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Empty open courtyard of a South Indian temple under a clear blue sky, with a pale concrete floor. A long colonnade of square pillars runs along the left with a pink-painted roof topped by small seated and standing figures and white domed finials. Bamboo scaffolding leans against the right wall, which has a grey block surface and a row of white bull figures along its eaves. Deity shrines with barred grilles and a small painted niche are visible at the far end. No people are present.

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A photograph of a long, open stone colonnade along the edge of a bare paved courtyard in bright daylight. Thick rectangular stone pillars support a flat roof with a pink-painted fascia, and small colourful deity figures and sculptures in blue, green, orange and white sit along the roofline. A wooden ladder leans against the roof edge and a stack of wooden poles lies on the ground in the foreground. Several people, seen small and partly obscured by pillars, sit at the far right end of the colonnade. A stone well or water tank and a grey wall with a green door stand in the left background.2012-02-08January 18 20102010-01-18 +1 copiesExterior view of an old temple courtyard colonnade in South Indian style. A row of five grey-white pillars with orange-red capitals supports a long flat roof with a red-orange tiled edge and yellow band beneath. Behind the pillars, an ochre-yellow wall has a dark doorway, and stone stepped platform lies beneath. Small stone carved animal figures, possibly bulls, sit on the roof top, and a carved gopuram-style tower with a domed top appears at the right edge. A brick-paved courtyard floor is in the foreground. No people are visible.2012-05-22January 18 20102010-01-18 +1 copiesPhotograph 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.2009-08-01Empty 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.2012-05-22August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01October 12 20122012-10-12April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesFebruary 08 20122012-02-08May 22 20122012-05-22Outdoor temple courtyard with a paved stone floor and a sheltered walkway along a carved stone temple wall. A small cream-coloured shrine with arched niches holds deity murtis, including a seated figure and standing figures on the upper panels, and a pair of stone lions sits on its roof corners. A man in white dhoti and shirt walks across the courtyard, a few people sit on the shrine steps, and a woman in a purple sari walks at right. Palm trees and a red-and-white striped compound wall frame the scene.2012-05-18 +1 copies