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A photograph of an outdoor signboard mounted on a white pillar beneath a shaded roof. The board has a dark blue background with a white border and long rows of white Bengali script describing a Shivaratri-time episode. Above the board, a black silhouette of a mythic creature is painted on the wall. Green trees, leaves and palm fronds surround the sign, and a pale sky shows through the branches. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a temple complex with two thatched, rounded roofs of straw over whitewashed walls, set behind a low pale wall and surrounded by trees. In the foreground stands a blue signboard with white Bengali script reading the temple name, a tall temple shrine is partly visible behind the trees, and the scene is empty of people.2008-06-09 +1 copiesA photograph of a thatched-roof mud-walled temple complex behind a pale pink boundary wall, shot in daylight among leafy trees. A blue roadside sign on a metal post stands in front, its white Bengali script reading a heading and a block of text. No people are visible. The thatched domed roofs are sloped and rounded over the cream-coloured walls, with small windows and a utility wire running overhead.2008-06-09A photograph of a blue signboard on a wooden post in front of thatched-roof temple structures with white-washed walls and a pink boundary wall. The sign bears Bengali text headed by the temple name. Trees and power lines frame the scene. No people are visible.2008-06-09A photograph of a blue signboard on a metal post in front of two thatched-roof mud huts with pale walls behind a low pink boundary wall. Dense green trees and a few leafy branches frame the scene. The blue sign carries a long block of Bengali-script text in white letters, and its heading reads Mrityunjay Shiva Mandir. No people are visible.2008-06-09A photograph of a yellow metal signboard with a dark red border, mounted on a concrete post beside green leafy foliage. The sign carries blue and orange-red Bengali script announcing a sanitation and health project run by a Ramakrishna Mission rural area, with a district council and panchayat samiti named below. Behind it stand a plain grey concrete building and a tree, and a telecom tower rises on the right. No people are visible.2008-06-09A photograph of the gated entrance to a pink-washed compound. A pink arched gateway with a small domed pavilion on top carries the blue-and-white sign reading "শ্রীরামকৃষ্ণ মঠ" (Sri Ramakrishna Math). Grey metal gates stand open onto a paved path. Beside the gate, a tall blue signboard lists contact numbers and notices in Bengali script, and a second blue sign with Bengali text stands on a post at the right. Behind the wall, a thatched-roof hut with a grey plastered wall sits under a large leafy tree. No people are visible.2008-06-09A photograph of a small open-sided shrine pavilion with a cream stepped parapet and red-trimmed roof, set among green bamboo and palm trees. Above the entrance a sign in Bengali script reads Sri Ramakrishna Smriti Mandir. Devotees crowd the entrance: a woman in a yellow sari, a woman in a white head covering, a man in a pink checked shirt, and several people in orange and saffron clothing. One person holds an orange umbrella over the group. A blue informational board stands at left, and a small corrugated-roof stall sits at right. Two people in white are visible in the foreground.2008-06-09A photograph of a small open-sided white shrine with a cream curved roof and red trim, set among palm and bamboo trees. A clear sign on the front pillar reads a Bengali inscription. Several people in white and pastel clothes stand at the steps, some removing footwear, while a woman in a blue-and-white sari walks along the path in the foreground. One person in pink and another in yellow stand under the roof, and a person holds an orange umbrella. A cow rests on the right beside the shrine.2008-06-09A photograph of a whitewashed wall holding a white marble-style plaque with Bengali inscription and a framed painted print of a deity murti. The print shows a figure with a trident, a crescent-adorned crown, a draped shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace, standing before a small shivling. The plaque records that a temple was built in memory of named donors. No people are visible.2008-06-09A photograph of the entrance gate of the Sri Ramakrishna Math, a pale pink concrete gateway with a domed open pavilion roof. The gate's arch bears the name in Bengali script, and a round emblem sits above it. Beyond the wrought-iron gate, a path leads through green foliage under a large, old spreading tree. To the right stands a thatched hut beside a low pink wall. A blue signboard beside the gate lists visiting hours and notices asking visitors to maintain silence and avoid mobile phones and taking photographs. No people are visible in the scene.2008-06-09A pink-washed gateway with a small open domed pavilion sits at the left of a whitewashed compound wall. Behind it, two round mud huts with thatched conical roofs stand under large leafy trees. A tall iron gate with ornate scrollwork is set into the gateway, and a blue information board with white and orange printed text stands by the wall. A small painted sign with Devanagari lettering hangs on the gate. No people are visible.2008-06-09Photograph of the pink gateway of the Ramakrishna Math, a structure with a domed open pavilion on top, Bengali script lettering reading the institution name, and a small round emblem. Behind it stand large leafy trees and a thatched roof is visible to the right. A wrought-iron gate sits at the entrance, with a blue visiting-hours signboard and a small notice board beside the path. No people are visible. Surveillance cameras are mounted on the gate pillars.2008-06-09