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A wide stone-paved courtyard of a South Indian temple at dusk, with a tall gopuram gateway with painted stucco figures and a kalasha finial rising above a whitewashed compound wall. Tall palm trees stand behind the structure. On the left, a colonnaded pillared hall with pillars and carved balustrades. A metal grille barrier with orange and red painted frames runs across the middle, and a few small figures of people stand behind it near the gate. No clear individual is identifiable in the foreground. A faint copyright and source caption appears at the bottom right corner.

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