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Elevated view over the town of Tiruvannamalai at hazy morning light. Several white gopuram temple towers rise above low pale buildings with flat and red-tiled roofs, interspersed with green trees and palms. On the right, a rocky, tree-covered hill slopes up under a pale blue sky. Foreground shows dark boulders and dense foliage. No people are visible in the scene. A date stamp in red digits reads 24 12 2005.

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May 20 1989Elevated view over a dense town of low-rise houses, concrete rooftops and tree canopy toward three tall, pale tiered gopuram temple towers with sculpted tiers, typical of South Indian temple architecture. Behind them stretch low hills under a hazy sky with scattered clouds and a few birds in flight. The foreground shows rocky outcrop and green foliage. No people or ritual activity are visible.A hazy elevated view over a dense town of low white and cream houses interspersed with green trees. Two tall gopuram towers of a Hindu temple rise in the middle distance, their tiered, sculpted pyramidal forms covered in carved figures. A utility pole and a large grey boulder frame the foreground, with dry grass and bushes at the lower edge. No people are visible.A hazy elevated view over a dense town of white-walled houses and flat rooftops, framed by green trees in the foreground and a rough rock at lower right. Two tall, tiered gopuram temple towers rise above the rooftops, the one at right with a flat-topped crown, with a smaller tower between them and low hills in the distance. A utility pole stands at left. No people are visible.May 20 1989A dusk photograph of a town skyline at Tiruvannamalai, with pale pink and blue clouds over a dark hill on the right. Two tall gopuram temple towers rise above low rooftops and trees, with a smaller tower between them. No people are visible in the scene; the view is taken from an elevated rocky vantage point in the foreground.2005-11-14A wide daytime photograph taken from a rocky, scrub-covered hillside looking over a dense town of low buildings toward two tall gopuram towers of a temple complex on the right, one with tiers of painted sculpture, with another gopuram on the left. Bushes, small trees and bare red earth sit in the foreground, and a hazy pale sky with scattered clouds spreads above the flat horizon. No people are visible.Elevated view over a dense town of low white and beige buildings with terracotta roofs and green trees, looking toward three large gopurams (temple gateway towers) of the Arunachaleshwara temple in Tiruvannamalai. The central tower is tall and tiered with carved sculptural figures, flanked by smaller towers on either side. Layered cumulus clouds fill the sky above distant brown hills. Rocky ground with boulders and dry earth occupies the foreground. No people are visible.2006-09-23May 20 1989A wide daytime photograph of a South Indian town dominated by tall gopuram temple towers rising above low rooftops and green trees, with a rocky hill on the right under a pale, cloudy sky. The large central gopuram is tiered and painted in pale tones, with smaller towers flanking it. In the foreground a dry reddish-brown slope is covered with dense shrubs and trees. No people are visible. A small purple logo appears in the top-left corner.A dusk landscape view over the town of Tiruvannamalai from a rocky hillside in the foreground. Two tall gopuram temple towers rise above low city rooftops and trees under a pale pink and blue twilight sky. No people are visible; the scene shows only rocks, scrubby vegetation, houses and the temple towers.2005-11-14Elevated view over a dense town of low concrete houses and trees toward three tall South Indian temple gopurams, the central one a large tiered tower with carved figures, flanked by two smaller gopurams. Mountains rise in the hazy distance. In the foreground, rough boulders, scrubby green shrubs, dry red earth and clusters of yellow flowers sit on a hillside. No people are visible.