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A group of women crowd together for a selfie in front of a large ornate deity murti with a golden crown and a jeweled circular prabhavali behind it. A woman in an orange sari and rudraksha mala holds a phone up for the group photo, while a woman in a blue and purple sari with gold jewelry smiles beside a woman in a green and pink sari. Nearby a bronze Nataraja statue stands at the right edge. The setting is a covered temple hall with a corrugated roof and a yellow-walled backdrop.

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A group of women takes a selfie in front of a golden deity murti of Shiva and Parvati under an ornate, multi-tiered decorated arch of silver, red, green and white patterns. A woman in a turquoise-and-purple sari and red beaded mala stands centre-left, smiling. Beside her, a woman in a blue patterned top raises a phone for the selfie, while a woman in an orange sari and rudraksha mala with dreadlocks and another in an orange sari lean in. A bare-chested man with a shaved head stands at the far left edge, partially visible. A woman in a white sari with red mala is on the left. A bronze Nataraja-style arch and a framed gold-and-blue panel are at the edges. No one wearing distinctive a person cues is visible.2016-12-12A group of about eleven devotees crowds together for a selfie in front of a large deity murti with a golden crown, decorated with ornate silver-and-coloured embellished arch behind it. A woman in the left foreground wears a cream sari with a red-beaded mala, a woman in purple and green sari smiles centrally, and a woman in blue top holds up a phone to take the selfie. Several women wear orange or saffron garments and rudraksha malas, and a man on the far right in grey-green kurta with an orange shawl and mala looks toward the camera. Behind them are gold-framed images and a metal lamp stand, under a corrugated roof.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 20 20162016-12-20December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12April 24 20162016-04-24A photograph inside a decorated temple tent at a ritual site. A man in a saffron-orange turban and saffron robe, with a rudraksha mala and gold armband, smiles while seated before a gold-framed throne and a golden temple shrine hung with colourful tassels. a person is the central figure, performing a ritual at a wooden-lidded box or offering tray. Around him stand priests in white dhotis with garlands and a woman in a green sari, while devotees in saffron and a man holding a phone crowd in from the left.2016-04-24A blurred photograph of a large seated group of devotees inside a temple hall, with carved stone pillars and painted deity figures behind them. Many women wear saris in teal, blue, white, orange and magenta with yellow garlands, and several have white tilak marks on their foreheads. A man in saffron robes with a red-and-gold shawl and a beaded necklace sits at the left, a bald man in white robes with a long beard sits at the left edge, and a standing woman in an orange sari with grey hair stands at right. Standing figures and an onlooker in white shirt appear in the background among the pillars.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A crowded photograph inside a richly decorated temple shrine with silver and blue-lit pillars, carved stone figures, and tall striped festoons of coloured tassels. In the centre, a bare-headed man with a shaved head, orange robe and red-orange shawl stands at the back, one shoulder turned away, facing a golden-framed deity murti under an ornate arch. Around him, devotees press close: a man in a white kurta, a woman in a green blouse and yellow saree, another in a purple t-shirt, and women in white and red. A hand is raised to a mobile phone and a microphone is held forward. The orange-robed figure has a rudraksha-like beaded necklace and is not clearly identifiable from appearance.2016-04-24