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Night crowd scene at a roadside with many devotees pressing around a dark car. A person in a long-sleeved white kurta with a colourful rosette pin stands at the open car door, while a figure in saffron/orange robes with long curly hair stands beside the car. Red and orange flags are raised at the back of the crowd, and several men in white shirts and dhotis are visible, some with garlands or ribbons. Some people reach toward the car, and a man in a pale pink shirt stands in the foreground.

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Night photograph of a dense crowd pressing around a dark car at a temple-visit event. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a moustache, stands with palms pressed together in namaste near the car door. Beside him a figure in a flowing orange-saffron robe with long dark hair faces the car. Many devotees in white clothes, some with raised hands, crowd the street, and several red and orange flags wave above them. A person in orange sits inside the car window at lower right.2009-01-15Night street scene at a crowded procession with many men in white shirts and white dhotis pressing around a dark grey car. Several hands reach through the car's open window and rest on its roof, while others wave white and saffron flags. Strings of orange pennant bunting and hanging garlands stretch across the street above the crowd, and a pink floral decoration appears among the marchers. Yellow and white flower garlands lie on the car's dashboard. Some people wear gold bangles. The procession appears to be moving through a town street lit by streetlamps.2009-08-03Outdoor photograph of a crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts pressing around a silver car with its door open. In the foreground a figure in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, with long dark hair, bends forward at the car door while a man in a white shirt holds a white jasmine garland toward them. Many onlookers, some with raised hands, fill the street; a white gate and a building with a blue-and-white sign appear behind. a person in saffron turban and robe receiving a garland at a car door, with devotees in white around him.2008-07-29 +1 copiesNight photograph of a crowd gathered on a dark street, with a parked car and headlights in the background. At centre, a figure in an orange saffron robe with a long white flower garland hangs their head and has hands pressed together. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing an orange shawl, and a man in a red garment stand close, some with vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. A tall wooden staff rises at left-centre. Several women in saffron and white saris stand in the background, and a man at lower right wears a gold necklace and a white tilak mark.2009-01-11August 08 20092009-08-08August 08 20092009-08-08January 11 20092009-01-11Night photograph of a crowd gathered around a central man in an orange saffron robe, holding a flower bundle of white jasmine and pink blooms. Behind him, a red and yellow fringed canopy on a tall pole is held aloft by a man in an orange-saffron robe on the left. A man in a white shirt with a moustache and a red-shirted man reach toward the central figure, while many devotees in white and colourful shirts press forward under dim lights.2009-01-11Night street scene of a crowd gathered around a central figure in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair, smiling and receiving an offering. A bare-chested priest in a rudraksha mala and orange cloth holds a bundle of white flowers and purple blooms wrapped in cloth. Around them, devotees in white shirts, orange and red garments press close, some with gray hair, others with beards. Vehicle headlights and tall street lamps light the scene, and a decorative tasselled banner hangs at the upper right. The central figure's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so the figure is described by role only.2009-01-11July 29 20082008-07-29 +1 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27Night procession on a street lined by a dense crowd of men and women. Front and centre, a man with swept-back long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears a saffron-orange robe and smiles with hands joined. Beside him, a younger man in an orange cloth walks with a bare-chested devotee in a red shirt holding a tray of white flowers and purple blooms. Above them a red, yellow and orange fringed canopy on a tall pole is held aloft. Behind, many onlookers in white shirts, saris and dhotis watch; a white van is parked at right.2009-01-11