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Night photograph of a crowd gathered in an outdoor festival area strung with yellow fairy lights. A large green neon outline of a Shiva lingam with a coiled snake hangs above the scene, beside tall lamp posts and bright white lights. In the foreground a woman in a red dress stands among men in shirts and dark clothing, some with their backs to the camera. Behind them a Tamil signboard reads Om Namah Shivaya and other smaller lines, with potted plants and a few seated people further back. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

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A nighttime outdoor gathering at Tiruvannamalai Adheenam, shot in dim light. A dense crowd of devotees stands in a broad open area, mostly in white and light clothing; one woman in a bright green sari stands at left and another in a magenta sari appears near the centre. Strings of small orange lamps stretch across the background above the crowd, and tall white vertical light tubes flank the scene. Warm lights glow near a structure at the right edge. Individual faces are indistinct and no clear ritual activity or a person figure is visible.2011-04-17A dark night scene of a large outdoor crowd gathered on a dirt ground, with many people in white dhotis, saris and shawls, some with orange and green cloth. A bright street lamp and a parked yellow bus sit at left, and strings of small lights glow in the distance. On the right, a large illuminated backdrop shows a deity murti garlanded with flowers beside a tall bamboo pole. Many people are visible, mostly in silhouette and partial view.2011-04-17Night street scene at an outdoor event with string lights. On the left, a large illuminated lit-up structure in the shape of a Shiva lingam-style shrine outline with glowing lights. Center, a golden-yellow decorated stall with a deity murti in a lit shrine and a banner above it. Right, a striped orange-and-white canopy over an entrance arch with a flag and a framed portrait of a woman. Several uniformed police officers in khaki stand among a crowd of people, including men in white dhotis and shirts, women in sarees, and a woman in an orange-bordered white saree. Banana plants line the path and a man on the right raises his hand to his forehead in greeting.2010-01-08April 17 20112011-04-17August 05 20092009-08-05Night photograph of a crowded outdoor event lit by strings of multicoloured fairy lights stretched overhead in pink, green, blue and yellow. Many blurred people move through the area, some in white shirts and others in saffron-orange and red garments. On the left, a large billboard shows rows of small figures. Overhead, white and yellow bulbs form arches above the gathering.2010-01-29January 11 20092009-01-11December 31 20152015-12-31December 29 20102010-12-29November 09 20112011-11-09April 06 20122012-04-06Night-time outdoor scene on a bare, gravelly open ground. Two rows of people in white and light clothing stand behind metal barricades along both sides, with saris in pink, blue and orange visible among them. Illuminated decorative towers with green and red lights and bright floodlights stand in the background, and a small covered stage or canopy with lights appears at the right. A blue sign is posted on the barrier. The crowd appears to be a lined-up gathering of several dozen people, with a few visible at the far right holding white cloth.2010-01-22