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1988 - Ochre Robe Given by Arunagiri Yogishwara

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January 12 20072007-01-12March 11 20182018-03-11Exterior view of a large South Indian temple gopuram, its tiered tower covered in white-painted sculpted figures of deities and animals, rising above a darker stone wall. In the foreground a covered open pavilion with heavy carved pillars has a roofline decorated with white and red-striped bull (Nandi) figures and turquoise trim. A utility pole with loudspeakers and wires crosses the sky, and a street lamp and a small sign appear at right. No people are visible in the scene.2006-09-24May 22 20122012-05-22 +1 copies1988 - Ochre Robe Given by Arunagiri YogishwaraPhoto 117413791988 - Ochre Robe Given by Arunagiri YogishwaraA large photograph of a towering white gopuram, the multi-tiered entrance tower of a South Indian temple, seen through a framed archway with ornate red and cream carved pillars. The tower is densely covered with sculpted deities, figures and niches, with a small shrine and figures at its base and a rocky hill rising on the right. No people are visible in the photograph. Blue sky with thin clouds fills the background.2006-09-23A photograph of a South Indian temple complex. A tall gopuram covered in white sculpted figures rises behind palm trees at left. In the foreground, a shrine with a carved stone canopy holds a seated deity murti flanked by two white bulls, with a sculpted figure in an arched niche above. To its right stands a domed mandapa with multicoloured patterned tiles and ornate painted pinnacles. Pink-washed walls with green doors frame the left side. A single seated person in white clothes sits on the shrine platform at right, and a partially visible person appears at the lower right edge.2006-09-24January 03 20182018-01-031988 - Ochre Robe Given by Arunagiri YogishwaraA photograph of a temple shrine in South India with dark stone pillars carved with figures and a stone shrine doorway lit by a small oil lamp flame inside. In the foreground at left, an elderly man with a white head cloth and white shirt, barefoot, bends forward holding a yellow cloth bag. A small stone lingam-like object sits on the floor in front of the shrine. The walls behind are light-coloured with carved stone pillars rising to a roof overhang.