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Photograph taken through a open wooden lattice gate in a blue-grey wall, looking across a bare concrete courtyard toward a small temple shrine. The shrine has a tiered, painted gopuram-style roof with sculpted figures and colourful ornamentation, a dark doorway with a white ornament, and a stone platform. A terracotta pot with a plant sits beside the shrine. No people are visible in the scene.

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August 08 20092009-08-08A photograph of a temple courtyard beside a colourful ornate temple shrine with a multi-tiered domed gopuram-style roof decorated with sculpted figures and painted panels. Two people walk across the concrete courtyard past the shrine: a woman in a deep red sari with a long garland of flowers over one shoulder, and a man in a saffron-orange robe pointing toward the shrine, with a potted plant at the lower right. A third, partly visible figure in white stands at the right edge. Pillars and a covered walkway frame the left side.2014-07-01July 14 20092009-07-14Exterior view of a South Indian temple courtyard with small blue-grey shrines topped by colourful multi-tiered gopuram-style towers painted in red, green, yellow and blue with sculpted deity figures. A central shrine with a grilled doorway and stone steps stands beside a blue two-storey building with a yellow-railed balcony. A metal lamp stand and a dark iron platform sit in the foreground under a corrugated awning. No people are visible.2009-08-08A photograph of a small colourful Hindu shrine with a grey-blue stone base and a multi-tiered painted superstructure topped by a green figure of a deity holding a mace, flanked by palm trees. Inside the grilled double gate, a deity murti in yellow garments is visible behind a garland, with small oil lamps burning on the threshold and scattered flower petals on the steps. No people are present in the scene.2009-08-08August 08 20092009-08-08Photograph of a temple entrance area with painted tiered architecture in blue, green, pink and orange bands, a blue-painted stepped structure and a set of concrete steps leading up toward a courtyard. A blue signboard above reads Tamil and a sign reading Gingerate, and a dark plaque with white lettering is mounted on the right wall. Two rounded shapes and small objects sit at the base of the steps. No people are visible.2009-08-08Photo of a South Indian temple shrine in an open paved courtyard under a pale sky, with tall coconut palms behind. The main shrine has a cream-coloured walls with red pilasters, a domed roof with sculpted deities and figures in stucco, and a dark doorway framed by a small carved niche. Terracotta pots with small plants flank the entrance. Smaller blue-grey shrines with ornate tops stand to the right, and a covered colonnade with white arches lies to the left. No people are visible in the scene.2014-07-01A small roofed shrine in a dim courtyard of a temple-like building. At the centre is a colourful painted gopuram-style niche enshrining a Ganesha murti with an elephant head, seated and painted in red and green tones. Below it, a dark Shiva lingam wrapped in a white cloth and decorated with white flowers sits on a raised platform. A yellow-walled alcove with a stone counter and clay pots is visible to the left, and an orange pot stands at right. No people are present.2014-07-01April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a small blue-grey shrine structure with a colourful painted tiered tower top decorated with figures and pink and green accents, including a figure seated on a pink lotus. A barred black metal door with a padlock is set in the shrine wall, reached by concrete steps. A pink brick compound wall and utility poles stand behind, under a bright sky. No people are visible.2009-08-08A small stone shrine with a colourful tiered gopuram-style tower decorated with painted sculptures of deities and figures in green, red, blue and yellow. The shrine has a dark open doorway with a wooden lattice door swung open, a short flight of steps, and a small raised stone platform. In the foreground at the base, a garlanded linga-shaped deity murti sits beside a small stone object and a clay dish. Palm trees, bushes and a white compound wall surround the shrine, with an ornately carved stone pillared hall visible at right. No people are visible.