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Outdoor photo of a dry, dirt-and-grass open ground in a town setting with concrete buildings and green trees behind. A large crowd of devotees walks and stands across the lot; many men wear white shirts and dhotis, while women wear colourful saris in orange, yellow, pink, white and blue. Some women carry handbags and umbrellas, and a few people hold small wooden placards on sticks. A white SUV and a silver car are parked at right, and a utility pole and rubble stones are visible in the foreground.

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August 13 20092009-08-13A large open dusty ground filled with crowds of devotees in white clothes, most men in white shirts and white dhotis and women in white or cream saris and salwar kameez. Striped red and white tented pavilions and canopies line the background, with a white building at right and trees beyond. Several women stand in the foreground, one in a white sari with a red-bordered blouse at right, another in a green-patterned sari at left. Children are scattered among the crowd, and a few people carry bags. The scene appears to be a large gathering or outdoor event at a ground near tents.2007-07-29A large open outdoor gathering on a dry dirt ground with patches of grass, with a dense crowd of devotees in mostly white clothing. Many men wear white shirts and trousers, women wear white or light saris and salwar kameez, and some wear green, pink and lavender garments. Scattered groups stand, walk and sit, some seated on the grass at left. Behind them rows of tents and canopies with red, orange and blue striped awnings line the field, and a tall tree stands at left under a pale sky. Several banners are visible on the tent frames. The crowd spreads across the whole frame, indicating a large festival assembly.2007-07-29A daytime outdoor photograph of a dirt-and-gravel construction site with excavated trenches in the foreground and a line of green trees and a metal fence behind. A large group of devotees, mostly women in white, cream and saffron sarees, walks across the open ground in a loose procession. Several men in white shirts and dhotis walk among them. A woman in a yellow-orange saree sits at the bottom edge, and two lights stand on a pole at the left. A faint logo appears in the upper-left corner.2006-12-17A large outdoor gathering on a dry, grassy open ground at a rural ashram site. Many devotees, mostly men and women dressed in white kurtas, dhotis and white saris, stand and sit in crowds. Some women wear green, pink and grey saris, and a child in pink stands among them. Several people sit on the ground at left. Behind the crowd are long tented pavilions with red-and-white and blue striped awnings and banners, and tall trees and a cloudy sky fill the background. No individual can be clearly identified as the a person from this distance.2007-07-29Outdoor photo on a dry dirt ground with scattered trees and a small building edge at right. A group of about 15 people stands in an open area. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas, face a central woman in an orange sari with bare arms who stands near an orange-robed sannyasi. A woman in a white sari with a red-bordered blouse stands in the foreground. A man in an orange robe holds a large orange umbrella over the group. A man in a white shirt holds a bicycle at left. Parked silver SUVs sit in the background beside a green row of palms and trees.2008-07-30Outdoor photo at an open dirt ground at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru, with a smoking heap of ash and debris on the left and a pile of earth beside it. Around fifty people in white clothes, many wearing orange shawls or sashes, walk and stand in loose lines toward a single-storey building with a green corrugated roof and a tree behind it. One figure in white with an orange shawl walks in the foreground, and a person in white stands on the mound at the far left. The scene resembles a ritual procession or homa-related gathering, though no clearly identifiable deity form or ceremonial object is visible. No candidate is clearly identifiable as a person by appearance.2008-10-27A dusty open ground at an ashram with many people in white clothing walking in different directions. A green curved metal-roofed building with small ornamental finials and a red-and-orange flag on a pole stands at left. Palm trees and a concrete block wall line the background under a partly cloudy sky. In the foreground a young man in a white polo shirt and beige trousers stands at left, and a boy in a yellow t-shirt walks near the centre beside a woman in a white salwar outfit. A woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari walks at right. Many others in white and pale garments are visible in the distance.2007-07-29A wide outdoor photograph of a dusty open ground at a large gathering, with rows of parked cars, vans, buses and motorcycles filling the middle and right of the frame. Palm and tree lines sit beyond, under an overcast sky. In the foreground, a few people in white clothing walk and stand among gravel heaps and construction materials, with a small white building at the left edge. A black speaker stands on a pole near the center. Several figures in white garments and some in colourful saris are scattered across the ground, with a few people near a stone pile and a blue pipe.2007-07-29December 30 20062006-12-30Outdoor photograph of a crowd of devotees on a dry, rocky, unpaved site with scattered stones, a bare tree and utility poles under a partly cloudy sky. Many people wear white ritual clothing, including white kurtas and dhotis, while several women wear saris and salwar kameez in red, yellow, pink and blue. A woman in a red and white sari and another in a red-patterned top walk near the front, and a man in white kneels at the lower right among stones. The people appear to be moving and working across the site, with no clearly identifiable figure at the centre of the group.2008-06-20Outdoor ceremony at a dirt clearing beside a rocky mound and a rust-brown shipping container, with a crowd of roughly thirty to forty people standing and facing a small wooden stand. Many wear saffron and orange robes, while several men in white dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies stand at left with hands folded in namaskar. Women wear pink, purple, maroon and green saris. Patterned cloth lies on the ground in front, and white powder designs or rangoli-like marks are scattered on the earth. Palm trees and brick walls frame the scene in bright daylight.2016-12-30