The 9 storey northern Gopuram, or gateway tower, of the Meenakshi temple complex covering 45 acres in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu state, India

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Tamil Nadu is renowned for its temple structures, and for the relatively recent regional fashion for painting temple gateway carvings with vivid colours

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Size: 3412px × 5117px
Location: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Photo credit: © pjhpix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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