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Night photograph of a crowded outdoor event ground lit by tall floodlights. Devotees queue between rows of wooden stakes and bamboo barriers toward a stage at the back. A large screen on the stage shows a figure in orange robes seated before a golden altar, and the stage is framed with orange drapery and string lights. Many people in everyday clothes stand in the foreground, including a man with a white moustache in a white shirt and an orange shawl, and a woman in an orange sari. Festoon lights and tents line the background.

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January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08A photograph taken at night of a large crowd queuing between bamboo barrier poles on an open ground, lit by tall white floodlights. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis, and women in sarees, stand close together. On the left, a striped multicoloured cloth canopy and a brown tarpaulin screen stand beside a banner with printed Tamil text. On the right, a brightly decorated stage with orange and red backdrops is lit in the distance, with strings of lights and palm trees around it. The scene suggests a darshan line at an event. No individual figure can be identified as a person from this image.2012-01-08Night photograph of a long queue of devotees standing behind a rough wooden pole and rope barrier, waiting at an outdoor event. Foreground figures include a woman in an orange and yellow sari on the left, a woman in a yellow sari, and a man in white shirt and dhoti raising one hand. Bright floodlights illuminate a wide white banner and tent structures in the background, with string lights and strands of small lamps at right. The crowd appears to be a darshan or satsang line at an ashram grounds setting.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08Night photo of a crowd queuing behind bamboo barrier rails at an outdoor event ground lit by bright floodlights. Many people in white shirts and dhotis or trousers, and women in colourful saris in pink, yellow, orange and green, stand and walk along the rails. Strings of multicoloured triangular bunting hang over a canopy and a maroon wall. Trees and palms stand in the dark background.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08Night photograph of a large crowd moving through an outdoor festival ground lit by tall white floodlights. Most people wear white or light shirts, dhotis and sarees, with some in blue, pink and green. Along the left, a long string of multicoloured pennant bunting hangs over a tent with a pale pink canvas wall, and a large orange banner with printed text stands in the centre. Palm trees and dark sky frame the scene, with colourful decorated arches and lights in the far background. No individual figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance; the crowd is shown in general.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08