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A photograph of an ornately painted temple gateway interior, with a colourful arched ceiling and wall murals of deities, including a multi-armed elephant-headed figure and a standing goddess with a lotus. Several people walk through the passage: a man in a light striped shirt and white trousers in the foreground, a blurred figure in a blue shirt and white dhoti, and others in white and light clothing in the background, some near a yellow-painted cabinet. A saffron-shawled man in white stands further back.

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Interior of a colourful South Indian temple corridor leading to a gateway with a painted ceiling and walls. Painted panels show deities and royal figures in blues, reds and golds, and a central arch scene depicts a seated figure with attendants and animals. Several people walk in the foreground, mostly in white and light clothing, one wearing a white head covering. Dim lamps and a lit doorway continue into the inner hall.2006-10-23A photograph of an ornately painted temple gateway entrance, with a colourful painted ceiling and an arched mural above the doorway showing a multi-armed deity figure in a shrine flanked by horses. Painted deity panels line the walls and columns, including a multi-armed elephant-headed figure on the left and a multi-armed figure on the right. A bright hanging lamp hangs in the doorway, and a long corridor of carved pillars leads inward. Several people in white clothing stand near the entrance and walk through it.2006-10-23Interior of a temple corridor with a painted, vaulted ceiling in blue, red, gold and green, with medallions and floral motifs. Painted panels on the walls and above the central doorway depict deities in arched niches. A dark doorway leads inward toward a sanctum where small lamps glow. Several people walk through the hall: a woman in a yellow and green sari in the foreground, two women in saris beside her, and men in white and a man in a red shirt near the entrance.2006-10-23A group walks down a stone-floored temple corridor lined with iron grilles and painted pillars showing female deity figures in yellow and red. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron shawl and a dark-haired saffron-robed sadhu lead a procession, with a man in white dhoti and white shirt, a man in a striped yellow shirt, and a uniformed police officer in khaki following. A woman in a blue sari with floral print stands in the foreground, and a woman in green sari walks on the left. Fruit offerings are displayed at the right. Black Tamil-language signboards hang on the walls.2012-09-11A dense crowd of devotees stands inside a colourfully painted temple hall with blue pillars, white elephant friezes and painted panels across the ceiling. Most people wear white or pastel clothing, many women in saris, and a few men have tilak marks on their foreheads. In the centre, a person in white stands near a brightly lit inner shrine with a golden doorway and lamps. The scene suggests a temple gathering or darshan.2006-10-25A colourful south Indian temple gateway (gopuram-style entrance) with tiered, painted towers and a central arched pediment carved with a row of deity figures. Flanking shrine niches show a painted Ganesha on the left and a multi-armed goddess on the right. Crowds of people in mostly white and dark clothing walk through the open gate, with a red-and-white 'NO PARKING' sign and street lamps at the sides. A timestamp and copyright overlay appear at the bottom right.2006-10-23Photo 11733788 +1 copiesA photograph of an ornately painted Hindu temple gateway, shown from below. Above the dark doorway, a curved arch is decorated with a red and green scrollwork border and gold rosettes. Within the arch, a row of painted stone sculptures of standing deities and attendants is visible, several with hands in anjali mudra, along with a multi-headed figure at the centre. Ornate gopuram-style carvings, makara-like figures and a small mythical bird crown the roofline, with a cable running overhead. No physical people are visible in the scene.2006-10-23A photograph taken at dusk inside a stone temple corridor with pink-sandstone pillars carved with floral and figural motifs. Above the entrance arch sits a painted deity panel with several figures. Men in white dhotis and shirts, one in a blue shirt, walk and stand in the foreground, while a man in a checked shirt and others move through the passage. Shops with yellow STD signs and hanging signboards line the right side. Beyond an orange iron gate, a crowd gathers inside the shrine area with lights glowing.2006-10-24Ornate Hindu temple gateway in Tamil Nadu painted in bright blue, red, gold and green, with a sculpted deity pair in an arched niche above and a row of white elephants carved along the beam. Beneath, a crowd of seated devotees in white clothing gathers in a pillared hall facing an illuminated shrine with a deity murti. A Tamil signboard reads Mayuranatha Swamy Thirukkoyil.2006-10-25June 04 20122012-06-04 +1 copiesMay 10 20122012-05-10