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A photograph taken at night inside a large open-sided hall with a dark ceiling of steel trusses. A crowd of about twenty people stands facing the same direction. On the left, a man in white dhoti and orange sash stands near a golden carved wall and a small wooden staircase. Beside him a man in white shirt wears a rosette badge, and an older man in white dhoti and shawl stands nearby. In the centre, a woman in a teal sari and a girl in yellow stand among others; in the foreground a man in a checked shirt and a man in a striped green shirt with orange trousers face away from the camera. On a white cloth on the floor are a silver cup, a small silver lamp stand and a bowl.

October 10 2006

December 27 2007

Indoor photo of a crowded hall at dusk-lit ashram setting with a dark patterned floor. Many devotees stand and sit in rows, mostly in white clothing, with some wearing red, yellow and pink saris and sarees. Several women wear white saris with lanyards and rudraksha-style necklaces, and a man in a white shirt holds his hands together in prayer near the front. A man in a checked shirt and an orange shawl stands at centre-back, and a woman in a yellow sari stands at right. Bright light streams in from the upper left edge of the frame. Many people are visible, and several have tilak or kumkum on their foreheads.

Night photograph of a large outdoor crowd at a Karthikai Deepam gathering, with people standing and seated on paved ground under dark sky. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with a gold border sits on a woven mat, and women in saris and salwar-style dress sit on plastic chairs at right. Men in white dhotis and shirts, one in a green shirt and yellow checked lungi, one in a blue cap, stand in the left rows, and a young man in a white dhoti with gold border stands centre-left. A bright illuminated circular light decoration with a lamp motif is visible behind palm trees at top left. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.

April 17 2011

October 14 2006

A dim night gathering of many devotees seated and standing on the ground outdoors, most in white traditional clothing such as dhotis and saris, with some in checked shirts. A woman in a white sari with an orange border stands at centre with arms folded. On the right, a bare-chested man wears an orange dhoti and a checked cloth over his shoulder. Behind them a dark wall and a tall pole rise in the background.

A dark outdoor night gathering in which a crowd of devotees stands in rows on bare ground, lit only by a faint spotlight. A man at the far left in white shirt and trousers stands with arms folded. Most of the crowd wear white or pale clothing; a man in the centre wears an orange-yellow shawl over a white kurta and dhoti, and a woman in a yellow-green sari stands near the left. Women in saris and salwar kameez fill the right side, and a small girl in a pink skirt stands in front. A strand of small orange triangular bunting is strung across the background. No single person can be clearly identified as the a person from appearance.

Night street photograph of a procession crowd at a roadside in India, with trees and a lit gateway behind. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and mundu stands with arms folded, and beside him a man in white with a dark rudraksha-style mala and a vertical tilak on his forehead stands with hands clasped. A woman in white with a pendant necklace holds a small object in the right foreground. Behind them, a woman in an orange-brown sari and a woman in a red sari stand among many devotees, some in white clothing and others in colourful shirts and saris. A framed portrait is mounted on a pole at the top left, its subject partly visible. A timestamp reads 4 18:00 along the bottom edge.

Outdoor photo on red-painted stone steps under a clear blue sky, with a microphone stand at right. Several devotees in plain white dhotis and shirts or white saris stand close together; one man in dark glasses and a rudraksha mala wears a white shirt and dhoti, while an older woman in a white sari with a black beaded mala looks upward. A small bald child in a green patterned dress stands at the front. Behind them, monks in saffron-orange robes sit on the steps, one wearing long necklaces and a large pendant, and another holds an orange-and-red flag at the top right. A woman in a red-and-orange wrap shields her eyes at left. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.

January 11 2009