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A blurred photograph through foliage of a blue-painted temple facade with an arched niche holding a painted deity murti, showing a central figure flanked by two others with raised hands. Floral and scroll friezes decorate the blue cornice, and warm lamps glow beneath the roof of the shrine hall. Leaves frame the upper corner of the frame.

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November 05 20062006-11-05June 15 20092009-06-15October 27 20062006-10-27June 15 20092009-06-15September 30 20082008-09-30May 29 20122012-05-29September 30 20082008-09-30A painted sculpture in a shrine niche, showing a seated deity murti with a raised hand holding a small object and a consort seated beside him in an orange and yellow sari with jewelry. Both figures have blue-green painted skin and gold crowns. The arched niche is framed with multicolored stucco scrollwork and a green-faced makara-like head at the top. Behind them is a blue painted backdrop with clouds, and a corrugated roof and red metal supports surround the shrine. No living people are visible.2010-08-04A white stone shrine with a curved roof and carved figures on its top corners is lit with strings of small warm lights and draped with royal blue cloth on its pillars. Inside the arched gold-framed opening, two deity murtis stand with garlands: one in a blue and yellow gown with a crown and a staff in hand, and a second in an orange and red garment beside it. An oil lamp and offerings sit on a white platform in front. No people are visible.2008-09-30October 15 20062006-10-15Exterior of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram-style shrine facade under an overcast pale sky, with multiple tiers of painted stucco figures and arched niches. The central niche holds a deity murti in red and pink with an attendant figure, flanked by niches with standing divine figures in red and white. Tiered spires with finials rise above a yellow-walled entrance hung with a dried-leaf torana above the doorway. Overhead, power lines cross the scene. Lower right shows a framed picture on a wooden panel beside the entrance. No people are visible.2006-10-20October 09 20062006-10-09