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Black-and-white photograph of a rocky hill rising behind a row of four tall coconut palms on a dry, open field. A small white single-storey building with a flat roof stands at the left edge beside a grazing animal, and a fenced roadside with a few distant trees lies to the right. No people are visible in the scene.

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Black-and-white landscape photograph of a rocky hill rising behind a row of tall palm trees in a flat, cultivated field. A low cluster of buildings, including a partly built concrete structure, sits at the right edge beside the trees. The sky is overcast with soft clouds. No people are visible. The hill is identified by the page as Arunachala at Tiruvannamalai, the birthplace setting of the Arunachala narrative, though the photo shows only the landscape.1978 - Tiruvannamalai1978 - TiruvannamalaiA black-and-white landscape photograph of the Arunachala hill near Tiruvannamalai. A rocky, rugged hill rises at the centre-right under an overcast sky, with a row of tall coconut palms in front of its lower slopes. In the foreground a field of low leafy crops. A small whitewashed building sits at the right edge beside the trees. No people are visible.1978 - TiruvannamalaiBlack-and-white landscape photograph of Arunachala hill near Tiruvannamalai, a mountain rising behind a flat field of young saplings and scrub. Clouds and haze drift over the summit, with a tall peak on the left and a long ridge running right. In the foreground, rows of thin young trees and flowering shrubs stand in grass, with a line of palm trees and dense treelines along the base of the slope. No people are visible.Black-and-white photograph of tall palmyra palms silhouetted against a hazy, overcast sky at dusk. Behind them rises a rocky hill, Arunachala, partly wrapped in cloud and mist, with its rounded peak visible on the right. Dense shrubs and grasses fill the foreground. No people are visible.A black-and-white landscape photograph of tall palmyra palms in silhouette against a cloud-filled sky, with a rocky hill rising at right, the mountain Arunachala near Tiruvannamalai. No people are visible; the foreground is dark shrubbery and grass.1978 - Tiruvannamalai1978 - TiruvannamalaiBlack-and-white photograph of tall silhouetted palm trees with fan-shaped crowns against a cloudy, overcast sky, with a rocky hill rising behind them on the right. Low scrub bushes fill the lower foreground. No people are visible, and no ritual or person appears in the scene.1978 - Tiruvannamalai