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A sunlit exterior of a South Indian temple complex with a granite pillared mandapa in the foreground and a colourful multi-tiered gopuram tower with painted sculpted figures rising above. Several people stand and walk near the stone pillars, including a man in a white shirt and dark trousers at right and a few devotees in white and pastel clothes near the entrance. A motorbike is parked at the base of the pillars and a white car is partly visible at left. Long iron-barred windows line the white-walled hall at right, with a red and white striped wall beyond. No clearly identifiable person in saffron or ornate ceremonial dress is visible, so no a person candidate is present.

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July 23 20122012-07-23July 29 20082008-07-29March 17 20182018-03-17May 18 20122012-05-18A photograph of a South Indian temple seen from the street. In the foreground a pale yellow-cream mandapa with stone pillars sits behind a steel grille fence edged with red-and-white painted kerb stones. Above it rises a tall, colourful gopuram (temple tower) covered in tiered sculptures of deities and figures painted in blue, green, red, yellow and gold, topped by golden kalasha finials under a clear blue sky. Inside the grille, faint figures stand in the shaded hall. A utility pole stands beside the tower. No identifiable a person figure is visible, and the people inside the hall are too indistinct to count reliably.2012-08-20A colourful multi-tiered gopuram of a South Indian temple rises above a stone entrance, its tower covered in painted sculptures of deities and figures in red, green, blue and yellow. In the foreground, a small pillared pavilion with iron grilles stands beside a sandstone wall, while a crowd of devotees walks through the courtyard in front of the gate. Several people wear white dhotis and colourful saris and salwars; one man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands near the right side. Green trees and a forested hill appear behind the temple under a bright sky.2012-07-23Exterior 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.2012-05-31Exterior view of the Tiruchendur Subramaniya Swami temple gopuram and ornate white stone facade, its tiers crowded with sculpted deities and figures against a pale sky. Massive granite pillars support a covered walkway where a few devotees in saris and a man in white walk past, and a small child in pink stands near an entrance. A green-and-white signboard and blue doorway line the right side, with a painted deity image on a blue board beside the pillars. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.2018-03-17 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18A photograph of a South Indian Hindu temple gateway tower, a gopuram, rising behind a low pillared portico with turquoise columns. The tower is densely covered with brightly painted sculpted figures in blue, green, red and gold, topped by golden finials under a clear blue sky. In the foreground, a stone shrine structure is enclosed by a steel grille, and a few people stand and sit near the pillars and paving, including one person in white seated on the ground beside a container. A dark frame edge runs along the right side of the image.2012-08-20July 23 20122012-07-23A photograph of a large, colourfully painted gopuram, the tiered entrance tower of a South Indian Hindu temple, rising above a low gateway and a grey-roofed compound. Its many tiers are crowded with painted sculpted figures in red, green, blue and yellow. In the foreground a silver minivan is parked beside a barred gate, and several people in red, pink and white clothing walk along the street and a red-and-white striped wall. Trees and a wooded hill appear behind the temple under a pale blue sky.2012-07-23