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A photograph of the colourful painted gopuram (temple tower) of a South Indian temple, with a large white upper tower covered in sculpted figures behind it. The painted tiers hold multiple deity statues: a seated multi-armed figure at the top, a dark-skinned multi-armed deity with a crescent-like crown in the middle, and standing figures below including a pink elephant-headed Ganesha on the left, a white-clad male deity in the centre, a green-faced figure in orange garments, and a standing figure on the right. Strings of yellow and maroon flower garlands hang down the left side, and a red-and-white flag flies at the top. No living people are visible.

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