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Indoor photograph of two women standing together in a hall with pale green walls and fluorescent tube lights. The woman on the left wears a cream sari with floral print, a small bindi and gold bangles, smiling as she holds out a folded striped cloth. The woman on the right wears a white sari with small red floral motifs over an orange-red blouse, a red bindi and gold bangles, and receives the cloth with both hands. Behind them a seated audience of women in pale saris fills the room. A framed picture hangs on the wall and a framed deity image with Tamil lettering is above the stage area. A loudspeaker sits on a stand to the right.

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Indoor photo in a hall with a wooden cabinet, dark red curtain and orange-yellow decorated pillars. A smiling woman in a white sari with an orange shawl adjusts the gold-bordered red silk sari draped over a younger woman with a small bindi and a gold necklace. Another seated person in white clothing is partly visible at the left edge, and a framed panel of photographs hangs on the wall behind them.2007-08-26September 15 20092009-09-15A photograph of a woman in a green sari with a long braid placing a striped white and blue shawl around the shoulders of a smiling woman with glasses and a short bun. Behind them stands a large portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a crown and a smaller portrait with garlands, next to a blue and gold banner in Tamil script, a navy curtain and a small television on a table. Two people are visible; one partly at the right edge in white. The portraits are printed images, not physical people.December 27 20062006-12-27August 28 20162016-08-28August 23 20142014-08-23April 01 20122012-04-01July 11 20142014-07-11A photograph of a crowded indoor gathering. She wears a white and gold-bordered sari with a multicoloured checked blouse and a purple lanyard around her neck, and her hands are clasped in front of her. Seated and standing devotees in white and cream clothing fill the rows behind her, and a white metal scaffolding frame runs along the upper left. A large number of people are visible, but counting precisely is not possible, so the crowd is estimated at over twenty.2009-06-21Photograph of three women seated side by side on blue plastic chairs inside a hall with bright stage lighting and a metal truss overhead. The woman in front wears a white saree with orange and gold borders, a white blouse, a gold necklace, gold bangles and a red bindi, and holds her hands in her lap. The woman beside her wears a blue-and-white patterned saree and gold bangles. The third, wearing glasses, a green blouse and a white-bordered saree, sits at the right. Behind them, a few people in white and casual clothes sit on the floor near a wall of steel vessels.2006-05-05A photograph inside a clothing showroom lined with folded saris and shirts on shelves. A smiling man in white shirt and white dhoti with a red tilak on his forehead and a wristwatch stands at right, hands pressed together, beside a glass display case holding a small deity murti with a kalasha and offerings. Beside him a woman in a pink sari and mala smiles and holds a small red box, while an older woman in a red and gold sari with a red flower garland faces her. Men in white and orange-saffron shawls and devotees stand around in the background.2007-02-22Night photograph of a devotional ceremony under green-tinted stage lighting. Two women stand face to face at a table, one in a mustard-orange blouse with a purple-and-white checked cloth over her shoulder and a green beaded necklace, the other in a dark brown-gold silk sari holding a small object. Between them sit a tray with a lit lamp, flowers and papers. Behind them a crowd of men and women watches, some in orange and saffron garments, and a row of illuminated lamps and decorative green foliage stands at the top right. A camera operator's hand is visible at the lower left.2011-05-02