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A photograph of a dusty open parking ground beside a college building, with rows of parked white and cream vans and minibuses, several bearing the word PARVAI on their front panels. A grey hazy hill rises in the distance under a cloudy sky. In the foreground a man in a checked shirt and dark trousers stands near a silver Ford hatchback with its rear door open, while another man in a white shirt leans into the car. No deity, ritual or a person figure is visible.

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A dusty open ground at an ashram site with a row of parked buses and minibuses, mostly white with blue stripes and some with red lettering, under a pale sky with scattered clouds and a tall eucalyptus tree at left. Several men in white shirts and dark trousers stand and walk among the vehicles, and a few more figures are visible near the right edge. Patchy grass and bare earth cover the foreground.2007-08-31October 08 20062006-10-08A photograph of a dirt-and-gravel parking area at an open rural site. Parked cars fill the foreground: a gold hatchback, a grey-purple minivan with roof rack, and a silver sedan with registration KA 04 MG 1233. Beyond them a long row of vehicles extends across green grass toward a single-storey building with a red tiled roof and a white van. Low hills and trees stand under a cloudy sky. Two or three people are visible: a small child in a dark top and an adult in light clothing standing near the cars on the right, plus a couple of distant figures near the building.2005-07-21Outdoor photograph of a dirt parking area under a heavy grey overcast sky. Seven or eight parked cars and vans stand in a row: a white hatchback, a red hatchback, a dark hatchback, a white Ambassador-style sedan, several white and grey vans and minivans, and a white SUV at the right. Behind them are scattered trees, a low grey boundary wall, a thatched shed, and a small beige house. Small debris lies on the ground.2006-10-07Outdoor photograph of a dirt-and-grass parking area crowded with parked vehicles under a cloudy sky. In the foreground are white minivans and silver cars, one with a roof rack and a windshield sticker reading S.P. Saravanan. Behind them a blue bus with the word DOLPHIN on its side is parked beside a small red-roofed building, with more cars and trees stretching into the background and a rocky hill on the horizon. No people are visible in the scene.2005-07-21A wide outdoor photograph of an open dirt-and-grass lot under a heavily clouded sky. Several parked cars fill the foreground, including a yellow hatchback at lower left and a silver sedan at centre. Beyond them, a single-storey building with a red-tiled roof and a white minibus stand among trees, with a pale rocky hill on the far left. Two people walk along a reddish dirt path at the lower right, one wearing a dark top and carrying a bag. No ritual, discourse or stage is visible.2005-07-21August 31 20072007-08-31A photo of a dirt parking area with several parked vehicles on a cloudy day. A white SUV stands at left and a white minivan with its side door open is in the centre, with people in yellow and pink saris and salwar clothing near it. Additional white vans and red hatchbacks are parked to the right beside leafy trees. A man in white clothing stands at the far left edge. Overcast grey sky and sparse green grass frame the scene.2006-10-07A dirt parking area at an ashram-style site under a heavy grey sky. A row of white SUVs and a white van are parked in a line, with a motorcycle among them. Two people stand beside the front white SUV: a woman in a white sari with a blue border and a boy in a white shirt. Other people are visible near the vans. Trees and a distant multi-storey building fill the background.2006-10-07A wide dirt and grass field with scattered patches of red earth, bordered by tall eucalyptus and palm trees under a cloudy sky. Several parked cars and vans stand in the open ground, including a dark minivan, a red hatchback and a silver van. A white, two-storey concrete building with a small covered porch sits at the left edge. On the right, a white tour bus with a colourful stripe is parked. Near the vehicles, a few people in white and orange-coloured clothes stand in a small group, and one lone figure in white stands near the bus. Low shrubs and dry grass fill the foreground.2006-10-29A dusty open ground at an ashram site with several white and blue buses and minibuses parked in a row under a pale cloudy sky. Several men in white shirts and grey trousers stand or walk across the dirt, some in small groups near the vehicles. A tall eucalyptus-like tree stands to the left, with more trees and low buildings in the background. The vehicles bear small lettering on their sides.2007-08-31An elevated outdoor view of a dirt-and-gravel parking area under heavy grey monsoon clouds with a bright break in the sky. Rows of white vans, minibuses, cars and a few buses are parked across reddish-brown earth, with green trees on the left and distant hills on the horizon. In the foreground a long white-walled shed with a corrugated roof sits beside a red-trimmed building, and a few small figures in light clothing are visible near its edge. A black speaker stack is mounted on scaffolding at the right of the shed. The scene reads as a large event site viewed from above.2007-07-29