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Outdoor photo of a village street lined with men in white dhotis and white shirts standing in two rows. The foreground man wears a white shirt and dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a red pendant. Behind them a drummer beats a large drum, and a woman in a pink-and-white sari and red blouse with a flower in her hair stands at right holding a small child. A straw-roofed hut and a concrete building with a water tank stand in the background, and a figure is partly visible on the rooftop. Leafy branches overhang the path, which is paved with a red-brown mat.

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Outdoor photograph of a village street lined with people in white dhotis and shirts, many barefoot, walking in a procession. A white-haired older woman in a white sari with a gold border carries a brass tray of flowers. Men on the right hold red and white garlands. Banana plants with green bunches, a palm tree and a line of mango leaves frame the entrance of a pink-washed house with a water tank on its roof, where one man stands watching. Ground has a white kolam rangoli design in the lower left. Women in colourful saris stand at left. The scene looks like a house visit with a welcoming procession.2010-01-20July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24Outdoor scene on a dirt ground beneath tall coconut palms in front of a low white building with a corrugated roof and red doors. Many people in white clothing walk in a loose procession. The front men wear white shirts, white dhotis or trousers, and rudraksha malas, and some carry round flat brass or wooden plates. Others in white shirts and dhotis walk behind, and a few women in white saris are visible among them. A man on the right wears white and a mala and walks barefoot. The mood is orderly and communal.2006-08-09 +2 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesA street procession in a narrow village lane lined with banana plants and a colourful painted house. A woman in a white cream-bordered sari and red blouse carries a brass kalasha-style pot wrapped in golden netting and topped with a bunch of flowers and greenery on a silver tray. Behind her, two older women in white saris with gold borders hold garlands of white flowers and a silver plate. A drummer in white dhoti and a red-and-gold decorated drum leads from the left, a uniformed police officer stands near the centre, and a man in white with a rudraksha-style mala stands in the background. Several onlookers watch from doorways.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesOutdoor procession on a dirt path beside thatched huts and a green tarpaulin. A drummer in the foreground wears a yellow shirt with a red-and-gold shawl and plays a large red-and-gold barrel drum. Behind him, a long-haired man wearing a flower garland, orange cloth and a rudraksha-style necklace walks at the centre of a group of men in white dhotis with yellow borders. Two men in white shirts and dhotis walk at the right, one wearing glasses. A red-and-white canopy umbrella is visible above the huts and a banner hangs at the top left.2010-12-29Outdoor procession on a dirt road lined with trees, with devotees standing on both sides in white clothes. A woman in white sari with a yellow-bordered cloth and a necklace stands at left with hands folded in namaskar. Near the centre, a man in a yellow-and-white garment walks barefoot with a dark-clothed drummer and a drummer in yellow dhoti and white shirt playing hand drums. Many devotees in white press palms together along the route, and a camera operator films. Structures and tent awnings are visible in the background.2009-12-27June 24 20142014-06-24 +3 copies