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October 22 2006

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Street view of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram with tiered, painted sculptures of deities and a striped painted band across the entrance facade, set before a rocky hill. Many people walk in the street: several elderly women in pink, purple and blue saris, a man in white dhoti and shirt, and men in saffron or orange cloth. A silver sedan is parked near the temple entrance. Roadside shops and a building with orange balconies line the right side, with a fruit stall in the foreground. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.

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A photograph of a tall, richly painted South Indian gopuram temple tower with many tiers of carved deity and mythological figures in red, blue, yellow and green. A pale cream stone entrance gate sits at the base, with a sign reading Arulmigu Kodaikalaiyappa... style Tamil lettering above the doorway. Several people in white dhotis and colourful saris walk along the street in front, a few devotees and passers-by visible, and a yellow auto-rickshaw sits at the right edge. A striped red-and-white awning and a banner are visible near the left. A cream dome-topped shrine stands to the left of the tower.

October 22 2006

A colourful gopuram-style temple facade with tiered tower and painted sculptures of deities and figures in blues, reds, greens and gold, with a rocky hill behind. In the street in front, several people walk and stand: an elderly woman in a red-bordered sari at left, a man in an orange dhoti and shawl, a bare-chested man in an orange cloth, and others in white dhotis and saris near a parked black car and roadside stalls. A roadside banner hangs at right. The scene reads as a Tamil Nadu temple street outside a shrine, with no visible ritual activity or identifiable Swamiji figure.

Street photograph of a colourful multi-tiered gopuram temple gateway, densely covered with painted sculptures of deities and figures in red, yellow, green and blue, with a red central spire, set against a rocky hill. Pedestrians walk and stand in a busy street; a yellow auto-rickshaw sits in the foreground, a white car and parked motorbikes are nearby, and a man in a white dhoti and a man in an orange cloth walk near the entrance. Shops and balconies line the roadside. No identifiable a person appearance is visible.

October 15 2006

Photograph of the colourful multi-tiered gopuram entrance tower of Kanjanoor Agniswarar Temple in Tamil Nadu, its painted sculptures of deities, animals and kalasha finials rising above a stone gateway. In front, a crowd of people in white dhotis, saris and uniformed police stand on the street beside parked motorcycles and a white SUV, with a woman in a black-and-white outfit drinking from a cup at left. A printed banner hangs beside the gate.

A photograph of a richly painted South Indian gopuram, the tiered temple tower, covered in rows of multicoloured sculpted deities and figures in red, yellow, green and blue, with a red ornamental banner across the tower. Rocky hills rise behind it. In the street below, a crowd of people walks past the temple entrance, including a man in a white shirt on a motorbike, women in saris, and a few people in orange clothing. A yellow auto-rickshaw and parked cars stand at the left, and small shops line the right side. Bare utility poles and wires cross the sky.

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