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Night photograph of a colourfully decorated South Indian temple shrine with a tiered, sculpted gopuram-style roof crowned by a finial, its painted pillars and walls lit from within. Several people in orange and red robes walk near the entrance steps, and a stainless steel bin stands in the foreground on a paved courtyard beneath a tall street lamp. A few small figures sit at the right edge near a doorway. Overhead wires and dark trees frame the scene.

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Night photograph of a temple complex entrance with a brightly painted, multi-tiered gopuram tower lit by warm lamps, flanked by stone-carved walls. Several people walk along the paved approach: a man in a white shirt and dark trousers in the foreground, a woman in a blue sari, a woman in a green patterned sari, and a few children and others behind. On the left, a signboard in Tamil script stands beside a metal railing. A street lamp rises at right. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2012-09-23September 23 20122012-09-23 +1 copiesNight photograph of a colourful South Indian Hindu temple gopuram, its tower covered with painted sculptural figures of deities and mythic scenes in red, green, blue and yellow. A tall white stone pillar stands at the left, with a small golden-doored shrine entrance below. Red lattice screens and framed deity niches flank the entrance, and potted plants stand in front. A single man in white clothing stands at the far left edge of the frame.2010-08-09Night photograph of a brightly illuminated South Indian temple gopuram, its tiers covered with painted sculptures in red, green, blue and yellow and strung with small lights. A white temple wall and string lights run along the roofline. A small shrine with a red-and-orange flag stands at the lower left, and a loudspeaker is mounted on the wall. No people are visible; the scene is a temple exterior at night.2006-09-24Night view of a illuminated South Indian temple gopuram, a tiered tower densely carved with deity and figure sculptures, lit by floodlights at its top. A doorway below leads into a glowing inner shrine. In front, a row of about nine seated figures in saffron and orange robes rests along the paved approach, and a single standing figure in a dark robe stands near the entrance. Metal railings and a small stall with a canopy stand at the right, and a tree grows at the left. The scene resembles a temple precinct at night, with the saffron-clad group as devotees or sannyasis.2017-02-07 +1 copiesSeptember 23 20122012-09-23Making Of Sacred Arts UniversitySeptember 23 20122012-09-23February 07 20172017-02-07A photograph at dusk of an open-sided temple shrine decorated with string lights along its roofline and corners. Inside, two large deity murtis in colourful silk garments with red and gold drapery stand before a gold arched backdrop, with a brass oil lamp on a stand in front. Dark drapes hang from the pillars and a corrugated-roof building stands to the right. No people are visible.2008-10-01February 07 20172017-02-07A night photograph of a tall, ornately sculpted South Indian temple gopuram (tower) rising in tiers, its surfaces covered with painted figures and deity sculptures in teal, blue, green and orange tones. Its lower portion is lit by a warm lamp, with striped red-and-white pillars at the entrance. On the left, stone pillars and a flat-roofed colonnade with a lamp sit in shadow. No people are visible.2007-08-17