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A photograph of a large South Indian temple gopuram with a tiered, richly painted tower covered in sculpted figures in blue, green, red and yellow. Below, a stone gateway opens into a dark passage. Several people walk out through the entrance, many in white dhotis and shirts. In the centre foreground, a man wears an orange saffron shawl and orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace, and another figure in orange walks nearby. Some men are bare-chested with white dhotis. A white lattice wall with carved Tamil-style lettering lies at right.

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A 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 20082008-07-30 +1 copiesA procession walks out of a stone temple gateway (gopuram entrance) with ornately painted sculptured tower above. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a shaved head and a tilak walks forward gesturing with one hand, flanked by a man in a saffron robe behind him. To his right, a bare-chested man in a red shawl and red dhoti carries a decorated kalasha pot with a green coconut-style top and garland. Around them, men in white dhotis and white shirts walk, one bare-chested man holds a bunch of bananas, and a few men wear rudraksha or beaded necklaces. The stone pavement and temple architecture set the scene.2009-08-11August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01August 06 20092009-08-06A photograph of a large stone temple gateway with a richly carved, painted gopuram tower above, showing sculpted figures and colourful decoration. Several people walk out through the central passage onto a tiled courtyard. In the foreground, a man in a khaki shirt and trousers walks ahead, and a group in white shirts and trousers flank a central figure. Behind them, a man in an orange cloth and another in orange robes walk alongside a barefoot man in a red shawl and light garments wearing a rudraksha-style necklace. Two figures in orange and the white-clad attendants suggest a temple visit procession.2009-08-11Photograph of a colourfully sculpted temple gopuram with tiers of painted deity and figure carvings, entered through a wooden-roofed gateway flanked by palm trees and leafy trees. In the foreground, a group walks along a paved path toward the gate: two saffron-robed sadhus in front, one with a long grey beard and a rudraksha mala, the other with long dark hair, orange robe and a long beaded necklace, hands folded. Behind them, men in white shirts and dhotis and a woman in a white sari walk, a man in white talks on a phone, and a boy in a checked shirt walks nearby. Bamboo scaffolding props the gateway.2009-08-01A photograph of a colourful gopuram-style temple gateway with a richly sculpted tiered superstructure painted in turquoise, pink, orange and cream, filled with carved deity and figure reliefs. A plaque in the gate arch reads Tamil 'சிவ சிவ'. A small group of people walks through the passage: men in white dhotis and shirts, and a man in saffron/orange robes in the centre. A woman in a blue sari stands at the right edge. A loudspeaker is mounted on a pillar at the gate.2009-08-01August 06 20092009-08-06Photograph of a large stone temple gateway with a white-stuccoed gopuram tower packed with sculpted deities and figures. A group of people in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls walks out through the dark granite entrance. In the foreground a man in an orange robe and a saffron shawl with a rudraksha mala strides forward holding a small paper, while a bald man in white clothes folds his hands at his chest. A woman in an orange shawl and white sari walks at the right edge, and another man in white with a saffron shawl and beads walks at the left. Sculpted figures stand in niches on the gateway walls.2009-08-06Photograph of a group walking out through the entrance of a richly painted gopuram temple tower covered with colourful deity sculptures in blue, green, red and yellow. Two saffron-robed sannyasis lead the group barefoot: the one in front has a white beard and orange cloth, and the other, with long dark hair and a gold necklace over orange clothing, holds his hands together in greeting. Behind them, men and women in white dhotis, kurtas and a white sari follow, with a boy in a khaki shirt and a young child at left. Palm trees and leafy trees frame the scene, and a camera operator stands at the right edge. Two orange-robed figures lead, and the person with gold necklace and long hair may be Swamiji (probable), appearing as an in-person figure.2009-08-01Photograph of a procession walking across a stone-paved courtyard in front of a tall, colourful gopuram temple tower with painted sculptures, beneath a pale sky. Several men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk alongside a central figure in a saffron-orange robe with a purple shawl and a large marigold garland, bare-footed and with a red mark on the forehead. Beside him a bearded, bare-chested man wears a red and purple dhoti with a rudraksha-style necklace. A cameraman with a video camera stands on the right, and a line of columns runs behind the group.2009-08-11