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Outdoor photograph of a flood-damaged village house in Sindhanur, Karnataka. A crumbling whitewashed mud-brick wall with cracks and a wooden ladder leans against the left side. A woman in a green headscarf and pink top sits on the low stone platform by a wooden door. A man in a red cap and light shirt sits on the platform beside a boy in a green shirt. Two men stand to the right: one in a long white kurta with a dark bead necklace and one in a white shirt and grey trousers with a similar necklace. A tall man in a white turban-like cloth stands near the center. Bundled straw and a basket sit against a stone wall under a tree.

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October 11 20092009-10-11September 2006 - Sindhanur flood reliefSeptember 2006 - Sindhanur flood reliefA rural village lane with dirt path, thatched-roof hut, brick house and green trees. In the foreground an older man with grey hair and moustache, wearing white dhoti and white kurta with a dark rudraksha-style mala, walks forward. Behind him two men in shirts walk along the path, and on the left a woman in a teal sari and a small child stand near a stone wall. A white and red striped conical shrine or pillar stands at right beside foliage.2007-03-03Outdoor photo of a group of people standing along the white-washed wall of a low thatched-roof building under a clear sky. Most wear white ritual-style clothing; one man in front wears a cream sweater over white and another wears a blue shirt. A woman in a red-and-blue sari stands near the right, and a few people hold small objects. Bare dirt ground, scattered wooden planks and a utility pole with wires are in view. No one is identified as the a person in this scene.2006-12-28Outdoor construction site beside thatched-roof huts with unfinished grey breeze-block walls. Five men walk along a dirt path past a heap of grey gravel and stacked concrete blocks. The man in the centre-right wears an orange saffron robe and sandals with his hand raised to his head. Two men on the left wear white kurtas with orange shawls, and an older man on the right wears a white kurta and an orange shawl. A young sapling stands between the huts.2006-09-19Photograph of flood-damaged village houses in Sindhanur, Karnataka. Collapsed mud and stone walls lie in heaps of rubble and tangled dry branches in the foreground. Behind them a standing house with a doorway and torn cloth remains partly intact. A group of about six men and a young boy stand on the debris pile looking out over the wreckage; several wear white shirts and white dhotis, one man in a white shirt and grey trousers, and a boy in a green shirt. A utility pole and overcast sky sit at the top of the frame.October 07 20062006-10-07Outdoor photo at the ashram grounds: a long-haired figure in saffron/orange robes, bare-chested with the cloth draped over the shoulders, stands with his back to the camera holding a small cup. Facing him are four men in white kurta-style clothing; the two central men wear rudraksha malas and one has a small gold pendant, and the man at right also wears a rudraksha mala. Their hands are clasped or held loosely as they listen. Behind them are a plain concrete-block building with a thatched roof and a blue-framed poster on a stand, with a dry dirt and rock setting.2006-10-07A photograph of four men standing on a dirt courtyard beside a long, low white-washed building with a thatched roof. In the foreground a paved stone path crosses the grass. On the right, a tall man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and stands barefoot, facing a older man in white shirt and white trousers with an orange shawl over his shoulder. A younger man in white dhoti and orange shawl stands between them, and a fourth man in grey shirt with an orange shawl stands at the left edge. A small open doorway on the building shows cardboard boxes inside. Palm trees and a small outbuilding appear in the background.2010-06-05A photograph inside a thatched-roof hut with a palm-frond ceiling and a cinder-block wall behind. A person in orange robes with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a bed covered with a red and black patterned cloth. Beside him an older man in white dhoti and shirt sits on a folding chair holding a walking stick, and two standing men in white dhotis and kurtas, one with an orange shawl, attend nearby. a person is the orange-robed seated figure with long swept hair and mala cues, shown in person in the hut. The floor is bare sand.2006-11-23Outdoor photo at a rural construction site with a thatched-roof hut behind a low wall of grey concrete blocks. In the foreground a barefoot man in a saffron-orange dhoti and matching shawl with long, swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala walks across a heap of sand, carrying a round brass plate. Behind him, four men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls, follow in a line. Stacked concrete blocks and a mound of earth fill the right side, and a white car is parked at the left edge.2006-11-23