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February 08 20082008-02-08February 08 20082008-02-08February 08 20082008-02-08Night outdoor gathering at an ashram compound with a large crowd seated on bare ground in front of a red-walled building with a green roof. Most attendees wear white clothing, including white shirts, white dhotis and white salwar-kameez; a few women wear orange or saffron saris. Men in white dhotis stand at the left and back, and a blue plastic bucket sits on the left. Several people in the foreground sit cross-legged and watch toward an unseen focal point. Some attendees wear garlands or pendants. The scene is dark, lit mainly by the building's light.2006-10-21April 17 20112011-04-17December 30 20062006-12-30Night-time outdoor gathering on a sandy ground at an event site under a corrugated metal shelter with a bright work light. A sign reading K.R. Ramaswamy (Tamil text) hangs on the shelter. Many people sit on the sand in white clothes; women wear saris with orange and white borders and one wears teal. A standing figure in orange robes stands near the centre-right beside a seated person in orange robes at a small table with containers. Other men in white shirts and dhotis stand around, one photographing with a camera, and a dark vehicle is parked at right. The scene reads as a community meal or group sitting.2008-02-08Night-time outdoor gathering on a sandy ground at a festival, with a large crowd of devotees seated on mats and rows of strings of small lights along the background. In the foreground, two young women in white clothes stand near a seated man in an orange-saffron robe with white horizontal sacred markings on his forehead and arms, sitting on a green plastic chair. Behind them, many people in white and colourful saris sit in rows, with street lamps and a lit structure at the right edge.2011-04-17December 30 20062006-12-30Night outdoor gathering of many devotees seated on a paved floor, most women in white and cream saris and dhotis-style white clothing, with some in red, orange, purple, blue and green saris. Several attendees wear white and purple name badges. Behind them, a standing figure in white and a figure in a red shawl stand near string lights and banana-leaf decorations. A small table with offerings and a kalasha-like vessel sits at right. Faces are calm and attentive, with hands folded in some cases. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this view.2013-07-22A large evening satsang gathering of seated devotees filling an open hall, mostly in white ritual clothing with some in bright saree and kurta colours. Many wear rudraksha malas and white or pink marks on their foreheads; a few women in the foreground wear glasses and saffron-yellow, pink and blue sarees. Rows of men in white shirts and dhotis sit behind them, and a man with an orange shawl appears on the right. The seated crowd gazes forward with eyes closed or attentive.2013-03-10March 11 20132013-03-11