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Exterior of a South Indian Hindu temple gopuram, a tall multi-tiered tower densely decorated with painted stucco figures and niches in red, blue, green and yellow, topped by finials. At the base, a central entrance flanked by orange-and-white pillars with carved lion bases. Above the doorway, a painted panel shows a white bull with figures on it. Four men in shirts and trousers stand near the entrance, one in a police uniform, with motorcycles parked to the right and footwear scattered on the ground.

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Colourful gopuram temple entrance of Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple, tiered tower painted in turquoise, red, yellow and blue with stucco figures, a relief of Nandi bull carrying Shiva and Parvati above the gateway, and orange-and-white pillars flanking the doorway with stone lion guardians. Four men in shirts and trousers stand near the entrance, including one in pink shirt and one in white shirt beside a uniformed police officer. Motorcycles are parked at right and a banner with a painted figure leans on the left side of the courtyard.2012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16May 30 20122012-05-30May 16 20122012-05-16May 30 20122012-05-30Photograph of the colourful gopuram entrance of Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple, with tiered painted towers in pink, blue, green and yellow, a white bull carving with a deity figure on the gateway shrine niche, and orange-and-blue pillars flanking the doorway. In the foreground a crowd of about ten men in white dhotis and shirts, a girl in a patterned dress, and uniformed police stand near the entrance. A large banner on the left shows a saffron-robed figure with a crown or turban and garlands beside a smiling devotee; the figure's appearance is not clearly confirmed from the image.2012-05-16Photograph of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram (tower) with tiered, painted stucco figures and a shrine niche showing a white bull mount with figures, above a pillared entrance hall with red-and-cream columns and a stone lion guardian at right. Several people stand and walk around the entrance in the dusk light: a uniformed police officer in khaki at left, a man in a red-orange dhoti and shirt in the foreground right, and a few devotees and onlookers near the doorway. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2012-05-29May 29 20122012-05-29May 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesMay 16 20122012-05-16October 15 20062006-10-15