Title

Sculptures on Hindu temple gopura

Caption

Sculptures on Hindu temple gopura (tower) . Jambukeshwarar temple. Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Text in Tamil says "Om Namah Shivaya" mantra which means " I worship Shiva"

Date

Jan 10, 2010

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Dmitry Rukhlenko

Reference

BRK22E73_180

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Royalty free

Available size

28.9Mb (9.6Mb) / 8.7in x 13.0in / 2595 x 3892 (300dpi)

Keywords

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