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Night outdoor gathering in a dark village setting. Seated devotees in white clothes and colourful saris sit on a yellow mat and on folding chairs in front of a brightly lit, ornately decorated deity murti on a float, glowing with orange and red light. A standing man in a white shirt faces the crowd near the mat. A parked vehicle with a projected image of a deity and a string of fairy lights frame the scene, with more people in white seated along the right. Two rows of spectators sit in the foreground.

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Night outdoor gathering on a road beside a decorated ratha. Many people, mostly children and young women in white and coloured salwar or saris, sit cross-legged on a yellow cloth facing a lit, brightly decorated float with a large painted deity murti at its top. A standing figure in white stands near the float, and another white-clad person stands by a decorated white vehicle with framed pictures on its side. Strings of lights hang overhead, and a few people in white watch from benches at the right. A small corner logo appears at the upper left; the date stamp in the lower right reads 11.26.2008 23:01.2009-02-02Night photo of a crowd of mostly children and young women seated cross-legged on a yellow cloth outdoors, watching a lit ratha-style float with illuminated deity decorations at left. A white van with a lit display screen stands in the centre, and a man in white dhoti and shirt stands near it. Benches, string lights and trees frame the scene; several people in white are in the background. Some seated girls wear white dresses with braided hair, others wear colourful salwar kameez. A timestamp reads 11.26.2008 23:00.2009-02-02Night outdoor scene of a seated crowd of mostly young women and girls with braided hair, facing a lit deity murti display on a decorated float or ratha at a temple-like setting. The illuminated figures include a central deity in red and gold. To the right, a white-and-maroon clad priest stands near a vehicle with a lit display panel, while an attendant in a yellow sari stands beside him. Strings of lights hang overhead and trees frame the scene.2009-02-02Night photograph of a street procession. In the centre, a white van-like vehicle with an open side displays small lit figures inside. Crowds of mostly women, children and older people in white and light clothing line the road, many seated on the ground in front of the vehicle, some with flowers in their hair. Several men in white dhotis with orange-red shawls stand further back near the procession. Timestamp overlay reads 11 18 2008 23:31.February 02 20092009-02-02February 12 20092009-02-12Night photograph of a street gathering in front of a lit vehicle-mounted shrine on a procession. At the centre, a decorated white vehicle carries an illuminated deity murti with a golden crown and multiple arms, flanked by lamps and framed in gold ornamentation. To the left, a bus-like vehicle has an open side with shelves of books or items and a standing man in white. A dense crowd of mostly women and girls sits on the road facing the shrine, many with long braided hair, wearing teal, pink, orange and yellow saris and salwars. A man in a white shirt and an orange cap stands near the front-left. Streetlights and a signboard with partly visible Tamil text are visible behind. A man in white with an orange cloth stands by the shrine vehicle. A timestamp reads 11.18.2008. +1 copiesA dim, elevated night photograph of a large crowd of devotees gathered outdoors in front of a lit temple-style stage. Many people sit and stand on the ground in white and light-coloured clothing, some in red, pink and yellow garments, with a few women in saris. On the right, a decorated structure with a lit canopy, garlands and a framed picture stands beside a board with printed text. Warm lights glow on the stage. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2009-02-12Night photo outdoors under trees strung with yellow bulb lights. Rows of seated devotees face a lit stage or deity display in the background, with a glowing backdrop of figures and a vehicle-like structure. Men in white shirts and white dhotis sit on wooden benches in the foreground, and women in saris sit among them, one with flowers in her hair. Hanging paper decorations are visible on the left. A date stamp in the lower right reads 11.26.2008 with a copyright line.2009-02-02Night photograph of a procession on a village road, with a brightly lit, ornately decorated deity float or ratha lit by oil lamps and electric lights. Several devotees in white dhotis stand near the float, one holding a long object near the front. A large crowd of women and children in the foreground watches, including women with dark hair in braids and buns, one wearing a yellow and blue sari. A white van and a street lamp are visible at the left and centre. +1 copiesNight photograph of a crowd seated on the ground at an outdoor evening gathering under trees, with string lights strung along a white wall behind them. Many women in saris, some in red, orange and yellow, sit cross-legged on a yellow-marked path, several with hands pressed together in prayer. Behind them rows of men in white dhotis and shirts sit on white plastic chairs. On the right edge a man in white dhoti and shawl stands with palms joined in namaskar. A dated caption in the lower right reads 11.26.2008 23:14.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02