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Street-level photograph of the colourful gopuram-style facade of the Madurai Adheenam building, with a multi-tiered tower decorated in red, green, yellow and blue painted sculpture. Within a central niche, carved and painted deity figures are visible, including a seated figure flanked by standing attendants in orange and white garments. A white signboard reads SIMAP RESIDENCY above a red and yellow band. Adjacent shopfronts, overhead power lines and a street lamp frame the scene. No people are visible.

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Night photo of a painted temple-style facade on a building, with a tiered gopuram-like tower in bright multicolour and a central arched niche showing a seated deity murti flanked by attendant figures. Two smaller side shrines with standing figures sit beside it, and a white signboard reads SIMAP RESIDENCY across the lower front. Tangled overhead electrical wires and a utility pole fill the upper left. No people are visible.2012-05-20A night photograph of an ornately decorated temple-style gateway illuminated with lights, its front arch and tiered tower outlined in colored bulbs. Below the central arch a painted or lit sign reads Bidar Sessions. No people are visible in the scene, only the illuminated structure against a dark sky.2012-05-20A photograph of an ornate, brightly painted Hindu temple gopuram-style gateway in a busy Tamil Nadu street, with a tiered facade covered in colourful sculpted deities, figures and miniature shrines in red, yellow, green and white. Beneath it stands a dark stone archway flanked by pillars, with shops, hanging wires and a loudspeaker on the left and a small shop sign on the right. No people are visible in the scene.2006-10-23May 18 20122012-05-18October 23 20062006-10-23Facade of the Madurai Aadheenam building, a multi-storey structure with a colourful decorated gopuram-style upper tier. A gold-lettered signboard reads MADURAI AADHEENAM in Tamil and English, hung with green leaf strands. Above the entrance, painted sculptural niches show deity murtis including a seated figure on a white bull and a multi-armed deity beside it, with peacock and lion figures in the ornamentation. Shop signs and wires run across the street frontage. No people are visible.2012-06-04October 20 20062006-10-20June 04 20122012-06-04Street view in a Tamil Nadu town of a colourful gopuram temple tower rising above shopfronts and tangled overhead wires under bright hazy sunlight. A tall white vertical signboard with Tamil script stands at left, and a gilded golden figure edge and a red-painted vehicle panel occupy the right foreground. A small banner hangs over the street, and a red sign with Tamil text is at lower left. No people are clearly visible in the scene.2006-10-23June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesPhotograph of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram-style gateway under a pale grey sky, with a street lamp arching above the roofline. Tiers of painted sculpted figures, deities and lion-like guardians decorate the towers and arch. An arched panel above the entrance shows a row of standing deity figures. Flanking the doorway, painted niches hold a figure of Ganesha on the left and a seated deity on the right. The dark entrance opens below, with no people visible.2006-10-23A photograph of an ornate, brightly painted gopuram-style temple gateway in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, with a dark arched entrance framed by sculpted deities and celestial figures in red, green, blue and cream. A crowd of people, mostly in light shirts and dhotis or saris, gathers at the base in front of the gate. To the left, a gilded ratha-style canopy shelter holds a small framed portrait and a red flag. A No Parking sign and a street lamp stand at right, with large green trees behind. Wide view of an outdoor street scene at a temple entrance during an event.2006-10-23