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A tall, ornately sculpted South Indian temple gopuram (tower) rises above a stone gateway, its tiers covered in painted figures and sculptures in turquoise, blue and cream. Stone walls with carved niches flank the arched entrance. In the lower left, a figure in a saffron-orange robe walks toward the gate. At the bottom edge, two people are partly visible, one with dark hair in a bun wearing a light top, and a sliver of a second person. Washed-out light fills the upper sky.

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A photograph of a tall South Indian temple gopuram, a monumental entrance tower of grey stone whose upper tiers are richly painted in blue, turquoise and pink and crowded with sculpted figures and niches. Below, a dark archway leads into the temple. In the open paved courtyard in front, a tall stone pillar stands in the foreground. A figure in orange-brown robes walks near the entrance, while a woman in a white patterned top and dark skirt stands on the courtyard, and another woman in a white and brown sari walks at the right edge. A lone person in a blue shirt is at the far left edge.2009-08-11July 29 20082008-07-29A photograph of a tall, richly painted South Indian temple gopuram (gateway tower) seen from below. Its tiers are crowded with polychrome sculptures of deities, dancing figures, lions and bulls in turquoise, red, cream and yellow. A large stone gateway arch stands at the base, with a mango tree and wooden fencing in the foreground and a tiled, blue-and-white sky above. No people are clearly visible in the scene.2009-08-11August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A tall, colourfully painted gopuram, the tiered entrance tower of a South Indian Hindu temple, rises against a pale sky. Its upper levels are covered with rows of painted sculptural figures in blue, red, green, yellow and white, including deities, animals and attendants. A dark stone gateway with carved pillars sits at the base, with a white car parked on the open paved courtyard to the right and a stone pillared pavilion at the edge of the frame. No people are visible.2012-08-20Kailaasa Paramparagatha Suvarnapeetha Sarvajnapeetha Swargapuram SamrajyamJune 05 20122012-06-05July 30 20082008-07-30A photograph of a large, richly sculpted South Indian temple gopuram, its tiers covered in painted stucco figures of deities and celestial beings in blue, green, pink and cream. A stone gateway with a dark passage leads inward. In front, a group of about twenty men and a few women walk through the gateway; several wear white dhotis and shirts, while a central figure in an orange-saffron robe with a garland and a bare-chested man in a red-pink lower cloth are prominent. Some are barefoot. Small white barriers and a potted plant line the foreground, and trees and another temple tower appear beyond the gate.2009-08-11July 30 20082008-07-30June 05 20122012-06-05May 09 20122012-05-09