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A photograph of a tall white gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers carved with sculptural figures, rising against a pale blue sky with brown rocky hills behind it. Scaffolding covers the upper tower, and a small group of people in colourful clothes stands on a wooden platform near the top beneath a small canopy, with smoke rising beside them. Two strands of garlands hang down the front of the tower. The setting suggests a temple consecration ceremony at a gopuram.

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February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a tall white gopuram (temple tower) of the Arunachaleshwara temple, its tiers covered in sculpted figures under a clear pale blue sky. Scaffolding on the upper platform holds a small group of people in white and light-coloured clothing, with a dome-shaped canopy above them and red-and-white flags flanking the structure. Two vertical bands of colourful garlands hang down the front of the tower. Green trees and rocky hills frame the lower left and right, and a row of onlookers' heads and raised hands fills the bottom edge, with a white dove flying at upper left. Visible people on the platform are too small to identify individually; no one is clearly identifiable as a specific individual.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06A photograph of a tall white stone gopuram temple tower, its surface carved with rows of sculpted figures, rising against a pale hazy sky with a hill behind it. Scaffolding wraps the upper tower and a wooden platform sits at the top, where a small group of people in white and orange-yellow clothes stand near a dome-shaped kalasha finial. Two vertical strings of yellow and red flower garlands hang down the tower face. Green trees frame the lower corners. Several people are visible on the upper platform, consistent with a kumbhabhishekam consecration ceremony at the temple.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06A photograph of a tall white gopuram (temple tower) of the Arunachaleshwara temple in Tiruvannamalai, covered with carved sculptures in tiers. Bamboo scaffolding surrounds the upper section, and a small group of people stands on a wooden platform at the top beneath a round canopy, with a pink flag and a white flag nearby. Striped garlands hang down the tower's face. Green trees are at left and a dry hill rises at right under a pale blue sky.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06A white, carved gopuram (temple tower) of a South Indian temple rises against a pale blue sky, with a hill at the right edge and a tree at lower left. Vertical garlands in yellow, red and white hang down the tower face. On a scaffolded platform near the top, a group of about a dozen people in white, orange, yellow and green clothing stand beneath a small canopy, apparently at the consecration ceremony.2017-02-06 +5 copies