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February 08 20082008-02-08A large crowd fills a spacious indoor hall with steel columns and a banner-decorated stage in the background. Many people in white clothes stand and sit at long tables stacked with booklets, DVDs and printed materials, which devotees are picking up and browsing. Men and women in white shirts, sarees and salwar kameez crowd the foreground, some wearing garlands and gold necklaces. The scene suggests a Kalpataru programme event with a book and media stall. Many people are visible, though exact numbers are hard to count.2010-02-14A crowded indoor marquee event with white walls and a blue-edged tent roof lit by hanging lamps. Many men and women in white clothes stand and sit at a long table covered with books, booklets and framed pictures, browsing and handling the printed materials. Women wear pink and other saris, some carry shoulder bags, and a man in a grey shirt holds a booklet. Framed sunflower-style prints hang on the back wall beside cloth banners, and plastic chairs line the left side. The scene appears to be a book and literature stall at an organised programme.2007-12-12A large crowd fills a white tented hall during a Nithyananda Spurana convention session, with many men in white dhotis and shirts and a few in maroon or grey. In the foreground a woman with a hair bun and white sari stands at a table stacked with DVDs and CDs. At the right, an older man in white with an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace looks down. Purple backdrop panels with framed portraits and red flower garlands stand at the upper left. No individual can be confirmed as a person from appearance, so no candidate is identified.2006-12-152004 - sacred collections uncategorisedDecember 14 20062006-12-14A large tented gathering at the a person Spurana Program in Salem, Tamil Nadu, with a long table of blue-and-white boxed books or DVD sets being handled by devotees. In the foreground a woman in a yellow and orange patterned saree examines a box while another woman in a cream-white dhoti-style garment with a dark beaded mala stands behind the table arranging the boxes. Behind them rows of seated attendees in white clothes sit on red plastic chairs under a blue-trimmed canopy, with volunteers in white walking through the aisles and a poster-covered wall in the background. No one on stage is clearly identifiable as a person in this view; the crowd is in the background.2007-12-14A crowded photograph inside a white tented hall with a purple backdrop and marigold garlands hanging on the wall. Many men and women, most in white clothing, stand at a long table with framed photographs and printed portrait cards laid out, handling items and picking them up. Red containers, possibly kumkum, sit at the left of the table. Several people wear glasses, and one man in a checked shirt stands among those in white. Several white ceiling fans hang beneath the tent canopy.2006-12-14July 26 20152015-07-26A large crowd of people, many in white shirts and white clothing, presses around a long table at an indoor hall with a high metal roof. Several staff in white shirts stand behind the table handling items, while devotees reach forward to take rudraksha malas and printed books and cards laid out on the tables. Some women wear sarees and flowers in their hair. Plastic chairs are stacked along the side, and colourful booth banners with geometric patterns are visible in the background.2010-02-14A large crowd of young men seated on the floor of a convention hall, facing forward and attentive. Most wear white or light-coloured collared shirts and trousers, some with lanyards and ID badges; others wear checked or patterned shirts. Many sit with hands clasped or chins resting on hands. Plastic water bottles sit near several people. Banners hang across the top of the hall. No individual clearly identifiable as a specific person is shown in the foreground. The crowd is dense, filling the frame.2008-02-09February 22 20072007-02-22