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Outdoor photo beside a white building with a terracotta-tiled roof and green trees. A man in a white kurta with an orange-saffron shawl stands with his back to the camera, hands joined in greeting. Facing him, an older man with white hair and a white moustache, wearing a pale blue shirt, presses his palms together in namaste. Beside him a woman in a dark blue saree smiles, and at right a man in white shirt holds a clipboard and bag. A small offering tray is visible on a table. No identifiable a person depiction is confirmed from appearance; the person in the orange shawl is seen only from behind.

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Outdoor courtyard scene with a crowd of devotees standing on a paved stone floor beside white-washed buildings and leafy trees. Several people have their palms pressed together in namaskar or anjali mudra. In the foreground a woman in a teal and green sari with a braid and blue hair flower faces away, and a woman in a cream sari with a red blouse and red shawl stands nearby. Center, a man in an all-white dhoti and shirt with white hair stands facing away, and another older woman in a maroon-bordered red sari with gold jewellery folds her hands at right. A uniformed security guard in khaki stands in the background. No identifiable ritual object or deity is visible; the setting resembles a temple or ashram approach.2006-10-23A courtyard scene of devotees carrying offerings in a procession-like line beside a white-walled building. In the foreground a bald older man in white dhoti and shirt bends forward, bowing over a brass tray of sliced fruit held by a woman in a red-bordered beige sari. A young man in white with an orange-saffron shawl stands with hands folded in namaste. Behind them a woman in red and white sari holds a tray of coconuts, another man in a white shirt carries a small metal pot with a coconut and flowers, and several older women in saris and men in white shirts and dhotis stand and watch. A white car is parked at the edge of the frame.2006-10-23Outdoor photograph of a paved courtyard driveway lined with potted plants and a white colonnade. In the foreground, a young man with short hair wears a saffron-orange shawl over white kurta and dhoti, standing with his back partly turned. Facing him is a woman in a green and grey sari beside a younger woman in a coral-pink salwar, holding a flower tray of orange and white marigold garlands. A man in a white shirt leans at the left edge, and two more men in white stand in the background, one near parked cars and motorbikes. No deity, throne or ritual fire is visible; the scene reads as a devotee offering flowers at an ashram entrance.2006-10-25January 21 20102010-01-21A photograph on a white-columned palace verandah with a tiled-roof building and green trees behind. In the left foreground a man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron robe, presses his palms together in greeting towards older men in cream-white shirts seen from behind and in profile. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a thin sacred thread stands behind him with hands folded. A man at right takes photographs with a camera, and a white car is parked at left.2006-11-10October 25 20062006-10-25November 09 20062006-11-09A courtyard photograph of a devotional offering line in front of a white wall. An elderly man in white dhoti and shirt, with glasses, holds a brass vessel with flowers while a woman in a red blouse and saree reaches toward it. Behind, devotees in white, cream, blue and green saris and shirts stand in line; a young boy in a grey shirt holds a tray with coconut and fruit. A man in an orange shawl over white clothes stands at right. A parked silver car and a small white door are visible. The setting suggests a temple or ashram ritual gathering in daylight.2006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23October 23 20062006-10-23Outdoor photograph in a dirt courtyard with a white boundary wall and trees behind. Two figures in saffron-orange robes stand at left: the man on the left has a shaved head, a beaded necklace and gold pendant, and covers his mouth with one hand; the taller man in the centre has long swept-back hair, a garland of red flowers and a rudraksha-style mala, and holds his hands together in a greeting gesture. Beside them stand a man in white kurta, two women in blue saris, and other onlookers in white. In the foreground a man in a grey shirt bends low, prostrating on the ground at the feet of the saffron-robed figures, while a man in a white striped shirt stands at right with his back to the camera.2011-05-23December 11 20052005-12-11