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A village street in Kanjanoor, Tamil Nadu, leading toward a tall, multi-tiered gopuram temple tower painted in blue, red, yellow and green with ornate sculpted figures and a finial of spires at the top. Men in shirts, trousers and lungis walk along the dusty road, and a yellow bus and white vehicles are parked or moving on the street, with a silver SUV at right. Thatched huts and palm trees line the roadside under hazy sky and overhead wires.

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May 16 20122012-05-16A dusty village street in Kanjanur, Tamil Nadu, leads toward a tall, colourful gopuram of a South Indian temple with tiers of painted deities and finials. Tiled and thatched houses line the left side. Men walk along the road, one in an orange-and-white striped shirt and another in a white shirt and white dhoti. Vehicles fill the road, including a light-blue bus at right, a white SUV and a yellow van, with a uniformed officer standing near the bus. Trees and utility poles frame the hazy sky.2012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16A photograph of a colourful multi-tiered South Indian gopuram temple gateway painted in blue, green and yellow with carved sculptural panels, rising above a tall orange-red dhwajastambha flagstaff. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a yellow border walks along a sandy path toward the entrance, while a small group of people stands near the gate and two uniformed police officers in khaki stand on the grass. A white public bus with lettering is parked to the left beside palm trees. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18May 16 20122012-05-16A street scene in front of a large South Indian temple gopuram under bamboo scaffolding for restoration, its tiered stone tower carved with figures and topped with finials. Two uniformed police officers in khaki shirts and trousers walk down the dusty road, one carrying a bag. On the right, several men in white dhotis and shirts stand near parked motorcycles and a white-and-orange bus, and a woman in a white sari walks in the centre. Trees, a water tank and shophouses frame the scene under an overcast sky.2012-05-22 +1 copiesMay 22 20122012-05-22 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18