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Outdoor photo of a dry, dusty ground beside a wooded hill with a small flag. In the foreground a tall red-and-black carved stone-style lingam pedestal stands with a white three-lined emblem on top. A banner reads in Tamil beneath it. Several people in white dhotis and saffron/orange robes stand in a loose group, one holding an orange umbrella. A white van is parked at right and a small orange-canopied structure at left. The scene suggests a temple-complex site under construction.

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Outdoor photograph on a bare dirt ground before a wooded hill. A large red and black decorated lingam-style shrine with a white trident-like emblem stands at left, with a sign in Tamil below it. Several people stand to the right: men in white dhotis and shirts and figures in orange robes, one holding a bright orange umbrella. A small thatched-roof shrine and a flag appear behind a fence in the middle distance, under a pale blue sky with scattered clouds.2008-10-19October 19 20082008-10-19Outdoor photo of a large temporary red and maroon shivalinga-style structure with a white tripunda-like emblem on its top panel, set on a dusty open ground with a scaffolded frame behind it. A low wooded hill rises in the background beside small thatched and green-roofed huts and a fenced area. On the right, a group of about five men in white dhotis and orange robes walk together, one holding an orange umbrella, beside a white bus. A banner in Tamil reads a line about the lingam that cures illness. Under a bright sky with scattered clouds.2008-10-19A photograph of an outdoor temple site on bare ground under a bright sky, with a large red and black ornamental shivalingam-style structure at left bearing a white trident emblem. A Tamil banner beneath it reads the lingam-related message. Behind lie a green rocky hill, small thatched shrine huts and fencing. At right, a group of about five people in white and saffron/orange robes stand near an orange umbrella. A small deity shrine with orange offering stand sits at left.2008-10-19October 19 20082008-10-19August 03 20082008-08-03August 03 20082008-08-03Outdoor photo on a dirt ground in front of a forested hill. A tall maroon-and-cream ceremonial structure with a white emblem stands in the centre, with a flagpole and a row of potted plants at its base. A man in a saffron-orange robe walks across the ground toward the camera, another orange-clad figure stands beside him, and a group of women in white and yellow saris stands at right near a silver SUV. A white coach bus is parked at left beside a few men in white. a person is not clearly identifiable here; the figure in orange is a sannyasi-style devotee.2009-08-08August 03 20082008-08-03Outdoor photograph of a dusty open ground at a hillside ashram in Tiruvannamalai. A tall red stepped shrine-like monument with a white emblem stands in the centre, bearing a white Shiva-trident style logo and a white banner below with Tamil text. Thatched-roof huts with signs flank the left and right. A grey-white minibus marked with a white destination board and a red stripe is parked to the right. A lone man in a white dhoti and cream shirt walks across the ground on the right, and a few distant figures stand near the huts. A green forested hill rises behind the compound under an overcast sky.2008-08-03August 08 20092009-08-08Outdoor photo on a dusty open ground with hills behind. A large decorative red and white shrine-style signboard with a Shiva-linga-like emblem stands at left, with a potted plant row and a banner. A man in a white dhoti and shirt holds a light orange umbrella over a figure in white robes with a saffron stole. Nearby, a man in saffron-orange robes stands among a group of men in white; one man in white points and gestures along a long white rope stretched across the ground. A white van and a camera-equipped vehicle are parked in the background. A woman in white with an orange stole holds a camera at right. Eight to ten people are visible.2009-08-08