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Outdoor photo at a temple precinct with white carved stone pillars and a leafy garland strung overhead. Several men and women stand in a line gazing upward. On the left, a bald man in white shirt and trousers wears a rudraksha mala and sunglasses. Beside him a man in white shirt and dark-rimmed glasses looks up. A man in white kurta holds a bundled infant in white cloth. To the right, a man in a plaid pink shirt holds a toddler in a yellow top, and a woman in a teal sari stands nearby. Overall about ten people are visible.

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September 29 20062006-09-29A crowded indoor healing camp under a veranda with turquoise-painted pillars. A man in a white shirt and white trousers stands with his back to the camera, bending over a seated man in a white shirt and black cord necklace whose head is covered by a light orange cloth. A middle-aged man in a white shirt with a dark rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits at right and rests his hand on a child's head. A woman in a patterned floral dress holds a young child on her hip at left, and a man in a striped shirt stands behind them. At far right a man in a grey-green checked shirt and dark trousers watches, and a man with a camera is partly visible. Several more people, including a woman in a blue sari near the back, fill the background.2007-08-192008 - Post August - Powerful homa in Sirkazhi by trained AcharyaA crowd of devotees stands closely together in a covered hall with a corrugated roof and a yellow wall. In the foreground, a man in white kurta and a white-shirted boy in a black-and-white polo stand with arms folded, while a middle-aged man in white kurta and a man in a pink shirt with lanyard badges stand nearby. A small boy in a striped yellow shirt is at right. Behind them, more people in white clothing fill the frame. At the bottom, a wooden box with metal posts sits on a table covered in cloth. A painted white cow head with horns is visible on the upper-left wall. No identifiable a person is clearly present in the frame.2015-02-01January 01 20122012-01-01December 17 20062006-12-17August 03 20092009-08-03Outdoor photograph in a leafy grove of a devotee group standing in a semicircle with hands raised in namaste before a dark stone Shivalinga-style murti decorated with red cloth, yellow marigold garlands and a red-orange crown. The murti sits on a mound of dark rounded stones inside a white arched frame with a black-and-white bordered base. Around twenty visible people wear white ritual clothes; a woman in a cream sari with a gold border and a woman in a purple and grey salwar are prominent, and a man in white holds a young child on his shoulder at right. The wet ground reflects light, and trees and shrubs surround the site.2008-10-19Outdoor photo of a crowd of devotees standing with palms pressed together in namaskar on a dirt ground beside palm and banana trees. In the foreground a black stone Nandi bull statue sits on a white pedestal garlanded with marigold and jasmine strands in orange, yellow and purple. Behind them a large painted banner shows several deity figures in red, gold and blue. Men wear white kurtas and dhotis, women wear white saris, and a man in a white headband and cream kurta stands near the center. A small kolam design is drawn on the ground in front of the group.2007-01-01June 02 20132013-06-02A crowded photograph inside a temple colonnade with turquoise pillars and iron grille gates. In the foreground a older man in a striped collared shirt, dark trousers and a sacred thread-style chain of beads stands with his arm outstretched, pointing or guiding. Beside him a young boy in a light shirt looks ahead. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands near them. A woman in a teal sari with a white border and gold necklace stands in the centre, and a man in a blue checked shirt stands to the right. Behind them a dense crowd of devotees in white, saffron and orange clothing, including a bearded sadhu in white with tilak at the back. Some hold bags and flower garlands.2012-07-23Indoor photograph of a devotional gathering in a plain-walled room. In the foreground, a woman in a beige sari sits on the floor holding an infant wrapped in a pale green cloth. Beside her, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a dark rudraksha-style mala stands looking down at the baby. A young man in white with a yellow shawl kneels at left, and a woman in orange and red garments with a green-fruit garland in her hair sits at lower right. Behind them, several women in white and cream saris with gold borders stand with hands pressed in anjali, and older men in white dhotis and shirts watch. No deity or swami is clearly visible; the central figure's appearance is not clearly identifiable.2009-08-08