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Street photograph outside a large temple with a tall, ornately carved gopuram tower covered in white sculpted figures. A small group walks along the road: a woman in an orange sari wearing an orange flower garland, a man in a grey shirt, and men in white dhotis and shirts. A red-and-white police barrier stands on the road, a small shop sign reads Prakash Silk Sarees, and devotees in orange and white dhotis are on the pavement. A silver SUV with a spare tyre cover is in the foreground.

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December 08 20112011-12-08A street outside a South Indian temple gopuram, a tall tiered tower covered in white sculpted deities. A row of parked silver SUVs and cars lines the road, with a silver Honda-style car in the foreground. Red and white metal barricades with a yellow sign reading A.S. Babu stand across the road, guarded by uniformed police officers in khaki. Several people in white dhotis and saffron-orange garments walk near the barricades, and a man in white shirt and dhoti stands at right. A small roadside shop and a rusty old bus appear on the left, and a traditional stone compound wall runs along the right.2011-12-08Street scene outside a large white gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers covered in carved white deity figures. Several people walk along a dusty road: a bald older man in a pink shirt in the foreground, a man in white with a shoulder bag, and two men in saffron/orange robes walking in the middle distance near a red-and-white barrier. A silver minivan with a roof rack is parked at right, and roadside shops and power lines line the street under hazy sky.2011-12-08A street outside a large South Indian temple gopuram covered in white sculpted figures. Police barricades in red and yellow line the road, with two uniformed officers in khaki standing by the metal barriers. A group of people walks down the road: several in white dhotis and shirts, and a few in orange and saffron robes. A man in a blue shirt carrying a bag stands in the foreground on the left, and a woman in a sari stands near shops on the left. Vehicles including a white bus and cars are parked along the right side. Shop signs and banners are visible on the left.2011-12-08A street procession on a busy Tamil Nadu town road. In front, a silver Ford vehicle with a red beacon and a windscreen banner reading "NITHYANANDA DHYANAPEETAM" moves forward, flanked by uniformed police officers in khaki and a few men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas. Behind, men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, one holding a small drum. Shops and signboards line the street, and decorative orange and gold pennant-shaped banners hang from the vehicle's roof area. Many people are visible in the crowd.2012-06-05December 29 20102010-12-29August 06 20092009-08-06A street in a South Indian town with a tall gopuram temple tower rising in the background. Strings of triangular pennant flags in red, orange, yellow and white stretch across the street. A silver Ford SUV with a spare tyre mounted on its rear drives toward the camera, a motorcyclist in a white shirt and red scarf rides at left, and pedestrians including a woman in a pink sari walk along the roadside. Shops, signboards and a red flag line the street, and fresh marigold and yellow garlands hang in the foreground.2006-09-23Outdoor photo of a procession walking toward a tall white gopuram of a South Indian temple. Several people in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklaces walk in a group; a figure with long dark hair in an orange robe and gold-beaded garland, centre, is a probable Swamiji candidate in the procession. Behind them a uniformed police officer in khaki with a peaked cap walks, and a bald man in a blue shirt with a tilak mark is in the foreground. A purple and yellow market banner and a yellow awning stand to the right beside stalls.2011-12-20Street photo taken from inside a silver Ford Endeavour SUV parked on a busy town road strung with rows of triangular bunting flags. Several men walk along the roadside in white dhotis and shirts; one wears a blue checked shirt and carries a cloth bag, another carries a white bag and bundle. A large red roadside hoarding shows a smiling person with an orange headwrap and beaded necklace, with Tamil text. Shops, a PCO sign, utility poles and a temple gopuram appear in the background. Garlands hang at the top right corner of the frame.2006-09-23August 11 20092009-08-11A procession walks along a dirt lane toward a tall, white, tiered gopuram of a temple. In the foreground a uniformed police officer in a khaki shirt and dark cap walks with a stern expression. Behind him, several saffron-robed sannyasis wearing gold-coloured bead necklaces walk in a group, one with long dark hair and a garland, while white-clad devotees in dhoti and shawl follow. A purple and yellow shop banner advertises items at 10 rupees, and a yellow canopy stretches over a row of stalls.2011-12-20