A dusk photograph of a town skyline at Tiruvannamalai, with pale pink and blue clouds over a dark hill on the right. Two tall gopuram temple towers rise above low rooftops and trees, with a smaller tower between them. No people are visible in the scene; the view is taken from an elevated rocky vantage point in the foreground. - Nithyanandapedia

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A dusk photograph of a town skyline at Tiruvannamalai, with pale pink and blue clouds over a dark hill on the right. Two tall gopuram temple towers rise above low rooftops and trees, with a smaller tower between them. No people are visible in the scene; the view is taken from an elevated rocky vantage point in the foreground.

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A dusk landscape view over the town of Tiruvannamalai from a rocky hillside in the foreground. Two tall gopuram temple towers rise above low city rooftops and trees under a pale pink and blue twilight sky. No people are visible; the scene shows only rocks, scrubby vegetation, houses and the temple towers.

November 14 2005

A dusk or dawn skyline view over a town, with pale pink and blue clouds above. In the centre rises a tall, scaffolded gopuram, a temple gateway tower, with several smaller gopurams visible at the left and right edges. Low white and tan houses and dense trees fill the middle ground, and dark rocky outcrops rise in the foreground. No people are visible.

Dusk view over a dense town of low houses, trees and small buildings, with two tall stepped gopurams of a temple rising above the rooftops. A mountain range lies on the horizon under a heavy grey sky. Foliage fills the lower foreground. No people are visible.

May 20 1989

Elevated view over a dense town of low white and beige buildings with terracotta roofs and green trees, looking toward three large gopurams (temple gateway towers) of the Arunachaleshwara temple in Tiruvannamalai. The central tower is tall and tiered with carved sculptural figures, flanked by smaller towers on either side. Layered cumulus clouds fill the sky above distant brown hills. Rocky ground with boulders and dry earth occupies the foreground. No people are visible.

2003 -Glimpses From Various Programs

A hazy elevated view over a dense town of low white and cream houses interspersed with green trees. Two tall gopuram towers of a Hindu temple rise in the middle distance, their tiered, sculpted pyramidal forms covered in carved figures. A utility pole and a large grey boulder frame the foreground, with dry grass and bushes at the lower edge. No people are visible.

May 17 2011

Elevated view over a dense town of low-rise houses, concrete rooftops and tree canopy toward three tall, pale tiered gopuram temple towers with sculpted tiers, typical of South Indian temple architecture. Behind them stretch low hills under a hazy sky with scattered clouds and a few birds in flight. The foreground shows rocky outcrop and green foliage. No people or ritual activity are visible.

A wide daytime photograph taken from a rocky, scrub-covered hillside looking over a dense town of low buildings toward two tall gopuram towers of a temple complex on the right, one with tiers of painted sculpture, with another gopuram on the left. Bushes, small trees and bare red earth sit in the foreground, and a hazy pale sky with scattered clouds spreads above the flat horizon. No people are visible.

Hazy aerial view of a town looking toward a large Hindu temple complex with tall gopurams, the tiered towers of a South Indian temple, rising above a dense grid of white and pale buildings and green trees. A rounded granite rock outcrop sits in the foreground, and distant low hills lie beneath a pale overcast sky. No people are visible in the scene.