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A photograph of a long temple corridor with a painted ceiling of concentric circular medallions in blue, red, green and yellow on a lavender ground, bordered in gold. Fluorescent tube lights hang from the ceiling. Carved stone pillars with ornate brackets line the right side, and painted murals of temple scenes and gopurams run along the left wall beneath a row of printed black panels. Several people are visible at the bottom edge: a young boy in the foreground, and partially visible heads of others behind him.

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Photograph of an empty, long colonnade in a South Indian temple corridor, with a dark stone-pillared walkway receding into the distance. The ceiling is painted with concentric rings in red, green, blue and yellow on a lavender ground. The left wall carries a long painted frieze of deity and mythological scenes in red, blue and orange, beneath rows of black panels with text. No people are visible in the corridor.2008-07-29A long stone colonnade inside a South Indian temple, with a carved granite wall on the left covered in painted panels of deities and narrative scenes framed in yellow and blue borders. The ceiling above is decorated with concentric circular medallions in red, green, yellow and blue. Rows of carved pillars line the right side, and a single man in a pale yellow-and-cream shirt and dark trousers stands near the pillars with his back to the camera, facing the open area. Distant figures are faintly visible further down the corridor, and the floor bears painted kolam-style markings.2008-07-29A long covered corridor inside a stone temple with rows of carved granite pillars and rearing lion-like brackets. The ceiling is painted with concentric rosette medallions in pink, yellow, green and blue, and rectangular wooden beams with lion heads line the top. Hanging cloth banners with colourful borders and yellow tassels hang between the pillars. A woman in a yellow sari and a man in white shirt and orange dhoti stand near the left in the foreground, with a man in a white shirt and grey trousers beside them. Further down the aisle, a few figures walk toward a bright opening at the far end.2012-05-08 +1 copiesNight photograph inside a temple corridor with a painted ceiling of concentric circular medallions in red, blue, yellow and green, supported by carved grey stone pillars. Several visitors walk and stand along the passage: a bald man in a white shirt and white dhoti at centre, a man in a blue shirt and white dhoti at left, a uniformed police officer in khaki, a teenage boy in a red shirt, and a bearded man in a blue t-shirt with a rudraksha mala at right. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2012-05-20Long empty stone colonnade in a South Indian temple corridor, receding toward a distant doorway. Rows of carved granite pillars with ornate bracket capitals line both sides, each topped with painted yellow lion-like brackets. The ceiling is painted with concentric rosette medallions in pink, yellow, purple and blue, lit by a line of ceiling lights. No people, deity murti or ritual activity is visible; the photograph documents the architecture of the hall.2012-05-29July 29 20082008-07-29Interior corridor of a South Indian temple with ornately carved dark stone pillars topped by painted brackets and mythical lion-headed figures, and a colourful concentric circular painted ceiling in pink, yellow, green and blue. Several people walk along the stone floor, including a man in white dhoti and shirt and others in saffron and orange saris, while two women in orange and yellow sit near a metal barrier at the left. A painted green and red serpent figure stands on a pillar at left. Warm lamp light fills the long aisle.2012-05-10A photograph inside a stone-pillared temple corridor with a painted blue ceiling bearing red and green lotus medallions. A bare-chested, shaved-headed man in a yellow dhoti with a purple border and a white sacred thread walks in front, looking ahead. Behind him a man in an orange robe walks beside a man in a white shirt and white trousers, with several other people in saffron and white clothing further back. On the right, dark plaques with Tamil inscriptions line the wall above painted panels showing a blue-skinned deity with a peacock-feather crown. The front bare-chested figure shows no distinctive a person cues such as saffron robes, long hair, rudraksha or ornate gold, so no candidate is identified and his role is a priest or devotee.2008-07-29 +1 copiesJuly 13 20092009-07-13June 05 20122012-06-05May 10 20122012-05-10A photograph inside a temple corridor lined with carved stone pillars and rearing lion-like sculptures, beneath a ceiling painted with concentric pink, yellow and green medallions. Several people walk along the stone floor, including a man in a striped shirt and dark trousers, a woman in a green sari, a woman in a patterned salwar, and a small girl in a white dress with a frilly collar in the foreground. Other people sit on the floor at the left, some in white clothes, while a man in white stands near the right pillars. The lamps overhead light the long aisle, with a painted wooden placard on a pillar at right.2012-05-20