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A photograph of an outdoor village scene with a row of blue and white rectangular banners strung on a line between wooden poles, each showing a blue dove-like emblem and partly legible white lettering. Behind them stands a small temple gopuram with colourful painted sculpture, surrounded by tall palm and coconut trees under a clear blue sky. A white-washed boundary wall runs along the dirt ground, and a green banner edge appears at the left foreground. No people are visible in the frame.

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September 14 20062006-09-14October 20 20062006-10-20A photograph of a small open-pillared temple shrine in late afternoon sunlight, with a strong sun flare in the pale sky above. The structure has a flat roof with several sculpted figures along its top edge and a small domed tower with red and white patterned accents at right. A yellow signboard hangs on the front pillars. Tall palm trees and other trees surround the shrine, with a low white boundary wall behind it. A dirt road runs in front, with two or three distant people standing near the left edge and a parked motorcycle at right. No recognizable a person candidate is visible.2012-01-03A photograph of an outdoor ashram compound under palm trees. A white rendered single-storey building with several doorways stands on the left beside a long thatched-roof hall with yellow and green bunting strung along its eaves. A large banner with Tamil script and a portrait of a figure in orange robes is mounted beside the hall, with smaller posters on its wall. Grass, bare earth, a pile of sand and stones, and parked motorcycles fill the foreground. No people are visible.2010-01-22January 03 20122012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of a dusty open village street lined with tall coconut palms under a clear blue sky. On the left, a small white pickup truck carries an orange banner with printed Tamil script, and several people in white dhotis and shirts stand beside it. At the centre-right stands a small stone temple gopuram with carved figures and a tiered roof, its doorway shaded and some people sitting on a low bench nearby. A few other figures are scattered along the road and at the right edge, and a tall white vehicle is parked behind the temple.2012-01-04June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA thatched-roof pavilion with a turquoise shade-cloth wall and maroon doorways stands behind a woven reed fence on red earth, with several orange flags on poles along its roof. Palm trees and forested hills rise behind. Two men in white shirts are partly visible at the lower edge, one bent over near the fence and one at the right edge. The structure appears to be a temporary ashram-style enclosure with a thatched hut at the front, and small palm-leaf roofed booths beside it.2008-08-03A white-walled temple complex framed by tall coconut palms and a large leafy banyan tree under an overcast sky. In the grounds, a dark stone statue of a seated deity stands near a white shrine, and a seated stone figure sits at the right. A small figure in saffron-orange cloth stands near the shrine entrance, its features too small to resolve. A blue information board stands on the grass at right, and a white rectangular sign with red lettering is partly visible above the shrine doorway. Bare earth and scattered dry sticks lie in the foreground.2010-07-08A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple complex with tiered gopuram-style shrine towers decorated in painted stucco, blue and pink panels, and sculpted figures above the entrance. Tall coconut palms and a rocky wooded hill rise behind it under a pale sky. In front, a low white wall with red and white stripes encloses the courtyard, and a stack of dry wooden sticks lies on the ground beside a yellow bin. Flowering oleander bushes with pink blossoms stand at the left, and a thatched shelter appears at the right. No people are visible.A small grey concrete shrine with a flat roof and a tiered gopuram-style tower stands in an open dry field of grass and red earth, surrounded by tall coconut palms. A carved stone deity niche sits on the roof with a seated stone bull figure, and dark-barred windows and a wooden door face the viewer. No people are visible.2009-08-03