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Outdoor village gathering under a striped awning with orange streamers and a flagpole, during an event with a crowd of devotees. In the foreground a woman in a yellow-green saree with a yellow blouse stands with hands clasped, and a man in a white shirt with an orange shawl stands at right. Behind them women in colourful sarees and men in white dhotis and shirts stand close together among mud-walled houses with thatched roofs. No a person appearance is clearly visible among the people shown.

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August 03 20092009-08-03A crowd of many men, women and children stands and sits under a striped awning in a street, with trees and buildings behind. Near the centre a large standing portrait on the tent pole shows a bearded figure in a saffron-orange robe with a large rudraksha mala, rendered as a printed depiction. Foreground people include a man in a light blue shirt, a man in a white vest with a striped shawl, and women in pink and red saris. Plastic chairs are scattered beneath the canopy.2009-08-06Outdoor street gathering under a striped blue, pink and orange canopy with red patterned fabric, beneath a large tree. Many people walk and mill about in a dusty courtyard. Foreground figures include a woman in a yellow and orange sari holding a small child in pink, a woman in a pink sari and women in blue and red saris. A large printed portrait of a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes with a beaded mala hangs on a white board under the canopy; it is a depiction, not a physical person.2009-08-06A large crowd of devotees queues under a tented pavilion with colourful striped canopy fabric in green, orange, purple and red, supported by tall bamboo poles. Men in white shirts and women in saris and salwars, including a girl in a bright yellow-orange dress and another in lime green, stand behind bamboo barricades waiting in line. On the right, people sit on red and blue plastic chairs at tables under the tent, and some wear orange and pink saris. The ground is bare earth and the setting appears to be an outdoor event hall.2009-01-01July 27 20082008-07-27July 08 20072007-07-08April 19 20082008-04-19A large outdoor crowd gathers under a thatched bamboo-and-palm roof at an event in Pattanam, Tamil Nadu. Men wear white shirts and dhotis, and one man wears a striped checked shirt in the foreground. Women wear bright saris: a lime-green sari with a braid and white flower garland, a red sari, and orange and yellow saris with flowers in the hair. Painted cylindrical pillars wrap the poles, and banana plants and a white building stand behind the crowd. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd view.2008-07-28November 25 20092009-11-25July 28 20082008-07-28A large crowd of villagers gathers under a thatched bamboo-pole canopy in an open courtyard, with white-walled buildings and banana palms behind. Many people sit or stand packed together behind wooden barrier poles, several in white dhotis and shirts, others in colourful saris including yellow, red and green. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands near the centre, and a woman in a white sari stands at right holding a bundle of green leaves. Children are visible in the front rows. Motorbikes are parked at the right edge. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2008-07-28A large crowd of villagers gathers under a thatched palm-leaf canopy decorated with hanging cloth banners and tassels, with trees overhead. Men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris in blue, yellow, orange and maroon stand close together, many with flowers in their hair. Children in yellow and pale clothes press forward, one holding a long wooden pole. On the right, a man in white stands beside a green-draped table. A dark-haired older man with a rudraksha-style bead necklace appears at the upper right. Crowd and setting suggest a welcoming gathering at a village event, with no visible murti, fire or ritual object clearly identifiable.2008-07-28