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Outdoor photograph at a temple courtyard of Arunachaleswarar Temple setting, with a tall grey stone wall behind. Many young girls in maroon and gold-bordered uniforms with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces sit cross-legged on stone pavement, holding open books and chanting. Beside them, women in orange and pink saris sit with books, and a woman in white and gold-trimmed sari stands at right. Behind, a large crowd of devotees in white and light clothing stands and sits along the wall, with several uniformed police officers at the left edge. a person is not visibly identifiable among those shown, so no candidate is marked.

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Outdoor temple courtyard event with a large crowd standing and seated along a stone wall and ground. In the foreground a row of young girls in maroon dresses with yellow borders and red-beaded necklaces sit cross-legged, holding open books and chanting. Behind them, women in orange and saffron saris sit on stone paving with hands folded, and a man in white dhoti and shawl with a large gold-bead garland sits at right. Uniformed police stand at left and many devotees in white and colourful clothing fill the background near a tall stone wall.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Young girls and boys in maroon dresses with gold borders sit on a stone paved courtyard reading small orange-covered books, with rudraksha malas around their necks and bangles on their wrists. Behind them a pink-washed stone wall and temple gopuram-style stonework with carved figures are visible, and a crowd of onlookers stands further back, including a woman in a yellow sari. No a person candidate is clearly visible in the frame.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A dense outdoor crowd gathers in a stone-paved temple courtyard at dusk, with stone pillars and a granite wall behind them. In the foreground, a group of young girls and boys in maroon and gold costumes with gold necklaces sit cross-legged, some with their hands joined in prayer, while several women in orange saris sit among them. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts and women in colourful saris stand and sit along the walls. No specific a person candidate can be confidently identified in this view, so the figure is not named.2011-12-20A large outdoor crowd sits on the ground in a courtyard between tall grey stone temple walls, with a pink-painted upper wall and palm trees above. Most attendees wear white or cream garments, while groups of schoolgirls in maroon uniforms with gold trim sit in the foreground and right, many holding white papers. Women in saris of yellow, orange and purple sit among the crowd, and several people stand at the back. No individual can be identified as a person in this view.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A large crowd sits on stone paving in front of a tall brick temple wall at sunset, many with palms pressed together in prayer. Devotees in white and cream clothes stand along the back, while seated women and girls wear maroon garments with gold necklaces. At the front right, a figure in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair and rudraksha malas sits with hands folded, beside a seated man in saffron and a bald man in white with a sacred thread. Sunlight flares near the wall top, with temple gopuram carvings visible above and a small sign on the wall.2011-12-20