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A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram with painted stucco deity figures in niches, set beside a yellow temple wall with red and white striped base. Palm trees stand behind and a thatched roof is visible at right. In the foreground at right, a gold-decorated vehicle with ornate carved panels and a window stands near the temple entrance. A portrait printed on the vehicle shows a man in a white turban and long hair, a figure whose identity cannot be confirmed from appearance. A man in khaki uniform stands at the doorway at left, and motorcycles are parked at the bottom edge. A date stamp reading 20.10.2006 and a copyright line appear over the lower portion.

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October 20 20062006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20Facade of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram-style entrance with painted tiers and small shrines holding three deity murti in niches above a yellow wall. A doorway below is hung with dried leaf and flower strings. A small portion of a framed picture is visible at the right edge, and two partially visible people stand at the bottom edge near the doorway. The walls are striped red and white at the base.2006-10-20October 20 20062006-10-20Exterior of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram-style shrine facade under an overcast pale sky, with multiple tiers of painted stucco figures and arched niches. The central niche holds a deity murti in red and pink with an attendant figure, flanked by niches with standing divine figures in red and white. Tiered spires with finials rise above a yellow-walled entrance hung with a dried-leaf torana above the doorway. Overhead, power lines cross the scene. Lower right shows a framed picture on a wooden panel beside the entrance. No people are visible.2006-10-20Outdoor temple-street procession in the evening: a gilded, ornately carved ratha-style float on a blue vehicle carries a golden seated deity murti under a gold canopy with a kalasha finial, with a white-clad priest tending it. On the left side of the float, a framed portrait shows a bearded man in a white turban and light clothing. Along the right, a crowd of devotees, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts and women in saris, walks past a stone temple gateway with a gopuram-style tower and a flagpole with red flags. Boards and banners with text line the float's base.2006-10-24A photograph of a colourfully painted temple gopuram facade in Tamil Nadu at dusk, with a tall banana-leaf and palm-frond arch framing the entrance. Painted figures and sculptures in red, green, blue and gold crowd the tiered tower, and a deep-yellow banner with Tamil lettering hangs on the front. A crowd of devotees, many women in orange and yellow saris and men in white shirts, stands and moves near the doorway, with one lit flame glowing at the threshold. An orange flag stands at the right edge beside a painted guardian figure.2006-11-05Photograph 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.2012-05-29A photograph of a brick-red tiled temple-style building facade in a village street. The upper parione is decorated with painted colourful deity figures and a small chariot-like shrine with a dome, wheels and horse motifs at the right. A blue painted figure of a standing deity holding a staff and a bow-like weapon is set beside a barred window, and a closed metal shutter door sits in the centre under a yellow Tamil-script signboard. Two adult men sit on a step at the lower right and a young boy in a white shirt stands at left. Palm trees are visible behind the roof.2009-08-03October 25 20062006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25