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A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple gopuram entrance under bamboo scaffolding, with painted deity figures and multicoloured stucco on the tower. A grey concrete porch shelters a dark wooden doorway with an open iron gate, and a glimpse of a gilded interior is visible. A white car with a roof rack carries a taped cardboard box. Palm trees and bare branches surround the temple wall, and a partially visible person's head appears in the lower-left corner.

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February 08 20122012-02-08August 11 20092009-08-11February 08 20122012-02-08Photograph taken through a vehicle windshield of a roadside temple gopuram with a colourful tiered tower topped by sculpted figures and a painted medallion, set against a wall with carved stone statues along its parapet. Utility poles with overhead wires, palm trees and a leafy tree line a dusty road, with a parked white car ahead under a partly cloudy sky. No people are visible.2012-01-03A photograph taken from a moving car through the windscreen of a small, brightly painted Hindu shrine beside a road. The shrine has a tiered, multi-coloured gopuram-style roof crowded with painted sculptures of deities and attendants, with a central figure in the niche above the doorway. Its blue doorway has a grille gate and steps lead up to it. Tall palm trees, a lattice telecom tower and a cloudy sky surround it. A white hatchback is visible at left, and roadside posts line the road at right. No people are visible.2010-01-23January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a tall, richly painted South Indian temple gopuram covered in tiers of colourful sculpted deities, animals and figures in blue, green, red and yellow, with a brown stone base and a golden kalasha finial at the top. In the foreground at right, a man in a light green shirt leans on a silver car, and beside him a bare-chested man with long hair in a plaited braid wears a white dhoti with a coloured border. The sky is pale and hazy and a tree stands at right.2012-05-09 +3 copiesA photograph of a colourful temple gopuram facade under bamboo scaffolding. Central niche holds a dancing deity murti with multiple arms in orange and blue paint, flanked by standing figures and two recumbent lions, one white and one orange. Pink walls, a tiered tower with red finials, and a tree stand behind. Several workers on scaffolding or rooftop are partly visible, including figures in green and pink clothing.2012-02-08February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesFebruary 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a tall, brightly painted South Indian temple gopuram covered in colourful sculpted deities in red, green, blue and yellow, wrapped in bamboo scaffolding for repair. A smaller gopuram with a golden finial stands at left, and a red compound wall topped with gold-painted ornamental parapet runs along the street. Parked cars and motorbikes sit in the foreground. A man in a white turban and white clothes walks near the wall, and several women in orange and saffron saris stand at right near the gate. A green signboard at left lists cultural programmes and discourses, and a small red-and-white notice is posted on the wall.2014-07-10A photograph of the exterior of a South Indian temple gopuram-style porch with colourful painted stucco deity figures and ornate grey stone pillars. Scaffolding of bamboo poles covers the left side of the structure.2012-02-08