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A night photograph of a busy temple street lined with shops and ornate gopuram-style architecture. A gold Toyota sedan with its headlights on is driving toward the viewer through a crowd. Several men in white dhotis and shawls, some with bare upper bodies and ceremonial cords, stand along the road with hands folded. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands near the car. A seated figure in a white shirt is visible through the car windows. Strings of lights and colourful hangings decorate the shop fronts. The car plate reads KA 02 MM 8181.

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Night photograph of a gold-beige Toyota sedan with headlights on and its driver's door open, stopped on a busy street lined with shop fronts and lit signage. A group of about fifteen men stands behind and beside the car, many wearing white dhotis and shawls, some with rudraksha malas around their necks. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at the left edge. On the right, a bald man in an orange-saffron robe with a red shawl stands beside the open rear door. A red sign reads Police Help Centre near the top right.2012-05-10May 10 20122012-05-10A night-time street photograph of a gold-beige Toyota sedan with headlights on, moving slowly through a crowded market lane. Devotees in white dhotis and shawls, some with rudraksha-style beads, press alongside the car. On the right, a man in an orange-saffron robe and orange shawl wears a white floral garland and multiple beaded malas; he walks beside the driver's door with a bundle of cloth in his hand. Uniformed police stand at the left edge, and shops with bright lights line the background. The number plate reads KA 02 MM 8181.2012-05-10May 10 20122012-05-10May 10 20122012-05-10June 05 20122012-06-05Night photograph of a busy street market lined with shops and hanging colourful lamps and banners. In the foreground a silver-grey Toyota sedan with headlights on drives toward the camera. Beside it walk several men: a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with rudraksha beads and bangles, a man in white with a sacred thread, and a central figure in saffron-orange robes with a garland of yellow flowers and a forehead mark, appearing to walk in a religious procession. Other men in white and dhoti-clad onlookers fill the background crowd. Shop signs in Tamil script line the street.2012-05-10A dense nighttime crowd presses around a vehicle at a procession, with many people raising hands and phones toward a central figure. A bald man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style neck garland stands near the car, and a man in white dhoti with gold border holds a flower garland. A video camera operator is visible at upper right. Mostly white-clad devotees surround the scene, with a green metal railing and small lamp lights behind. A distinctive appearance cue is present but the figure's identity remains uncertain from the image alone.2015-05-05 +1 copiesFebruary 11 20132013-02-11Night photo of a dark SUV with a red-and-white banner reading NITHYANANDAM across its windscreen, parked on a road with a bright headlight beam. A large crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis presses around it, and uniformed police officers in khaki stand near the car. Marigold petals and yellow flower offerings are scattered on the ground in front of the vehicle, and a bare-chested young man with a sacred thread in the lower right looks on. Trees and a blue logo are visible at the top edge.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01Night photograph of a crowd pressing around a black car with a white banner reading NITHYANANDAM on its windscreen. Its headlights are on and the bonnet is covered with scattered orange-yellow flower petals. Uniformed police officers in khaki and dark caps hold back the crowd. Men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls and garlands, reach toward the car. A man in a white shirt with an orange garland stands on the far side. Several devotees in white are visible near the right edge. Trees and dark background fill the upper area.2014-07-01