Aranachaleshvara

Indian women clad in red saris file past the mandapa of the second enclosure at the Hindu temple of Arunachaleshvara, in the South Indian town of Tiruvannamalai.The temple, one of the largest in India, is dedicated to the god Shiva as Lord of the Eastern Mountain. Its 9 gopurams (entrance towers) are visible for miles, the principal one having 13 storeys and rising to 66 m..