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A photograph of a tall, richly painted South Indian gopuram, the tiered temple gateway tower, rising under an overcast sky. Its many tiers are crowded with painted sculptures of deities, mythical figures, animals and lions in red, yellow, green, blue and white. A small blue-railed doorway at the base opens onto a painted entrance. A patterned frieze of coloured panels runs along the lower wall. No people are visible.

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A brightly painted South Indian temple gopuram rises tall against a pale overcast sky, its tiers crowded with colourful sculpted deities, animals and mythic figures in red, green, blue and yellow. Two large figures in the lower tier flank an entrance with a blue railing, and a smaller domed shrine with a gold finial sits at the left edge beside a cream wall. No people are visible in the scene.2006-10-22January 12 20072007-01-12Photograph of a tall, richly painted South Indian temple gopuram (gateway tower) with tiers of colourful sculpted figures of deities, animals and mythic scenes in red, blue, green, yellow and white. The brown stone base holds a dark entrance doorway, with a white bull carved among figures on the lower frieze. Pale sky and a utility pole are visible at the sides. No people are present.2012-09-11May 29 20122012-05-29May 15 20182018-05-15March 01 20182018-03-01June 05 20122012-06-05July 13 20092009-07-13May 29 20122012-05-29A photograph of the south gopuram, the colourful tiered gateway tower of a South Indian temple, densely covered with painted stucco figures of deities, animals and mythical beings in red, blue, green, yellow and gold. Two large sculpted guardian figures with raised arms flank the central gateway, and a white sign below reads South Tower. No people are visible in the scene.2009-07-13A tall, pyramidal Dravidian gopuram (temple tower) rises against a pale blue sky, covered with tiers of densely carved and brightly painted deity figures in red, green, yellow and blue. The tower's crown is topped by a sculpted lion-like finial, a curved blue and red serpent-like form, and a row of golden kalasha finials. No people are visible in the scene.2012-05-29May 29 20122012-05-29