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Night photograph of the facade of Agrasen Bhavan, a multi-storey peach-coloured building with white cornices, arched and square windows and a balcony, lit by overhead lamps. A painted sign above the gate reads Agrasen Bhavan with Hindi and Tamil lettering. Several people walk out of the gateway in front of a dark grey SUV. Two men in white dhotis and white shirts wear yellow and orange shawls, a woman in an orange sari with a cream sari wraps her arm across her face, and an older man in an orange shawl stands behind them. A woman in white stands at right beside the vehicle. Ornate gates, a red railing and a yellow billboard with Tamil text stand at the sides.

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Night photograph of a multi-storey, cream-and-orange building with a white-trimmed facade named Agrasen Bhavan, Rameswaram, with Agrawal Sabha, Madurai beneath. Several people in white clothes and some in pale or light clothing stand and walk near the gate, with a silver minivan at right and a woman carrying red shopping bags in the foreground. A deity or painted image is visible inside the gate framed by orange and red garlands. Street lights and overhead wires are visible above.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02Exterior photograph of the entrance of Agrasen Bhavan, Rameswaram (Agrawal Sabha, Madurai), a cream-coloured building with red-framed grille gates open at the centre. Above the doorway hangs a framed portrait of a deity or saint with a golden halo, flanked by a garland of orange and yellow marigolds with pink flowers strung across the arch. A turquoise cloth hangs from the upper balcony on the left. Four men stand on the steps: one in a white dhoti and shirt on the left, an older man in white dhoti in the centre, a man in light shirt and dark trousers at the right edge, and a balding man in a light blue shirt in the foreground. Tamil signage is visible above the entrance.2009-07-13July 02 20142014-07-02January 12 20072007-01-12Night photo of a procession at an ashram courtyard with a building and parked bus behind. Two shaved-headed young sannyasis in saffron-orange dhotis with red bands and rudraksha malas walk at left and right edges. A central figure wears a rust-brown dhoti and shawl, a long multi-coloured flower garland, gold necklaces and a forehead tilak, and walks barefoot. A younger attendant in white dhoti with a gold border and a white-clad shaved-headed sannyasi stand nearby, with a woman in a white sari and several men in white shirts around them. a person cues are the central figure's garland, gold necklace and ornate ceremonial attire.2014-06-21A night-time photograph of a three-storey red-and-cream ashram building with iron grilles, lit by a ceiling lamp at the entrance. A group of devotees walks down the front steps and along the pavement: a woman in a rust-brown sari with a long necklace in the foreground, women in orange, grey and cream saris, a boy in a blue-and-white shirt, a child in a checked shirt, a man in a light-blue shirt, and a woman in a dark top beside a parked bicycle. A red car is parked at left and a small tree stands in front of the building. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2017-03-11Dusk scene at an open-sided hall with a corrugated metal roof and steel trusses. In the foreground, a barefoot man in a long orange saffron wrap, dark tousled hair and a reddish undershirt walks across dirt ground toward the viewer. Behind him, a group of people in white dhotis and white kurtas stand and walk on steps, some with hands folded in namaskar. A silver SUV is parked at left and a person in white stands by it. Two large orange-turbaned portraits hang on the outer walls, and a small circular portrait is mounted above the hall entrance.2007-02-25Night-time photograph of a ceremonial arrival at a green gate decorated with white jasmine garlands, gold tassels and red cloth. A central figure in saffron-orange robes with a white flower garland, gold necklace and dark hair with a swept-back style smiles and walks forward with hands joined. Around him, men in white dhotis with saffron shawls stand near the gate, and a woman in an orange-and-gold sari holds a flower garland and a plate. Rangoli designs decorate the ground in front of a two-storey white building.2007-01-01February 25 20072007-02-25