Photograph of women carrying large bundles of cut firewood on their heads along a dusty dirt road lined with dry scrub and palm trees. The foreground woman wears a pink sari and raises both hands to steady the load, while two other women and a girl in lighter clothing follow behind. A silver SUV with a rear-mounted spare tyre waits on the road to the right. No a person candidate is visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Photograph of women carrying large bundles of cut firewood on their heads along a dusty dirt road lined with dry scrub and palm trees. The foreground woman wears a pink sari and raises both hands to steady the load, while two other women and a girl in lighter clothing follow behind. A silver SUV with a rear-mounted spare tyre waits on the road to the right. No a person candidate is visible.

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A photograph of three women walking along a dirt road, carrying a large bundle of cut firewood tied with rope on their heads. The woman in front wears a pink sari and a pale blue top, holding the load with raised arms. Behind her, a woman in a pink wrap and a girl in a dark dress follow. A silver Ford SUV is parked on the road to the right, and green scrub, palm trees and a bank of dry grass line the track. No swami or ritual activity is visible.

July 29 2008

Roadside scene on a dirt-edged rural road with a hillside and palm tree behind. A woman in a pink blouse and orange-red sari carries a large bundle of firewood on her head, while another bundle of sticks, tied with rope, is balanced on the shoulder of a man at left. A grey SUV drives past on the tarmac at right, and a few more people walk further down the road. Green shrubs and trees line the path. A faint circular reflection of a portrait appears in the lower left foreground, but no identifiable person is clearly shown there.

July 29 2008

July 29 2008

A photograph taken through a car windscreen on a rural road showing women carrying large bundles of firewood on their heads. The front two women wear pink blouses and dhotis or saris, one in a red-orange sari and one in a pink top with dark skirt, their arms raised to steady the long wooden bundles. Behind them women in blue and pink clothing walk along the road edge. A silver SUV is parked on the right side of the road, with a barren rocky hill and green shrubs behind. No a person candidate is visible; the car's windscreen shows a small round sticker in the corner.

A silver SUV with a spare tyre mounted on its rear door and Karnataka registration KA 04 MN 4444 drives away from the camera along a narrow paved rural road. On the left, a man in a red cloth carries a large bundle of firewood on his head beside a thatched hut. Trees, a hazy hill and a yellow roadside sign with Tamil script appear in the background. No ritual or a person depiction is visible.

A woman in a blue blouse and pink sari carries a large bundle of dry branches and sticks balanced on her head, with both hands raised to steady it. She walks along a dirt path through green scrubland under a partly cloudy sky, with a small concrete structure, a rusty metal enclosure and rocky hills in the background. No ritual, a person or ashram activity is visible.

August 06 2009

A photograph taken from a white van on a dusty dirt road lined with green shrubs and trees. A young man with short dark hair in the driver's seat wears an orange-saffron shawl over a light blue shirt and looks out the open window. Along the road, several women walk in single file carrying large bundles of dried sticks or leaves on their heads; one wears a purple and pink sari. A silver car is parked further down the road and a hill rises in the background.

Photograph taken from inside a vehicle on a tree-lined street, seen through the windshield. Several people walk along the left roadside in white dhotis and white saris; one older man in a white shirt and dhoti walks near the front. A silver SUV with a spare tyre mounted on its rear drives ahead on the road. On the right, a large colourful painted mural or banner of a standing figure in red, green and yellow hangs beside the road, with a yellow sign at the edge. Dense green trees shade the roadway. The people are not clearly identifiable as the a person candidate.

A silver SUV with a spare tyre mounted on its rear door drives away from the camera along a narrow, dusty dirt track flanked by dense green shrubs and tall trees. The vehicle's registration plate reads KA 04 MN 4444. No people are visible in the scene. Sunlight is diffuse and the sky is pale at the top of the frame.