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Evening outdoor gathering in front of a lit stage at a palm-fringed open ground. A large crowd of men and women stands and mills about on sand, many in white dhotis and mundus, with women in white and orange saris and a few in red. Blue chairs fill the foreground rows behind a rope barrier. The stage is framed by floodlights and an orange backdrop with a painted image and decorative green garlands, and a small orange flag flies on a pole to the left. Dusk sky and tall coconut palms surround the scene.

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Evening outdoor gathering at a palm-fringed open ground. A large crowd of devotees stands and sits in front of a lit stage with a yellow-orange backdrop and a canopy, flanked by tall stage lights. Rows of blue chairs fill the foreground, and many people wear white dhotis and shirts, while women wear colourful saris in orange, teal and pink. Children stand at left, and a bicycle is visible at lower right. The sky is dusky blue.2010-02-18Dusk crowd gathered on open sandy ground at an outdoor event, with dense groups of devotees in white dhotis, sarees and shirts standing among rows of blue chairs. Coconut palms line the background, and a decorated stage with a red and gold canopy, leafy garlands and flags stands at the centre, flanked by stage lights on tall poles. Several women in orange and yellow saris and white saris with gold borders stand in the foreground, with children and a man in a striped shirt nearby. No identifiable a person figure is visible on the stage at this distance.2010-02-18Outdoor evening gathering at a palm-fringed open ground, with a large crowd standing and seated before a lit stage. Bright floodlight towers stand on both sides, and the stage has a large orange and yellow banner with a portrait and text, flanked by flags and a small canopy. The crowd is mostly men and women in white dhotis, saris and shirts, with a few children at the front left and a woman in orange sari in the foreground. Blue mats cover the ground in the middle distance, and the sky is dusky blue. The image is a photograph of an event with a visible banner, and the people are too small and distant to identify any individual as the a person.2010-02-18November 24 20062006-11-24A large outdoor gathering of a dense crowd, mostly dressed in white, fills a sandy open ground lined with tall palm trees under a pale evening sky. Many attendees wear white shirts, white dhotis and white saris, with some women in colourful saris among them. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and garland stands among seated devotees, and at right a man in white holds a wooden railing. Strings of lights, distant banners and a low red-roofed building frame the scene, with a large stage area visible in the background. Printed billboards on the left show portraits and text.2010-02-18Dusk photograph of a large outdoor event with a crowd of many devotees, mostly in white clothes, packed behind a long bamboo railing. Some women wear orange, green and red saris. Blue plastic chairs stand in the foreground to the right. A stage at the back is decorated with banana trunks, green leaves and a large orange banner with Tamil lettering, with figures in orange and white near the stage. Tall palm trees and floodlights frame the scene, and a red flag flies on the right.2010-02-18December 29 20102010-12-29Night outdoor gathering of a very large crowd seated on rows of black plastic chairs facing an illuminated stage. The ornate decorated stage has a golden multi-tiered canopy and a large backdrop image of a bearded figure in saffron. Tall floodlights on poles light the scene, strings of pennants run across the top, and large vertical banners with portraits and text line both sides. Palm trees frame the open ground. Many people are seen from the back, some in white shirts. Scattered audience members are wearing white and light clothing. The crowd fills the foreground to the back of the field. A stage-side portrait shows a figure in orange clothing, and a figure on the stage area is hard to distinguish at this distance.2006-11-24December 29 20102010-12-29August 05 20092009-08-05Night outdoor discourse at a open-air ground lit by floodlights. A large crowd of people, many standing in dense rows and others seated on blue plastic chairs, faces a small raised stage under a canopy with pink and yellow decorative trim. A large backdrop screen behind the stage shows a printed portrait and text, while a lone figure in orange clothing stands near the centre of the stage. Trees and strings of lights frame the scene, and a fenced walkway runs along the left side of the crowd.2005-11-20A large outdoor crowd sits on blue plastic chairs and bare ground in front of a wooden rail fence at a stage function. Most attendees wear white shirts and dhotis, with women in saris and salwar kameez in blue, orange, pink and purple tones. Tall palm trees line the open field. Several red and white banners on poles show a saffron-robed figure with long hair in a portrait, and a yellow vehicle sits at the right edge beside a loudspeaker stack. The scene is a photograph of the gathered audience rather than an individual portrait.2010-02-18