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A dusty unpaved lane in a South Indian town runs past a pale grey concrete building with a green signboard above its entrance, bearing Tamil script. An orange and black lorry with a tarpaulin canopy stands at left, with a small paper poster taped to its side and a motorbike parked beside it. A silver SUV is driving toward the building entrance. At right, a tall plain concrete wall is in front of a bamboo scaffold draped with red and white cloth. Palm trees and foliage are visible in the background under a bright sky.

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August 11 20092009-08-11A dusty dirt lane beside a grey concrete wall in a Tamil Nadu village. A silver Ford SUV drives forward between parked motorcycles and an orange flatbed truck with a dark tarpaulin cover and a small white banner. On the left, four men stand with palms pressed together in greeting, one in a white shirt, others in yellow and checked shirts. A green signboard with Tamil script is on a building behind, and a wall on the right is draped with red and white cloth.2009-08-11August 11 20092009-08-11June 12 20102010-06-12A dirt road lined with palm and banana trees runs toward the viewer, with a silver SUV driving down the centre of the road. A low concrete compound wall on the left is hung with a strip of white and blue flags or cloth pennants strung along its top. Small orange-flowered shrubs and young plants grow along the verge, and a figure in white stands far down the road, partly obscured by the trees. Distant hills and a few buildings appear beyond the greenery under an overcast sky.2009-07-07A photograph of a dirt lane lined with white walls and a yellow building, with strings of small lights overhead. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe and a gold necklace walks centre-frame, with a bare-chested young man in a white dhoti walking beside him. Behind them, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and another in red stand near steps, and an older man in a light shirt and white dhoti walks in the foreground. A grey SUV is parked at left and a white car sits in the background. The Swamiji (probable) cues are his long swept-back hair, saffron robe and gold necklace.2006-11-09A dirt road runs through a rural compound lined with coconut palms, banana plants and flowering orange marigolds. A white silver SUV drives up the road toward the camera. A low concrete wall along the left side is strung with white and blue prayer or festive cloth banners. Trees and hills fill the background under an overcast sky. No people are clearly visible, though a few figures are faintly visible far down the road.2009-07-07A dusty dirt road runs through an ashram-like compound lined with palm and leafy trees. A dark SUV drives toward the camera, and several people in white clothing walk along the roadside and near the far gate. On the left, red boundary walls and small green-roofed gate structures stand beside a tall empty billboard frame. On the right, a paved path leads past flowering plumeria trees to a grey stone carving of a deity figure.2013-02-28A dusty unpaved compound at a construction site, with tall coconut palms leaning across the frame. On the left stands a long white single-storey building with barred windows and a red-and-white striped low wall. A silver SUV drives along the sandy track toward a grey block wall in the middle distance, beside piles of earth and cut brush. Several small flags fly along the right edge near the boundary wall. No people are clearly visible in the scene.2008-02-15August 06 20092009-08-06A dirt-and-gravel road runs toward a cluster of buildings, with a silver minivan driving away from the camera and a white sedan parked further ahead near an orange-walled building with a green metal roof. Tall trees and a white perimeter wall line the left side, while two blank white signboards on black metal stands sit on the right beside a patch of green grass and yellow flowers. A small purple bird logo appears in the upper left corner. No people are visible in the scene.2010-06-12November 23 20092009-11-23