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A crowded indoor photo of devotees gathered in a decorated hall with a floor of speckled tiles. Strings of tinsel and yellow marigold garlands hang from the ceiling, and colourful posters line the walls. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis stand with palms pressed together in anjali, while women wear sarees in red, purple, blue and green, and children, including a toddler carried on a man's hip, stand among them. Faces are turned toward a central area out of frame. No individual is clearly identified as the a person in this view.

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Crowded indoor event in a room with orange-painted walls decorated with silver tinsel, blue streamers and paper flowers. Many people in white shirts and dhotis stand close together with hands folded in namaskar, while women in saris, including one in blue and another in orange, face the camera in the foreground. Children stand among the adults. On the right wall hang a green-and-yellow poster and several printed notice sheets, and a small altar-like display is visible near the center. The scene appears to be a devotional gathering with a crowd gathered around a table.July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesA crowded indoor ceremony room with cream walls, a decorative marigold garland strung across the top, and a wall fan at left. A dense group of devotees fills the foreground and middle, many with hands folded in prayer. A priest in a yellow dhoti and shawl stands at right near a fire pit and offering tray with flowers. Women wear sarees in red, pink, purple and green, and children in white and red stand near the front. A watermarked archive photo with a copyright notice appears at bottom left.2008-10-09March 23 20082008-03-23February 27 20162016-02-27 +1 copiesA dense crowd of devotees fills a busy street or temple-side passage under bright overhead light. In the foreground a woman in a blue sari with gold bangles and a gold necklace bends forward, and a young woman in a yellow sari stands nearby. Beside them a young girl wears a pink-lilac sari, and a woman in a teal sari with a gold necklace stands at right. At far right a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with a dark rudraksha-style bead mala across his chest. Men in white shirts and a striped plaid shirt appear among the crowd, and a red-and-white banner with pictures hangs on the left. A large colourful festival panel with floral and geometric designs decorates the right edge. The scene suggests a ritual procession or darshan line, with people pressed closely together.A large crowd of devotees sits in rows of white plastic chairs inside a tented hall decorated with tall painted pillars in red, yellow, green and blue geometric patterns. Many women wear saris in white, pink, orange, yellow and green, while some children sit at the front. A banner with Tamil text hangs on the left beside a framed portrait of a woman, and bookshelves line the back wall. Lights and speakers are mounted on the white frame.2008-03-23December 27 20072007-12-27A photograph of a crowded indoor hall during a devotional gathering. Many devotees, mostly women in colourful saris (blue, green, yellow, red, pink) and men in white shirts, stand with hands folded in namaskar, facing toward the front. Yellow and red marigold garlands drape along the white walls and windows. A hanging ceiling light and a wall fan are visible, and more people crowd the doorway at the back. No clear figure of a teacher is identifiable in the visible frame, so no identification is made.2008-10-09July 29 20082008-07-29June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesMarch 23 20082008-03-23 +1 copies