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A photograph taken through an open wooden doorway framed in brown with white-and-red striped trim, looking out at a temple complex under tall coconut palms. A small gold-domed shrine with pink and blue painted gopuram-style ornamentation stands in the middle, with colourful deity murtis set in its niches. A white canopy tent hung with garlands and strings of small flags sits to the left, and a white-and-red boundary wall runs across the background with a figure in white near the wall. Strands of colourful bunting and lights are strung between palms. A blue sign with Tamil text is at lower left. Overcast sky above. The scene shows a festival decoration setting at a temple.

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A photograph taken through an open red-and-white gateway with blue iron grilles, looking down a courtyard toward a temple entrance decorated with coloured sculptural panels and a golden kalasha atop a gopuram-style tower. Strings of bulbs and garlands hang between palms, and a blue-painted doorway stands at the temple gate. Several people walk across the sandy ground: a woman in a pink sari, a woman in a light sari, and a group of men in white dhotis and shirts, one carrying an umbrella. Parked motorcycles line the left side.2006-10-27A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple complex with tiered gopuram-style shrine towers decorated in painted stucco, blue and pink panels, and sculpted figures above the entrance. Tall coconut palms and a rocky wooded hill rise behind it under a pale sky. In front, a low white wall with red and white stripes encloses the courtyard, and a stack of dry wooden sticks lies on the ground beside a yellow bin. Flowering oleander bushes with pink blossoms stand at the left, and a thatched shelter appears at the right. No people are visible.Outdoor temple courtyard scene with a tall, multi-tiered gopuram covered in painted sculptures on the left and a white temple wall with red and white stripes. A golden canopied shrine houses two deity murti adorned with garlands, with a decorated golden palanquin-style platform in front. Several framed portraits stand near the shrine, including one of a bearded man in a white headdress and another of an older man. A large crowd of mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts, plus women in saris, stands and sits around the courtyard, while a group of priests in white and saffron seated before a fire-pit and offerings performs a puja. Palm trees fill the background.2006-10-25A photograph of an outdoor village scene with a row of blue and white rectangular banners strung on a line between wooden poles, each showing a blue dove-like emblem and partly legible white lettering. Behind them stands a small temple gopuram with colourful painted sculpture, surrounded by tall palm and coconut trees under a clear blue sky. A white-washed boundary wall runs along the dirt ground, and a green banner edge appears at the left foreground. No people are visible in the frame.2006-09-14January 18 20182018-01-18June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a Hindu temple gateway with a brightly painted, multi-tiered gopuram-style shrine tower in red, blue, yellow and white, topped by a dome and small sculptures of deities and animal figures. Tall coconut palms rise behind it under a pale sky. To the right stands a covered colonnade with white pillars and a colourful painted frieze. A low white compound wall with red and white vertical stripes runs across the foreground, and a blue signboard listing temple names stands beside a yellow bin. No people are visible.A photograph of a small temple building painted in white with red vertical stripes and blue door frames. On its roof stand a multicoloured domed shrine with a small kalasha, a figure of a seated deity holding a pot beside a white bull, and a colourful sculpture of Ganesha seated with an orange and red body and an ornate arch behind him. Two loudspeakers are mounted on a pole, and tall coconut palms stand against a pale sky. Two people are partly visible at the bottom edge near the open doorway, which shows a dim interior.2006-10-19October 11 20132013-10-11A photograph of a procession outdoors at a temple-style ashram grounds. A tall ornate arch painted in pastel blue, white and gold with a carved top stands at left beside a canopy. Several colourful decorated parasols in red, green, orange and blue with tassels are carried over a group of people walking along a dirt path lined with banana leaves and shrubs. In front, a man in an orange robe and bare arms walks with a hand near his chest; a man in orange with a shaved head walks beside him. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with garlands, follow. A bare-chested man in a dhoti stands at right, and a bearded elderly man in pink and white walks near the middle. A small white shrine-like pillar stands at right and a blue and purple tent structure is behind. Several people are visible, including partially cropped figures at the edges.2007-01-30A dirt lane runs between white walls under a canopy of strung wires hung with small decorative strands, with tall coconut palms and broad banana plants lining the way. A white building with blue-shuttered windows stands on the left behind a wall, and a dark gate is visible. No people are present. The sky is pale blue with scattered clouds.2006-11-09A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple gateway with a richly painted gopuram tower decorated with sculpted figures and deities, framed by tall palm trees. Red and white striped gate pillars flank a wrought-iron gate with gold-painted scrollwork, and beyond it a courtyard shows small figures near a shrine. A Tamil signboard above the right gateway reads a temple name, and a motorcycle is parked in front of the gate. The scene is a temple exterior with no clearly visible ritual activity or identifiable presentation of a person.2009-08-03