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January 04 2012

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Night street scene of a dense crowd of villagers, mostly women in saris and salwar and boys and men, pressing forward under a colourful festive canopy supported by yellow poles and strung with wires. A man in a white shirt raises an arm at the left edge, and a man in a light blue shirt stands among the crowd near a parked white vehicle. Two-storey white buildings and street lights form the background. A young man in a red t-shirt with a chain necklace holds a phone. No identifiable a person depiction is visible.

Night photograph of a crowd gathered around a central man in an orange saffron robe, holding a flower bundle of white jasmine and pink blooms. Behind him, a red and yellow fringed canopy on a tall pole is held aloft by a man in an orange-saffron robe on the left. A man in a white shirt with a moustache and a red-shirted man reach toward the central figure, while many devotees in white and colourful shirts press forward under dim lights.

Night photograph of a crowd gathered in a narrow street in Tamil Nadu around a black vehicle with a white banner reading NITHYANANDAM on its roof. Several men in orange and saffron robes with shaved heads and tripundra markings stand on a red carpet near the car, some wearing rudraksha malas. Men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris line the route, and a brass plate is held at the lower left. Green mango-leaf festoons hang overhead and a metal railing with golden finials runs along the left edge. The people in orange are sannyasi-attired devotees; the central white-clad man is a devotee greeting them.

Night procession on a street lined by a dense crowd of men and women. Front and centre, a man with swept-back long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears a saffron-orange robe and smiles with hands joined. Beside him, a younger man in an orange cloth walks with a bare-chested devotee in a red shirt holding a tray of white flowers and purple blooms. Above them a red, yellow and orange fringed canopy on a tall pole is held aloft. Behind, many onlookers in white shirts, saris and dhotis watch; a white van is parked at right.

Night procession at an ashram, with a large crowd of devotees pressing forward around a brightly lit, ornately decorated ratha or palanquin carrying a deity murti under a red and gold canopy. Many people wear white and cream clothes, with men in white shirts and women in saris. Strong floodlights and string lights illuminate the scene, and a tractor-drawn vehicle is at the left. The crowd appears dense, with faces and figures close together in the foreground.

June 27 2014

A dense night crowd fills an open outdoor ground lit by bright floodlights, with trees and a white tent structure at the left edge. Many devotees press together, most women in colourful saris, salwar kameez and shawls, some with white and red tilak marks on their foreheads. Men in shirts and kurtas stand among them, and a young child in a blue top is lifted at the right. No individual figure can be confidently identified as the a person from appearance here, and no clear candidate is present in the scene.

Night photograph of a dense outdoor crowd gathered at a temple inauguration event, lit by bright floodlights on poles. In the foreground, a man in a bright orange turban stands at left, and a man in a white shirt with a white cap stands centre-left, both moving through the press. A bald older man in a white shirt presses his palms together in namaste near the centre, and women in saffron, orange and pink saris stand among the crowd, several holding their hands together in devotion. Orange and saffron flags hang on poles at left, and green festoons decorate the upper area. Many people in white shirts and dhotis fill the background.

Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees pressed behind a metal barrier at an outdoor event, many faces turned toward something out of frame. Men in white shirts wear red-and-white checked scarves or sashes, one holding the barrier. Women wear saris and salwar kameez, some with pink, purple and blue shawls and bindis or forehead marks. A red vehicle with posters stands in the background under string lights. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.

Night-time photo of a relief distribution at an open dirt yard beside a building. A metal frame canopy stands overhead. A crowd of about twenty people stands in a loose queue facing a truck or cart with wooden slatted sides in the background. Women on the left wear yellow, pink and green saris and a child in a striped shirt is in the foreground. Men in white shirts and checked lungis or dhotis, one in a pink shirt, walk through the crowd. Piles of earth and pipes lie at the right edge. The scene suggests cyclone relief aid being handed out.

May 21 2016

Night procession at an ashram ground with a brightly lit ratha carrying an ornate deity murti decorated with garlands and red and white fabric, its front lit by strong floodlights. Men in white dhotis and women in saris, many in cream, white and red, walk alongside the chariot and pull or guide it with ropes. A large dense crowd of devotees fills the foreground and right side, with some people in white and others in bright colours. Vehicles and red tent fabric are visible at the edges.