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A busy urban street scene with traffic in the foreground: a silver SUV seen from behind with a spare tyre mounted on its rear, a white hatchback, motorcycles and auto-rickshaws. A gateway with a tall tiered temple tower (gopuram) and a golden crown-like finial rises above an arch decorated with colourful bands. Pedestrians walk along the roadside under trees, and a red hoarding on the right shows a printed group image. A tall white flagpole stands at the roadside.

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A busy city street in daylight with a gopuram-style temple gateway in the centre, its tall tiered tower rising behind an arch with golden domes and a red-and-yellow roof. Cars, motorbikes and auto-rickshaws fill the road, and pedestrians walk along the sides under large trees. On the right a red roadside billboard shows a group portrait of several people. No identifiable individual is clearly visible in the scene.2010-01-13A street view through a car windscreen shows a busy road lined with trees, with a silver SUV in the foreground and a line of traffic ahead. Two men walk along the left sidewalk, one in a blue shirt and one in a white dhoti and shirt. Ahead stands a temple gopuram with tiers of sculpted figures and a golden kalasha, above a pillared gateway with a red-roofed entrance. Auto-rickshaws are parked along the right side near a yellow barrier. On the right, a large red billboard shows several figures in white and saffron-coloured robes, with a grey streetlight pole beside it.2010-01-13A photo taken through a vehicle windscreen of a busy Indian town street in daylight. A tall ornate temple gopuram with white and colourful sculpted tiers rises behind a red-tiled entrance gate topped with a golden kalasha and crescent-shaped ornaments. Cars, a white van, motorcycles and auto-rickshaws crowd the road, and two men walk along the left side, one in a blue shirt and one in white dhoti. Tall trees and a tall lamp post line the street. On the right, a red billboard shows portraits of several white-clad men in a group. Overlaid , , , which is omitted from the description2010-01-13Street view through a car windshield of a busy Indian town road in daylight. A tall ornate gopuram temple tower with painted sculptural tiers rises in the middle distance above a smaller shrine roof. A silver SUV with a spare tyre on the back is in the centre lane, with a green auto-rickshaw loaded with goods beside it. On the right, several people stand and sit along the roadside near small stalls and a red signboard, and a man in a white shirt walks by. Overhead tree branches and utility wires frame the scene, and a motorcycle and parked autos line the left edge.2010-01-13Street scene at a busy road junction in an Indian town under a pale blue sky. A white-and-red ceremonial gateway with a golden kalasha finial and a deity image in a niche stands in the centre, with a tall gopuram temple tower rising behind it among green trees. Traffic includes a red truck, a black hatchback, motorbikes with riders and yellow-and-black auto rickshaws. A few pedestrians walk along the roadside, one in a white shirt and dark trousers. A translucent windscreen edge frames the view from a vehicle. Kannada-script text appears on the gateway's signboard.2010-01-13A photograph taken through a car windshield on a dusty roadside in a South Indian town at hazy early morning or late afternoon light. In the foreground a silver SUV with a spare tyre mounted on its rear door drives down the road, its number plate reading KA 04 MN 4444. Beside the road pedestrians walk past shuttered shops and low concrete buildings. A tall gopuram temple tower with carved tiers rises in the background among palm trees, and a man in a white shirt stands at the right edge beside another vehicle.2009-11-25August 11 20092009-08-11A silver Ford SUV with a spare tyre mounted on its rear door, plate KA 04 MN 4444, drives along a busy street in front of the camera. Behind it, a white gopuram tower of a Hindu temple rises above yellow and cream buildings, overhead power lines criss-cross the sky. Pedestrians and motorcyclists, including a man in a white shirt and a person in orange, move along the roadside, and a tipper truck stands to the right. The scene is a street approach to a South Indian temple town.2009-08-06Photo taken through a dusty windscreen of a street in Tiruvannamalai. A silver Ford SUV with a spare tyre cover on its rear door drives ahead, with its Karnataka number plate KA04MN 4444 visible. Ahead on the right stands a tall temple gopuram under scaffolding, painted in red, yellow and blue bands. Motorcyclists and pedestrians crowd the road, including a shirtless man in a dhoti walking on the left. Roadside fruit stalls with yellow and orange produce line the right side, and hanging signboards and shopfronts fill the background under a hazy sky.2011-11-10A silver SUV with a spare tyre mounted on its rear door drives down a paved road toward a roundabout. A tall black pillar with gold bands and a golden finial rises from a pink-tiled plinth, with a bust set into its base. Roadside hoardings with portraits and Tamil text line the left side, and motorcycles are parked nearby. A telecom lattice tower and palm trees stand against a hazy sky. An orange cloth is visible in the lower foreground. Text on the vehicle's plate reads KA01MN4444.2009-08-08A busy city road in Thiruvanaikaval, India, with traffic moving toward a rocky hill crowned by a small temple structure with a golden dome. Motorcycle riders wearing helmets and an auto-rickshaw with yellow and black body ride along the road. In the foreground a silver SUV with a spare tyre mounted at the rear drives past. Street lamps line the road, and dense green trees stand beside a long low temple wall on the right. Several figures in orange and saffron clothing appear at the lower right edge of the frame, partly visible.2009-08-01September 19 20062006-09-19