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A photograph of an outdoor temple courtyard on a cloudy day. On the left, a small weathered white and grey shrine structure with a dome-topped roof, pillared open porch and blue door stands beside a low wall. In the centre, a tall white gopuram temple tower rises behind a wall painted with red and white vertical stripes. Patchy grass fills the middle ground, and a paved stone walkway with decorative tiles runs toward the foreground. At the right edge, a person in an orange top and white dhoti walks away from the camera. Overhead wires and a street lamp are visible.

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July 14 20092009-07-14A photograph of a paved walkway beside a long dark stone temple wall under a cloudy sky. Two people walk away from the camera along the path toward the right side of the frame: one wears a white dhoti and an orange-saffron cloth draped over the shoulders and held out, the other wears a blue garment. Ahead, a white tiered temple gopuram tower and a colourful multi-tiered gopuram rise above trees, with small red-and-white plinths and a grassy courtyard on the left. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2009-07-14Outdoor photograph of a temple complex under an overcast sky. A white gopuram tower with carved tiers rises behind a long wall painted in red and white vertical stripes, typical of South Indian temple compounds. In front, a low pinkish-beige building with arched windows stands beside a small brick structure and a bare grassy ground dotted with young saplings and dark scorch marks. A brown brick pillar sits on the lawn, and a multi-storey building and utility pole appear at left. No people are visible in the scene.2009-07-14July 14 20092009-07-14July 14 20092009-07-14July 14 20092009-07-14Exterior of a temple compound wall painted with vertical red-and-white stripes, a common temple boundary treatment. A man in a white shirt stands in the foreground on a paved path, while three men walk along the path at left, one in white dhoti and shirt, others in shirts and trousers. Behind the wall rises a tall gopuram tower decorated with painted sculpted figures and golden finials under a pale sky. Overhead wires and a pole are visible at left. No ritual activity or a person candidate is visible in the scene.2012-05-31November 24 20062006-11-24July 14 20092009-07-14Wide photograph of an open stone-paved courtyard at a South Indian temple. A tall, white-plastered gopuram (temple tower) with many sculpted tiers rises at the centre-right, with smaller shrine structures to the left, including a domed mandapa with a painted roof and a dark stone shrine. Two figures walk across the paving near the pillared corridor, one in a pink top and another in a light blue garment, and a small group of people in white and orange clothing is visible further back by the gopuram entrance. A woman in red sits near the left shrine. Grey granite walls frame the right side.2007-01-12A temple complex seen along a dirt path lined with palm trees and greenery. Two tall white gopurams with richly carved tiers rise in the background. In the foreground stands a small shrine with a multicoloured tiled roof in turquoise, red and yellow, set on a dark stone base with a barred grille. A single figure walks barefoot along the path, wearing a white dhoti and carrying nothing visible. The scene is an outdoor temple landscape with no visible ritual activity.December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04