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A photo of a colourful South Indian temple complex with a tall gopuram covered in painted deity sculptures and a pillared mandapa with a decorated roof and three Ganesha figures in niches. A group of young women and girls in salwar kameez, saris and dupattas stand and sit along a railed walkway in front of the mandapa, some holding bags. A man in a white dhoti stands near a pillar. An orange cloth hangs over a small white-roofed structure in the foreground, and a lantern sits on a pillar. Palm trees and an overcast sky frame the scene.

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October 10 20062006-10-10A photograph of an outdoor temple scene. In the foreground, a crowd of devotees stands with palms pressed together in prayer, including a woman in a black top and green skirt, a woman in a red shawl, and women in yellow and light blue saris. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands near a colourful gopuram-style shrine topped with painted figures of elephant-headed deities. A golden pillar and gilded hand-shaped railing frame the left side. A man in a light shirt stands at the right, and a woman holds a child at the far right. A man bare-chested in a white dhoti works near a pillared pavilion in the background.2006-10-10October 10 20062006-10-10Exterior of a South Indian temple shot in bright daylight under a clear blue sky. A colourful gopuram-style superstructure with painted deity and figure sculptures stands at the left above an open pillared mandapam with stone columns. A long plain grey stone wall runs right, topped with a painted cornice in red, green and yellow and a row of small sculpted animal figures, including bulls and lions, with a larger deity sculpture above. No people are visible. A faint shadow of a tree falls across the wall.2012-02-08A crowd of devotees and uniformed men in khaki shirts and dark caps stands in an open courtyard, facing a decorated palanquin on the left that holds a deity murti adorned with flower garlands. Women wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, orange, green and white, with flowers in their hair. On the right a colourful multi-tiered gopuram temple tower rises above palm trees, and a blue-grey building stands behind. The sky is overcast.2006-10-10May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesKailasa Paramparagatha Sūrya Vamsa Adi Chola Samrajya Kamala Peetha SarvajnapeethamOctober 25 20062006-10-25May 16 20122012-05-16A colourful South Indian gopuram-style temple shrine seen from the front against a pale sky. The tiered superstructure is crowded with painted stucco figures of deities and attendants in pink, green, yellow and blue, with a ceremonial bell-like finial and a small figure of an elephant-headed deity on the upper tier. A central niche holds a seated deity murti. Steps lead up to a grilled blue door flanked by carved pilasters and standing female figures. Trees, palms and a small roadside shop with a Mirinda advertisement stand beside it. No people are visible.2010-01-23January 24 20102010-01-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a colourfully painted temple gateway with a tiered roof of pink, teal and cream panels. Three niches hold Ganesha murtis: a central seated Ganesha in yellow and red and two flanking seated Ganeshas, one green and one pink, each with raised hands. A loudspeaker is mounted on the top left. Grey overcast sky and a granite-pillared gateway frame the scene. No people are visible.2006-10-10