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A tall, tiered temple gopuram (gateway tower) covered with dense white-painted sculptural carvings of deities, figures and niches, rising against a pale overcast sky, photographed from a low angle. No people are visible. A small utility wire crosses the upper frame and a faint bird appears in the sky.

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January 12 20072007-01-12A tall, ornately carved white gopuram, the stepped temple tower of a South Indian temple, rises on the left, its tiers filled with sculpted figures, niches and small shrine motifs. A rocky hill rises behind it under an overcast sky, and a low reddish-tiled wall with small pillars runs along the bottom right. No people are visible in the scene. A faint translucent logo sits at the top left and a copyright caption with source text runs across the lower right, though these are not counted as text content.2012-07-08January 12 20072007-01-12A towering, heavily carved stone gopuram of a temple seen from below against an overcast grey sky. Tiers of sculpted figures, pilasters and niches rise in stepped rows toward a small pinnacle at the top, with dark doorways and a flat-roofed gateway at the base. Power lines cross the upper right corner. No people are visible.2006-09-24A tall, ornately carved gopuram, the tiered gateway tower of a South Indian temple, rises on the left, its whitewashed surface covered in rows of sculpted figures, niches and small roofed shrines. A rocky hill with sparse green vegetation stands behind the temple complex on the right, under a pale overcast sky. A lower temple wall and roofs with small finials sit at the base, with palm trees visible beyond. No people are visible in the scene.2012-07-08July 08 20122012-07-08September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public functionSeptember 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public functionA large white-painted gopuram, a tiered Hindu temple gateway tower covered in carved sculptures and niches, rises against an overcast grey sky. In the left foreground a blurred cyclist in a light shirt pedals past, one hand on the handlebar. A small auto-rickshaw roof and a few distant figures appear at the bottom edge. The scene is an outdoor temple street view with no a person candidate visible.2012-07-08A tall, whitewashed South Indian temple gopuram rises against an overcast sky, its tiers densely carved with pilasters, niches and sculpted figures. A dark entrance doorway sits at the base beneath carved panels. Birds fly near the top and overhead power lines cross the frame. No people are visible in the scene.2006-09-241978 - TiruvannamalaiOctober 12 20122012-10-12