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gopuram
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gopuram
In Hindu architecture, a tall monumental gateway.


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The vast temple complex, with its 12 gopurams, beats an Anglican church hands down when it comes to child-friendliness, too: we could pad around barefoot, play hide and seek among the sculptures, visit the temple shops - and gain a keen sense of a religion practised in near-unbroken form for millennia.
The temple towns of Madurai, Kancheepuram, Thanjavur, Mamallapuram, Chidambaram, and Trichy with dominating towering gopurams (gateways) are stunning.
 
 
 
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