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A photograph of the Arunachaleshwara Temple complex in Tiruvannamalai at morning, with white gopuram towers and ornate golden-accented shrine roofs in front of a forested hill. A low cloud lies across the hilltop under a pale blue sky. A temple tank with still water and stone steps lies in the foreground beside a pinkish boundary wall, and a bird flies in the upper right. No people are visible.

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December 03 20222022-12-03A photograph of the Arunachaleshwara Temple complex at Tiruvannamalai under a blue morning sky, with a low cloud draped over the green hill behind it. Several white gopurams and shrine towers rise above the temple walls, and a pond with a stone pathway and walls lies in the foreground. Trees frame the scene on both sides, and a pink boundary wall runs across the bottom of the frame. No people are visible.2022-12-03December 03 20222022-12-03December 03 20222022-12-03Photograph of a temple tank at Arunachaleshwara temple in Tiruvannamalai, with still water reflecting pink tank walls and temple gopurams. Two white and cream temple towers rise beside a green hill crowned by a long lenticular cloud under a blue sky. Trees line the left bank, and a few small floating lamps or leaves sit on the water. No people are visible.2022-12-03December 03 20222022-12-03A photograph of a temple complex at the foot of a hill, viewed across a still tank whose surface reflects the pale stone shrines and gopuram. A tall white-painted gopuram tower rises on the hillside at left, above several ornate shrine pavilions with tiered roofs and carved pillars. Pink-painted walls and railings line the tank edge, with small floating plant beds on the water. No people are visible.2022-12-03A photograph of a South Indian temple complex under a pale blue sky. Two tall whitewashed gopuram gateway towers with sculpted tiers and small finials frame the scene, with a painted, multi-coloured shrine tower between them. A rocky, scrub-covered hill rises directly behind the temple. In the foreground, open stone pavilions with pillars and ornamented roofs stand over a low wall with decorated panels, and a tree grows at the left edge. No people are visible.2003-11-09A photograph of a large temple gopuram (tower) covered in white stucco sculptures of deities and figures, rising above a long pink-and-grey colonnaded corridor with arched pillars. Behind the tower a rocky, green-scrubbed hill rises under a pale sky, with palm trees at the left and right. Yellow signboards and a metal railing are visible at the lower edge near the corridor. No people are visible in the scene.2006-09-24Photograph of the gopuram (temple tower) of the Arunachaleshwara Temple in Tiruvannamalai, its white-painted tiered tower rising above a long colonnade of pillars, with palm trees and the green hill of Arunachala behind it under a cloud drifting over the peak. A tall white street lamp stands at left, strings of small lights cross the blue sky, and a red-and-white striped canopy shelters a stall at right. Some fabric stalls and metal barricades are set up in the courtyard in the foreground. No people are visible.2022-12-03A photograph of the white gopuram (temple tower) of the Arunachaleshwara temple rising above green hills and palm trees under an overcast sky. A brick compound wall in the foreground has stone bull (nandi) figures and a small golden-finialed shrine roof on its top. No people are visible in the scene. A purple logo sits in the upper left corner.2006-09-24October 12 20122012-10-12