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A colourful Tamil temple gateway with a tiered, painted superstructure topped by a gopuram-style crown, decorated with figures of Ganesha and other deities flanked by lions. A pink banner over the entrance reads a Tamil temple name, and a shirtless man in a white dhoti stands in the doorway with several onlookers, one in saffron, passing by. Garlands hang beside the doorway, and a parked white car and trees frame the street scene.

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A temple gateway of a Mangalambika/Mangalaiyamman shrine with a colourful tiered gopuram-style roof crowned by painted deity figures and lions. A printed banner above the entrance reads a Tamil dedication to Arulmigu Mangalaiyamman Thirukkoyil. Standing female figures in green and red flank the doorway. To the right a black board carries a yellow poster with a small photo of a bald man in white, with Tamil text. In the foreground a crowd of about ten people sits and stands, including older women in saris, a woman in blue, and men in shirts. No deity is named in this frame beyond the temple banner.2006-11-01July 08 20122012-07-08November 01 20062006-11-01October 13 20062006-10-13A photograph of the Thiruvanaikaval temple gopuram, a tall, richly sculpted tower painted in pastel blue, pink, and cream with many tiers of deity figures. In the foreground a small stone entrance gateway with a shrine niche above showing sculpted bulls, stands before the temple doorway. Tall palm trees and leafy trees frame the view. Several people walk on the paved courtyard: a woman in a green sari and an elderly man in light clothing at left, a bare-chested man in white dhoti, a woman in orange and yellow sari, and a man in a white shirt at right. Devotees are visible under the doorway.2009-08-01September 18 20122012-09-18May 14 20182018-05-14March 01 20182018-03-01Photograph of the colourful gopuram entrance of Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple, with tiered painted towers in pink, blue, green and yellow, a white bull carving with a deity figure on the gateway shrine niche, and orange-and-blue pillars flanking the doorway. In the foreground a crowd of about ten men in white dhotis and shirts, a girl in a patterned dress, and uniformed police stand near the entrance. A large banner on the left shows a saffron-robed figure with a crown or turban and garlands beside a smiling devotee; the figure's appearance is not clearly confirmed from the image.2012-05-16A photograph of a colourfully painted temple gopuram facade in Tamil Nadu at dusk, with a tall banana-leaf and palm-frond arch framing the entrance. Painted figures and sculptures in red, green, blue and gold crowd the tiered tower, and a deep-yellow banner with Tamil lettering hangs on the front. A crowd of devotees, many women in orange and yellow saris and men in white shirts, stands and moves near the doorway, with one lit flame glowing at the threshold. An orange flag stands at the right edge beside a painted guardian figure.2006-11-05October 14 20062006-10-14A small, brightly painted Hindu temple with a tiered gopuram-style roof decorated with colourful stucco figures and deity sculptures, set on a dusty street. Banana plants and green leaves flank the entrance, and strings of paper pennants hang from the trees. Several people stand and sit near the open doorway, and a few pairs of sandals lie on the ground. In the foreground, a man pedals a blue cycle rickshaw past the shrine, and a boy and another man on a bicycle stand at the right. Stacked loudspeakers rest on a stand at the left. A blue wall beside the temple carries Tamil signage and a poster.2007-08-19