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Aerial view over the dense town of Tiruvannamalai with a large South Indian temple complex at centre, its tall white gopurams (gateway towers) rising above a walled rectangular courtyard surrounded by green trees. Houses and low buildings spread across the flat plain under a hazy, overcast sky. The foreground shows a rocky outcrop and dense tree canopy on a hillside. No people are visible in the scene.

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1978 - TiruvannamalaiAerial view looking down over the dense, hazy town of Tiruvannamalai from a wooded hillside. In the centre, the large walled Arunachaleswarar temple complex stands out, with several tall white gopuram gateway towers rising above its rectangular courtyards and green trees. Surrounding it, white and terracotta rooftops fill the flat plain, with fields visible at the far horizon under a pale sky. Green tree canopy fills the foreground. No people are visible.2006-11-27Aerial photograph looking down over the dense town of Tiruvannamalai at a large temple complex with several tall, white-plastered gopuram gateway towers rising above rectangular enclosure walls and courtyards, surrounded by green trees. Red-tiled rooftops and white houses fill the surrounding streets. A hazy grey sky and flat distant plains fill the upper frame. No people are visible.1978 - Tiruvannamalai1978 - TiruvannamalaiElevated aerial view over the city of Tiruvannamalai showing the towering white gopurams of the Arunachaleswarar temple complex rising above a dense grid of low rooftops and tree canopy. Several tall pyramidal gateway towers stand in the centre and at left and right, with smaller shrines and enclosure walls below. Hazy grey sky and distant flat plains fill the upper frame, and foliage edges the bottom of the image. No people are visible in the scene.Aerial view of the Arunachaleswarar temple complex in Tiruvannamalai, showing several tall white gopuram gateway towers with ornate sculpted tiers rising above a walled compound of red-brown courtyards and green trees. Dense urban housing and streets of a town surround the temple on all sides, with a hazy hill-edged skyline in the background. No people are visible in the scene.A wide daytime photograph taken from a rocky, scrub-covered hillside looking over a dense town of low buildings toward two tall gopuram towers of a temple complex on the right, one with tiers of painted sculpture, with another gopuram on the left. Bushes, small trees and bare red earth sit in the foreground, and a hazy pale sky with scattered clouds spreads above the flat horizon. No people are visible.August 03 20082008-08-03Elevated view over a dense town of low-rise houses, concrete rooftops and tree canopy toward three tall, pale tiered gopuram temple towers with sculpted tiers, typical of South Indian temple architecture. Behind them stretch low hills under a hazy sky with scattered clouds and a few birds in flight. The foreground shows rocky outcrop and green foliage. No people or ritual activity are visible.A wide elevated view over a dense town of low-rise houses and trees toward a large gopuram-style temple tower in the centre, with two more tall temple towers on the left and right horizon. Rocky outcrops and dry scrub in the foreground slope down toward the town, under a pale blue sky with scattered clouds and distant hills.May 20 1989