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A photograph of a tall, multi-tiered Hindu temple gopuram covered in colourful painted sculptures, with pink, yellow, blue and green tiers stacked above the entrance. Palm trees stand to the right against a pale sky, and a small bird is visible in the upper left.

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A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram, the tiered tower over a gateway, its upper levels crowded with painted stucco deity figures, lions and animals in red, green, blue, yellow and white. A large standing deity murti in the central niche is flanked by smaller statues, and a flag or banner is visible at the top against a pale sky. No people are visible in the frame, and no identifiable a person appears in the image.2012-05-30May 18 20122012-05-18A tall, colourfully painted South Indian temple gopuram rises against a pale blue sky, with its tiers decorated in turquoise, green, pink, cream and orange. Sculpted deity figures and celestial figures stand in niches on the tower, and a circular floral medallion crowns the top. Tall palm trees and power lines frame the scene at the right and left. No people are visible.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesMay 30 20122012-05-30A photograph of a large, colourful South Indian temple gopuram with tiers of painted sculptures in blue, white and green above a sandstone base carved with figures. In the foreground a crowd of devotees gathers near the temple entrance. Many men wear white dhotis and white shirts; women wear saris in orange, red and yellow, and one man in the foreground wears a grey shirt. A man in a pink-and-white garment stands at left, and a person holds up a striped umbrella-like canopy near the centre. A palm tree rises at right beside the tower.2012-05-18Silhouetted view of a tall, ornately sculpted South Indian temple gopuram (tower) against a bright sunlit sky, with a tall stone or metal flagpole (dhvajastambha) rising in front of it and a small dark object, possibly a flag or banner, fluttering at the top. Palm trees stand at the right edge. Several small, dark, partially visible figures stand in the foreground at the base of the tower, but they are indistinct, and no one can be clearly identified or described in detail.2012-05-18A photograph of an ornate multi-tiered temple gateway (gopuram) painted in blue, green, yellow and cream, with sculpted deity figures in niches flanking a dark central doorway. Two standing figures in blue robes frame the entrance, and a small shrine tower rises above. Visitors walk through the dark passage beneath the gate toward an open courtyard lit by sunlight. No ritual activity is clearly visible.2012-05-18May 16 20122012-05-16May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copies