Old and new gateways at the Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple at Trichy. The far Gopuram was completed in 1987 and is relatively plain compared to the older

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Tamil Nadu is renowned for its temple structures, and for the local fashion for painting gopuram carvings with vivid colours, a trend which has only developed over the last century. The temple is dedicated to Ranganatha, an avatar of Vishnu, and is the largest Hindu temple compound in India containing 50 shrines and 21 towers

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Location: Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India
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