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A photograph of a tall, ornately painted South Indian temple gopuram (gateway tower) in the evening, its tiers covered in colourful stucco figures of deities and decorative patterns in blue, red, green and yellow. Beneath the entrance archway a central figure stands on a raised ledge, and below it a few people in light and white clothing, some in dhotis and saris, stand or walk near the gate. A lit interior corridor is visible through the gateway, with a yellow-and-brown exterior wall and a red-accented pillar at the right. The sky is dusky blue with a small crescent moon at the upper left.

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