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December 17 20102010-12-17December 17 20102010-12-17November 12 20102010-11-12June 02 20152015-06-02February 16 20162016-02-16Night photograph of a line of women devotees with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed, at an outdoor welcome for padayatris. They wear cream and gold-bordered saris with white vibhuti or tilaka marks on their foreheads, and bangles and earrings. A golden pillar and a dark-leafed tree stand behind them, with bright lights glowing at the edges of the frame. Some other people are partly visible in the background.2018-12-30 +1 copiesNight outdoor gathering of a large seated crowd, mostly women and girls in rust-red and maroon robes with yellow borders and rudraksha malas, many with white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. Some sit with hands folded in prayer or palms joined, others rest their heads on their hands. Behind them, standing onlookers in white and orange clothing watch, and a few men in orange and white kurtas stand near the back. Bright lights illuminate the scene, with a patterned rug and dirt ground beneath the seated devotees.2013-11-25August 23 20142014-08-23A large seated congregation of women fills the frame, most dressed in white saris with gold borders and many wearing orange or rust-coloured shawls and rudraksha malas. Many have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads and some wear white headbands. Several in the front rows sit with hands folded in anjali mudra, while others sit with palms pressed together in devotion. A few wear name badges on their clothing. The setting is a crowded hall with more people visible behind them, and a striped mat lies in the lower right corner.2015-08-09Night photograph of a line of women standing on a dirt ground at an outdoor event, hands pressed together in namaste. Most wear maroon and red-orange sarees with gold borders; one wears orange, another a peach saree, and two older women on the left wear white-and-grey and white salwar kameez with shawls. Some have vertical tilak marks on their foreheads. Dark background, a few lights visible behind the group, and a green leaf at the right edge.2014-10-03Night scene at a roadside in Tiruvannamalai during a girivalam. A large group of devotees, mostly men and women in white dhotis and saris with orange shawls, stand close together under a street lamp and tree branches. In the centre, a man in an orange robe with orange shawl and bare arm raised, appears to be leading or addressing the group. Other sannyasis in saffron-orange robes stand among them, and the setting is a dark road lit by a single orange street light.2008-01-02July 27 20162016-07-27