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A photograph of an indoor hall with white tiled floor and brown-painted lower walls, barred windows letting in daylight. A person in a dark top and red-maroon lower garment, with long dark hair and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, is bent over stacking or moving a pile of metal stands and frames on the floor. A stainless steel counter and cabinet stand at right, and a timestamp reads 29-May-2021 2:05:21 pm, Galleria cleaning.

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A blurred photograph inside a large hall with white walls, brown wainscoting, arched ceiling and tall windows. In the foreground a bare-chested man in rust-red cloth wraps and a red-brown dhoti, with a face mask, a dark rudraksha mala and a small pendant, carries a bundle of long metal rods. Another person in a striped shirt stands behind him, and a partly visible figure in pink or peach cloth is at the right edge. A timestamp reads 29-May-2021 2:04:09 pm, with the caption Galleria cleaning. Floor cleaning and preparation work is in progress.2021-06-03June 03 20212021-06-03June 03 20212021-06-03A blurred indoor photograph of a long covered hall with a curved translucent roof, tiled white floor and cream walls with brown dado panels. Three people wearing face masks carry a dark wooden folding frame across the floor; one in a white dhoti-style garment, one in a checked shirt, and one in a grey top and shorts, standing barefoot at right. Stacked wooden frames lean against the wall, a metal worktable sits at left, a grey cabinet at right and red paper lanterns hang from the ceiling. No a person candidate is visibly present.2021-05-31 +1 copiesJune 03 20212021-06-03Photograph of an interior temple space in Madurai at 28 Amman Sanadhi Street, timestamped Feb 6, 2022 at 12:45:32 PM. A person in a red garment is bent over sweeping or cleaning the grey stone floor with a long-handled broom. Behind them are a metal railing, gold-coloured deity murtis and a tall trident, with a colourful cloth banner hanging on the right. A wooden cupboard and metal shelving stand against the wall. The person is seen only in silhouette and is not visibly a person, so the a person field is none. Ritual cleaning of the shrine area appears to be the activity.2022-02-06MAy 25 20212021-05-25 +1 copiesPhoto taken inside a marble-floored hall at 30 Amman Sanadhi Street, Madurai, timestamped Jan 26, 2022 11:20:30 AM. A man with a shaved head and bare upper body, wearing an orange-red dhoti or wrap, stands at left beside a metal bucket, facing a cabinet with glass-fronted shelves and small brass lamps. Behind him a staircase with metal railings leads up, a large round gold-toned carved panel hangs on the far wall, and rolled padded fabric and wrapped furniture or wooden items are stacked along the right side, with a bundle of red, green and pink tassels visible at lower right.2022-01-26A photograph taken inside a plain hall with white walls, a brown lower wall band, barred windows and a corrugated roof. Two men in face masks carry a long white plastic or fibreglass panel between them across a white marble tiled floor. The man on the left wears a teal kurta and cream dhoti with a gold border and a red mask; the man on the right wears a striped polo shirt, grey trousers and a black mask. Metal stands and folded white cloth are stacked against the back wall. Photo caption shows 2021/5/29 13:47.2021-06-03A two-panel collage of temple cleaning. Top panel: a woman in an orange sari with a braided plait bends forward, sweeping a bare floor with a long broom beside a black deity murti on a pink lotus-petal pedestal with a gold arch, beneath a window with trees outside. Bottom panel: a woman in a red and white patterned top and red trousers bends low, sweeping a cracked concrete floor with a broom in an empty hall. Two physical people are visible across the panels; the collage itself is a graphic.MAy 25 20212021-05-25 +2 copiesDim indoor photograph of a shrine room with a timestamp overlay reading Jan 21, 2022 at 1:17:54 PM, 28, Amman Sanadhi Street, Madurai. A bare-chested man with a shaved head and white markings on his chest and arms, wearing an orange cloth wrap, stands at right holding a white object and a long red-pink rod. In front is a wooden counter with a bottle, a small cardboard box, tissue paper and a brass item, and a basket of flower offerings with purple and orange petals sits in the foreground. A red digital clock is visible at top left. No clear visual evidence establishes a specific deity form or named ritual.2022-01-21