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Street photograph of a small colourful Hindu temple gopuram facade on a busy road in Tiruvannamalai, with a painted deity murti and nandi bulls flanking the upper tier. Two yellow auto-rickshaws stand at the left and right edges. A man in a white shirt rides a bicycle in the foreground, and two men in white dhoti sit on the temple steps. Hills and a signboard for a telecom shop appear in the background.

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A photograph of a South Indian temple gopuram-style facade painted in bright colours, with a sign reading in Tamil above the entrance and a Hindu deity sculpture in an arched niche at the centre. Yellow auto-rickshaws are parked in the foreground on a street, and a few men stand and sit near the shuttered temple entrance. Commercial signs for Aircel and Nokia appear on the left and a hillside rises behind the temple.2012-07-08Street view of a small South Indian temple with a multi-tiered colourful gopuram-style facade decorated with painted deity figures and white stone lions, a signboard in Tamil script above the entrance, and a hill behind. In the foreground, pedestrians walk past a yellow auto-rickshaw and a cyclist, including a woman in a white sari carrying a bundle and a man in a white shirt and dhoti on a bicycle. Two men sit on the temple steps beside closed metal grilles. A blue AIRCEL sign and a Nokia shop board appear at left.2012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08Street view of a small Hindu temple entrance with a blue gate and a Ganesha sculpture above the arch, flanked by two white figures and a blue signboard in Tamil script. A street vendor with a yellow canopy cart stands at left beside parked bicycles and a motorcycle, and a lone man walks at right near a green railing. The temple wall bears a Tamil sign and the cream building faces a shaded road.2012-07-08Street photograph of a busy roadside in an Indian town, with a blue-gray temple gopuram and entrance behind a wooden fence. A large red-and-yellow banner on the fence shows a saffron-robed figure raising one hand, with Tamil text and a Kumaran Sri Balaji Garments logo beneath. Several flags fly from poles near the temple, and two storefronts line the street. A man in a white dhoti walks along the road, a yellow auto-rickshaw and a cart sit in the street, a motorcyclist rides past, and crows fly overhead. Shopfronts show signs and posters.2006-11-25Street photograph of a colourful multi-tiered gopuram temple gateway, densely covered with painted sculptures of deities and figures in red, yellow, green and blue, with a red central spire, set against a rocky hill. Pedestrians walk and stand in a busy street; a yellow auto-rickshaw sits in the foreground, a white car and parked motorbikes are nearby, and a man in a white dhoti and a man in an orange cloth walk near the entrance. Shops and balconies line the roadside. No identifiable a person appearance is visible.2012-05-09A street view of a busy Tamil town leading to a richly painted gopuram, the tiered temple tower of Madurai's Meenakshi-Sundareshwara complex, its tiers covered in colourful sculpted deities in red, blue, yellow and green. Behind it rises a large rocky hill with a small shrine on top. Pedestrians walk along the road, including a man in a white dhoti and shirt and a few people in white and pale clothing. A yellow three-wheeled auto-rickshaw with a passenger in white sits in the foreground, and a man in a white dhoti stands near it. Shops line both sides, with motorcycles, parked cars and bicycles on the road, and a stall displays colourful toys and garlands.2012-05-09July 08 20122012-07-08Street photograph of a richly painted gopuram, the tiered gateway tower of a South Indian temple, rising in front of a rocky hill. The tower is covered in colourful sculpted deities and figures in red, blue, green and gold. Below it, a street scene with a yellow auto-rickshaw, parked white cars, motorcycles and pedestrians, including a man in a white shirt in the foreground and people in white dhotis near the gateway. Roadside shops and a small stall line the left side, and a pale blue flag hangs from a building on the right. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2012-05-09