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Indoor photograph in a plain white-walled room with tiled floor. A figure in orange robes and an orange turban, wearing a white and red flower garland, stands in profile with one hand extended over a small offering table. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, head bowed. The table holds plates of fruit including apples and bananas, a brass oil lamp, and flower decorations, with a framed picture garlanded with flowers on the right. A plastic chair sits against the wall. Partially visible at left, another person in orange robes stands at the edge of the frame.

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An indoor photograph in a plain white-walled room with a tiled floor. In the centre, a person in an orange turban and orange robe stands with a white and green flower garland around the neck, body turned, hands near the waist. At left, a young man in orange robes carries a metal tray with a lit flame and red offerings. At right, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti bows with hands folded in front of his face. A brass oil lamp with flame and a plate of fruit and offerings sit on the floor at lower right; a beige plastic chair stands against the wall.2008-07-28Inside a bare white-walled room with a tiled floor and a barred window, a man in saffron dhoti and orange head cloth with a long beard and a white-and-red flower garland stands barefoot with palms raised in blessing, facing a seated or kneeling figure. A white-clad man with his back to the camera and a gold necklace watches. A woman in a white sari with a bowed head holds a basket of fruit and folds her hands in prayer beside a brass oil lamp, a plate of fruit and flower petals on the floor. An attendant in orange holds a tray of flowers at the left edge. The scene reads as a blessing or puja performed during the inauguration of a new room.2008-07-28A photo inside a bare whitewashed room where a puja is being performed before a white-draped altar table. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand with their backs to the camera; the taller one wears an orange shawl with gold border and a white flower garland over his shoulders, and the other holds a tray of pink petals. On the altar, framed portraits are decorated with garlands: one shows a seated figure in orange against a mountain landscape, and the other a deity murti. Pink rose petals are scattered on the cloth, with brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style pot, fruit, and a tray of offerings in front.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28A photograph inside a small whitewashed room with a brown wooden door and barred windows. At center, a deity murti or lingam-type form is draped with garlands of red, white and yellow flowers and sits on an orange-draped pedestal. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style pot, a plate of fruit and small brass vessels are arranged on a cloth before it. On the left, a bald man in orange clothing with a bead mala stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. On the right, a man with long dark hair tied up, wearing an orange shawl with white border and a rudraksha mala, extends one hand toward the shrine in an offering gesture. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shawl stands near the wall, and another man in white is partly visible at the right edge.2012-01-03July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 29 20082008-07-29December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04July 28 20082008-07-28