Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Street-side photograph taken through a vehicle window of a colourful temple gopuram-style facade in Madurai, decorated with painted stucco sculptures of horses, rearing figures and a large green-and-red leogryph head at upper right. In front, a row of flower stalls under pastel umbrellas sells garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, displayed on green leaves. A vendor sits at the stall at right, and pedestrians in white dhotis and saris walk along the street. A printed poster of a bearded man in saffron appears at the bottom of a stall, but no identification is made from appearance.

More like this

Open the gallery
A photograph of the ornately painted gopuram-style facade of a South Indian temple, its tiers covered in colourful deity sculptures and floral painted bands in red, green, blue and gold. Pillars at the front feature painted figures and guardian sculptures. In the foreground, several people walk along the street past roadside fruit stalls stacked with orange and yellow fruit, and a small pink-canopied stall. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers carries a white shopping bag, a woman in an orange sari walks nearby, and a man in a pink shirt and white dhoti strolls on the right. No a person candidate is visible, so the figures are ordinary passersby.2012-05-09 +1 copiesOctober 23 20062006-10-23December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04A photograph of the gopuram-side entrance of a South Indian temple, its tiered upper walls crowded with painted deity and figure sculptures. Strings of yellow, orange, pink and white marigold garlands hang along the front facade beneath small round lamps. Several dozen devotees and passersby, mostly in white shirts, dhotis, sarees and salwars, mill about the courtyard steps. An orange-robed figure stands near the center, and a uniformed guard appears at right beside a woman in a maroon saree. A man in a white shirt on the left and an elderly man seated on the steps add to the scene, with a blue tarpaulin and a metal lantern-style lamp at right.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04May 16 20122012-05-16A colourful gopuram-style temple facade with tiered tower and painted sculptures of deities and figures in blues, reds, greens and gold, with a rocky hill behind. In the street in front, several people walk and stand: an elderly woman in a red-bordered sari at left, a man in an orange dhoti and shawl, a bare-chested man in an orange cloth, and others in white dhotis and saris near a parked black car and roadside stalls. A roadside banner hangs at right. The scene reads as a Tamil Nadu temple street outside a shrine, with no visible ritual activity or identifiable Swamiji figure.2012-05-09A busy street scene outside an ornate, painted South Indian temple gateway with a richly sculpted tower of deities and figures above the entrance. In the foreground, a man in a light blue shirt walks toward the camera beside a woman in a bright green saree. Behind them, crowds of devotees move along the street, including men in white dhotis and women in colourful sarees. On the left, a decorated wooden palanquin or ratha-like shrine stands beside a motorbike, with framed portraits displayed nearby. A No Parking sign and a large green tree line the street.2006-10-23November 05 20062006-11-05Photograph of a South Indian temple gopuram-style facade at the Arunachaleshwara Temple, Tiruvannamalai, draped with bands of yellow, red, white and orange marigold and flower garlands. Above the entrance rise a tall golden flagstaff and a circular garland-decorated ornament, with sculpted figures crowding the roofline. Overhead, electric and cable wires cross the sky. A policeman in a dark cap with a blue band stands at the lower left edge, and a brass vessel sits near the entrance. Two painted panels hang beside the doorway, one showing a figure and the other bearing Tamil lettering. No identifiable a person is visible in this view.2006-12-04October 23 20062006-10-23Street 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.2012-05-09