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Night-time outdoor scene on a sandy ground under a canopy strung with small white and coloured bunting flags and electric lights. A line of about ten men, boys and women stands waiting in a queue, arms folded or hands clasped. Men wear checked lungis and shirts, a young boy wears a striped shirt, and a woman in a purple and yellow sari stands at the right edge. A white cloth is draped over one man's shoulder. Palm trees appear in the background.

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January 12 20072007-01-12August 05 20092009-08-05Night outdoor scene at a sandy open area strung with blue-and-white pennant bunting and small lights. A line of about ten villagers stands in a row facing the viewer. Several hold small metal vessels with white flowers; the woman second from left in a cream sari holds a framed photograph of a figure in orange. Women wear saris in pink, red, purple and cream; men wear white shirts, checked lungis and dhotis. Children stand at the right end of the line. Trees and a dark background frame the scene.2007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12A night-time outdoor photograph of a line of about fifteen villagers standing on sand beneath palm trees, strung with rows of small white and blue pennant flags. Most men wear white dhotis or checked lungis with shirts, while women wear saris, one in red blouse and grey sari, another in orange. Several stand with arms folded. A young girl in white sits in a plastic chair at the front, holding a white rolled paper tube, and a young man in a checked shirt holds a white rolled tube too. The scene appears to be a queue at an evening gathering, with lights glowing faintly in the background.2007-01-12Night photograph of a large crowd standing in long lines on a bare dirt ground, mostly men in white shirts and white dhotis or lungis, with some women in saris at the left. Blue plastic chairs are stacked at the far left edge. On the right, a tall bamboo-framed structure is wrapped in blue and white fairy lights. Street lamps and illuminated stalls glow in the background, and scattered litter lies on the ground. No stage or deity is visible, and the crowd appears to be waiting or watching an event beyond the frame.2010-01-21March 19 20112011-03-19Night photograph of a long queue of devotees standing on sand under string lights and a row of small triangular pennant flags. Women in colourful saris and salwar kameez hold brass vessels with flowers and leaves, one in a white sari with red border and another in a lavender sari with purple border. Children stand among them, and men in shirts stand at the edge. A banner with Tamil script hangs at the upper left, and tall palm trees surround the scene.2007-01-12November 09 20112011-11-09Night photograph of a crowd queuing behind a rough wooden pole barrier along a dirt path, lit by a single distant floodlight. In the foreground a man in a light grey polo shirt walks past, with a red thread on his wrist. Behind the barrier a man in white shirt and white dhoti holds a pole, wearing a multicoloured shawl over his shoulder. Women in saris, including one in a pink patterned sari, and men in white shirts stand in line holding the rails. Cloth stalls with striped canopies are visible at left. No identifiable person is shown as a person.2012-01-08Night photograph of a bare dirt ground with scattered stones, litter and dry grass in the foreground. Along the right edge, a long line of men stands facing the open ground, mostly in white and cream shirts and dhotis or lungis, with one in a striped shirt and another in a cream kurta. Some stand with arms folded or hands clasped. At the left, a row of people in white clothes stands behind blue plastic chairs, and a lit string-lit tower with coloured lights appears in the background near a bus. The crowd appears to be waiting or watching an event that is not visible in the frame.2010-01-21August 05 20092009-08-05