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Exterior view of a South Indian stone temple complex under a pale blue sky with palm trees. A pillared colonnade with ornate carved arched niches and sculpted figures runs along a granite plinth, with a tiered gopuram tower rising behind it and small decorated shrine spires in the foreground. Two people walk across a paved courtyard on the left, one in a pale top and one in a saffron-coloured garment. No visible ritual activity is shown.

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August 11 20092009-08-11August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01May 18 20122012-05-18August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A photograph of an empty temple courtyard with weathered stone pillars along a covered colonnade, their shafts painted in faded red and white. Terracotta tiled roofs run across the frame. Beyond the walls, a carved white stone shrine tower (gopuram/vimana-style) with sculpted figures and a small finial rises above smaller domed roofs, with palm trees and green trees behind. No people are visible.2012-05-22September 18 20062006-09-18Photograph of an old stone temple courtyard with weathered carved pillars and a low brick-red tiled roof along the left and centre. Two white-clad figures stand in a doorway near a stone well with a rope, and a shrine tower with stepped spires rises at the right beneath a hazy sky. Palm trees and a large tree sit behind the yellow compound wall, and a scaffolded gopuram appears at the far right edge.2012-05-22A photograph of a small open-pillared temple shrine in late afternoon sunlight, with a strong sun flare in the pale sky above. The structure has a flat roof with several sculpted figures along its top edge and a small domed tower with red and white patterned accents at right. A yellow signboard hangs on the front pillars. Tall palm trees and other trees surround the shrine, with a low white boundary wall behind it. A dirt road runs in front, with two or three distant people standing near the left edge and a parked motorcycle at right. No recognizable a person candidate is visible.2012-01-03Exterior 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.2012-02-08Exterior view of a stone temple complex with an open paved courtyard on the left and a long carved granite wall on the right, decorated with pilasters and mouldings. Two tall gopuram towers rise in the background, one under scaffolding, against a pale overcast sky. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.2012-05-22May 22 20122012-05-22September 18 20062006-09-18