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A photograph of a crowded open truck with a wooden railing bed at an ashram gate on a rural road. Many people, including children and women in saris, ride standing and crouching in the truck bed, while a boy in an orange shirt stands on the rear edge gripping the rails. Several adults in the foreground stand by a black iron gate with a white pillar; a woman in a teal sari and a man in a white shirt and checked shirt are among them. Dry grassland, granite boulders, palm trees and pink flowering bushes surround the road, and a small white structure is visible on a distant hilltop.

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A photograph of a crowded open-bed truck on a rural road lined with dry grass, palm trees and pink flowering shrubs. Many people, mostly children and young people, stand packed inside the wooden-railed truck bed, gripping the rails; one wears an orange top and another a teal top. The truck's tailgate carries a partly visible red and yellow painted lettering. Below, several men in shirts and trousers stand near the tailgate, one bending to lift a tyre, and motorcyclists ride along the left edge. A white gate and a roadside sign are visible on the right.A photograph of a rural road where an open-bed truck with yellow and red sides and the word "TIGHER" painted on its rear is loaded with many people, mostly children and young adults, crowded along its wooden railings and standing in the bed. Several men in shirts and trousers stand beside and behind the truck near a white gate, and a silver car and motorcycle appear further along the road beside flowering bougainvillea and palm trees. Among the passengers, a girl wears a teal dress and another an orange top. No deity, ritual or a person appearance is visible.A photograph taken from behind of a red-and-yellow truck with a caged wooden body, its tailgate reading "HICHER" in red lettering on a yellow band. Many people stand crowded in the open back, gripping the metal bars, wearing white shirts, a turquoise shirt and a red top. The truck rounds a curve on a paved rural road lined with green shrubs, pink flowering bushes and palm trees. Three people walk along the road ahead at the top of the frame, and a white gate stands at the right edge.September 2006 - Sindhanur flood reliefJanuary 06 20122012-01-06A crowded outdoor scene on a dirt road beside a rocky hillside under a grey sky. Many men and boys move through the crowd, several in white or pale shirts, one in a peach shirt with a blue backpack, another in a pink top. A small gateway temple with a tiered roof and a deity shrine stands ahead among trees. A silver SUV is parked at right, and a few flags and blue tarpaulin stalls line the left side.2010-09-04 +1 copiesA photograph of an open dirt yard beside a row of trees, where a group of devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, several in saffron and orange robes, and some in yellow shawls walk together. A white small truck with a covered cargo box is parked at the left edge, and a red-and-white building stands beside it. A woman in a red sari with a child stands near a wooden bench on the right, and an orange-and-gold shrine or temple structure appears behind the group. Several people are visible, with the group numbering roughly 20 to 30 people, and no clearly identifiable a person is visible.2009-09-29A crowd of devotees walks along a dirt path between banana plants and decorated trees strung with red and white streamers. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a pink border and gold bangles walks beside a man in a white striped shirt carrying a small child in a beige outfit. To the left a woman in a dark green and gold printed sari and a woman in maroon walk, and to the right girls in blue school uniforms, a girl in a bright floral dress and a girl in orange clothing move through the crowd. An orange building and more people in white clothes appear in the background.2010-01-01Outdoor street scene in a village at low sunlight with dust in the air. Volunteers in teal and light-blue head coverings and saris stand on and around a blue-and-yellow vehicle, serving food from it to a crowd. Several boys and men in shirts and shorts, a woman in a purple sari, and an older woman in a maroon sari are gathered around, some holding steel plates of food. A golden statue stands on a pedestal behind a low wall at left. The ground is paved with brick tiles.2012-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor village scene beside a thatched straw hut with dried palm-leaf roof. A white flatbed truck with slatted sides and blue-patterned trim stands on a dirt road, and a man in a white shirt and checked lungi stands on its bed passing steel bowls down to villagers. Several children in pink, red, yellow and striped shirts crowd near the truck, and an older woman in a purple blouse and patterned sari stands in the centre holding a bowl. On the left an elderly woman in a blue blouse and orange sari stands by the hut. A man in a plaid shirt and checked lungi watches at the right edge. Trees and a green building appear in the background. No deity, ritual setting or a person candidate is visible.2012-01-06Photograph of a crowded village street lined with pink and white concrete houses under a clear blue sky, with palm trees and overhead power and telephone lines. A dense crowd of men and some women press together in the foreground, many pressing toward a turquoise metal railing on the right, some with cloths wrapped over their heads or shoulders. A man in an orange-and-white patterned shirt stands near the middle of the crowd, and more people walk and wait farther down the road beside parked motorcycles. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2012-01-06