stone pillars on the left beneath a low roof and a tall plain sandstone wall on the right. Coconut palms rise behind the corridor under an overcast sky. A small stone lamp post stands near the right wall, and a distant pavilion with columns sits at the end of the passage. Only one tiny figure is visible far down the walkway, and no ritual or event is in progress.2009-08-01August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01May 22 20122012-05-22August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01September 18 20062006-09-18Photograph of the stone colonnade along the outer wall of a South Indian temple, with carved pillars and a sculpted moulded plinth in the foreground. A tall, ornately carved gopuram tower rises at right beside a plain compound wall. Five people walk along a paved path near the pillars: four men in white dhotis and shirts and one woman in an orange-red sari. Overcast sky and trees at the right edge. Setting suggests the Dharapuram temple complex.2006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18Empty temple courtyard paved with reddish-brown brick, with a long diagonal crack running across the floor. A row of carved stone pillars with ornate capitals lines the right side under a yellow-ochre wall and terracotta-topped roof. Straight ahead, a stone-walled pavilion with a domed roof leads to a covered hall. In the background rises a tall gopuram tower wrapped in scaffolding, with a smaller ornate shrine tower to the left under a bright sky. A single distant figure in white clothing stands near the pillars on the right. Stone lions or sculptures sit on the roofline.2012-05-22September 18 20062006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18