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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.

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Interior 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 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.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.2006-10-23January 10 20122012-01-10Photo 11733788 +1 copiesPhotograph of an ornate temple gateway entrance with a painted gopuram-style facade. Above the doorway, painted stucco figures in blue, red, green and gold include multiple deity figures and seated bulls on a blue panel, with crouching carved figures at the corners. A dark inner corridor leads into the temple, and a single small figure stands within the passage. A signboard above the entrance reads in Tamil script. No prominent ritual activity is shown; the scene is architectural.2012-02-08May 10 20122012-05-10April 29 20182018-04-29Ornate 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.2006-10-25A long painted temple wall mural in a South Indian temple corridor, with a richly coloured ceiling of red, green and blue patterns above. The panels show multiple deity figures under arched canopies, including a blue-skinned Krishna playing a flute beneath a tree with cows, a peacock and a serpent, alongside other standing gods in ornate crowns and garlands. In the lower left, a man in white shirt and a woman in a striped sari stand near the wall. The wall shows a deity murti-style painted gallery. No identifiable a person depiction is visible.2008-07-29 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a temple corridor with a painted ceiling of concentric coloured medallions. Along the wall, a long row of framed painted panels shows robed deities and saints in arched niches, including a blue-skinned multi-armed figure on the left. Below them, a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts stands close together, most facing the wall and viewing a stone inscription. A man in the centre wears an orange-saffron turban and orange shawl, and a bare-chested man stands beside him. A camera operator on the left films the group. Black panels with Tamil script run along the top of the wall.2007-08-17Interior corridor of a South Indian temple with ornately carved dark stone pillars topped by painted brackets and mythical lion-headed figures, and a colourful concentric circular painted ceiling in pink, yellow, green and blue. Several people walk along the stone floor, including a man in white dhoti and shirt and others in saffron and orange saris, while two women in orange and yellow sit near a metal barrier at the left. A painted green and red serpent figure stands on a pillar at left. Warm lamp light fills the long aisle.2012-05-10