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A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram, tiered and painted in blue, green, and red with rows of sculpted deities and figures, above a dark entrance doorway. In the foreground a crowd gathers, including a bald man in an orange-saffron robe with a white shawl, walking beside a man in white dhoti and shirt. A man in a white shirt and dhoti stands nearby, with other devotees and a parked silver car at the lower right. A blue sky and a hillside appear behind the temple.

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A photograph outside a colourful gopuram-style temple entrance with carved deity sculptures tiered above the doorway. A shaved-headed man in orange robes stands at the centre, with a white-clad devotee and several people in white and yellow clothes around him. A woman in a red and green sari stands at a stall on the right selling items, and a man in white holds a camera.2012-08-20A colourful gopuram temple tower with tiers of painted deity sculptures rises above a green-walled temple entrance. Crowds stream out through the doorway in daylight. In the foreground, two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes with orange shoulder cloths and rudraksha malas walk forward smiling, one holding a garland. Behind them a man in white dhoti and shirt and a man in a dark blue shirt move among devotees, and a woman in white with a yellow sash and tilak stands at left. A grey car is at lower right, and roadside stalls with red garlands sit to the right of the gate.2012-08-20May 31 20122012-05-31 +1 copiesA group of people stands in front of a richly painted, multi-tiered temple gopuram with colourful sculpted figures and a stone entrance. In the foreground, several men in saffron-orange robes and white dhotis and shirts stand together, some with shaved heads, and one seated man in orange clothing sits near the front. Some men wear white ritual clothes and others wear orange garments. The temple arch above shows a painted deity scene. Stone pillars and a covered walkway frame the entrance.2012-05-30A photograph of a large, brightly painted gopuram, the tiered entrance tower of a South Indian temple, rising above a street entrance. The tower is densely covered with colourful painted sculptures of deities and figures in red, yellow, green and blue, with a gilded finial on top. Below, an arched gateway with painted pillars and a decorative frieze leads into the temple. Street life fills the foreground: pedestrians in mixed clothing, an auto-rickshaw, parked white cars and a motorbike. A bare hill rises behind the tower under a pale sky. No a person candidate is visible in the image.2012-05-09May 16 20122012-05-16A photograph of a colourful Dravidian-style temple gopuram covered in painted sculptures of deities and figures, rising above a courtyard. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari with a braided plait walks past a low pillared entrance with green and red painted columns and a metal grille fence. Several people stand and walk near the temple entrance, a man in white on the left and others in the background under a blue sky with trees.2012-09-11May 09 20122012-05-09May 09 20122012-05-09A photograph of a colourful, ornately sculpted South Indian temple gopuram with tiered painted figures and a central relief of a deity on a bull, above a stone-pillared entrance. In front, a crowd of men stands on the temple grounds; several wear saffron/orange robes and others wear white dhotis and shirts, with some holding their hands together in namaskar. The people are in the foreground at the temple entrance, giving the scene a devotional, temple-visit character.2012-05-30May 31 20122012-05-31May 09 20122012-05-09 +1 copies