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Night street scene outside a stone temple wall in Tiruvannamalai. A figure in saffron-orange robes and a saffron turban, with long dark swept-back hair, stands beside an open car door, being greeted. A uniformed police officer in khaki with a white cap and a red-and-white band in the foreground gestures with one hand toward the crowd. A man in a red shirt and glasses stands nearby, and several onlookers in white and dark clothes press behind. Some people are partly visible at the edges, and a car with a sticker sits at left.

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January 02 20082008-01-02Night photograph of a crowd at a street outside a temple area. A silver car is in the foreground, its driver in a white shirt at the wheel. Inside the car, a person with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and is seated in the passenger position, with another saffron-robed figure beside. Outside the open door, saffron-clad sannyasis and a man in a red shirt lean in, while a man in white shirt and trousers stands near the door. Uniformed police officers in khaki and a dark-uniformed officer with a cap are nearby, and many men in white and orange surround the vehicle.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02July 28 20082008-07-28December 30 20072007-12-30Night street scene at a crowded roadside in Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, a figure in a saffron-orange turban and saffron robe leans into the open window of a silver car, smiling toward the occupant. Around them, a dense crowd of men presses close, including a man in a blue-and-white checked shirt, a man in a white shirt, and a uniformed police officer in an olive-green uniform and cap. Shop lights and signage glow in the background. The turbaned figure with long swept hair and saffron clothing may be a person, engaging with devotees during a street outing.2008-01-02Night-time photograph inside a narrow temple corridor lined with painted pillars and ornate carved panels, with fluorescent tube lights overhead and a shop with shelves and bunches of bananas on the right. A man in a bright saffron-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala around his neck walks forward in the centre, hands held together, surrounded by a crowd. Beside him a man in white dhoti and white shirt, and a man in a white garment, walk among several uniformed police officers in khaki and olive-green uniforms with belts. In the foreground a grey car is stopped, and a person in orange clothing sits in its driver's seat. Several garlanded and decorated items are visible, and the scene is crowded.2008-07-28January 02 20082008-01-02Night photograph of a group descending stone steps beneath a blue-green metal roof canopy at a temple entrance. In the centre, a bare-footed man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a beaded mala walks down. Beside him, a figure in a long saffron robe with a tall orange head covering follows. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl walks at left, and an orange-clad attendant stands nearby. Uniformed police officers in khaki with caps and belts stand among devotees in white clothes, some wearing orange shawls. Ornate carved stone walls and an illuminated doorway frame the scene.2008-01-02Night photograph outside a temple wall at Tiruvannamalai, with a crowd pressing around a car door. A man on the left in a saffron-orange robe and orange headwrap, with long dark swept-back hair, leans toward the open car door. Beside him a man in a red shirt and glasses holds the door frame. Behind them a sannyasi in orange with a white tripundra on his forehead and a beaded necklace stands with long hair, and a man in white shirts and a police officer in a cap stand at the right edge. Several onlookers fill the background.2008-01-02December 20 20112011-12-20Night photograph on a busy road beside parked vehicles. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron garment and a dark rudraksha-style mala, smiles while standing near an open dark-blue SUV door. Around him, uniformed police officers in khaki and a khaki-clad figure in a peaked cap stand close, with men in white kurtas and a man in a striped shirt facing him. A white Force minivan and other vehicles fill the background under street lights. a person appearance cues are long hair, saffron clothing and mala; he stands among police and devotees on the roadside.2008-07-28