One of the 4 principal Gopurams, or gateway entrance towers, of the Meenakshi temple complex covering 45 acres in Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India

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Although several hundred years old it was only in the last century or so that temple authorities in the southern state began to paint the carvings

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Size: 3052px × 4578px
Location: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Photo credit: © pjhpix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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