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October 31 2006

A rainy outdoor scene of a crowd gathered on a wet road beneath trees. In the foreground a man in white with an orange-saffron shawl stands facing a group of women in sarees, one holding a lit oil lamp or fire aloft while others stand with hands clasped in prayer. Behind them many men and women in white and colourful clothes, some under black and red umbrellas, stand along the roadside, with uniformed police visible. A white vehicle is parked at the right edge. The priest's shawl is orange and the women wear yellow, green, pink and blue sarees.

A crowded dining hall where many men in white shirts and white dhotis hold up steel plates and banana-leaf-style plates of rice and food overhead, pushing forward in a dense mass. Near the centre, a figure in orange-saffron robes stands among them, partly hidden by the crowd, with a steel plate raised. Plates are held high by dozens of arms in the foreground, and the background shows more people and tall pillars in an institutional room.

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A large outdoor crowd gathers on a paved street for a food distribution line. Volunteers in white clothes, many women in white saris and men in white shirts, stand behind a long metal serving counter lined with rows of plates, serving food to devotees who hold paper plates. Many attendees wear coloured saris in pink, green, red and blue. Cars and a white van are parked along the wall at the back, and a roadside banner is visible at upper right. The crowd fills the street and the volunteers' white attire stands out against the mixed colours of the visitors.

Outdoor ritual scene under trees with a large crowd of devotees seated in rows. A woman on the left wears a red head wrap, a garland of white flowers and a red-and-gold shawl, seated beside a silver-ornamented structure and a red umbrella, with a trident-shaped staff nearby. Many people in white clothes with red shawls hold brass plates of oil lamps, apples and offerings and raise small silver cups. A shaved-headed man in white sits in the centre. Crowd is dense in the background, with some wearing saffron and orange.

Outdoor annadan meal service beside a white boundary wall under green trees. Many devotees, mostly in white shirts and white dhotis or saris, stand in a dense crowd holding stainless steel plates of rice and flatbread. Some wear orange saffron robes and one woman in a purple sari stands at the front with a steel tray. A large steel vessel sits in the foreground, and a plastic water drum stands at left.

December 15 2006

A photograph of a courtyard ritual with a group of devotees standing in a line near a white-walled building. In the centre, an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a steel bowl of offerings and a plate of food, while a younger man in a white shirt with an orange saffron shawl carries a bowl beside him. On the right, a man in white with orange shawl and a rudraksha mala holds a silver tray with a small silver vessel and cups. Several women in saris, including one in a red-and-gold sari and one in white, and men in shirts stand watching with hands folded. A small kalasha-style offering with coconut and flowers sits at left. A parked car and van are visible behind the group.

A blurred street photograph of a dense crowd during a procession in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands center with his back to the camera, wearing an orange shawl over one shoulder and holding a lit flame or lamp aloft. Around him, many people in white, orange, blue, green and red clothing press forward, some reaching out with hands raised. A yellow auto-rickshaw is visible at the top of the street. Stalls and buildings line the road. The image shows a Kodikkan Ratha Yatra procession of deities, and the caption describes the procession of Sri Nithyanandeshwara and Nithyanandeshwari.

A photograph taken inside an open-sided wooden pavilion with a lattice roof, where a man with long, swept-back dark hair in a white embroidered paisley-patterned kurta stands at right, bending forward and holding out cupped hands while receiving or offering food. Surrounding him, a group of devotees in white clothing reach toward steel plates of rice and vegetable food. A girl in a yellow dress and a woman in a white sari with a peach shawl stand among them, and a man in a white shirt wearing a dark bead mala with a pendant reaches forward. Through the windows behind them is a dirt yard and a white building. The long-haired man in white shows appearance cues associated with the page's a person reference, but the identification is uncertain.