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A photograph of a crowded devotee queue inside a tented hall with red and white striped drapes and a purple curtain. In the foreground a line of people stands close together: a man in a brown shirt with a beard looks downward, an older woman with grey hair and a red bindi wears a blue blouse and white sari, and younger women in saffron, red, yellow and white saris wait nearby, some with folded hands. Marigold garlands in yellow and orange hang along the red-carpeted aisle on the left. In the background a white-clad figure stands near a red-draped table, and more devotees sit in red chairs. A green and red floor marks the walkway.

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A large outdoor gathering of devotees seated on red plastic chairs under a white tent with red and white striped drapery and red valances. Most visible people are women and girls wearing white and cream saris and sarong-style cloth with gold or colored borders, many with rudraksha or beaded malas and gold necklaces. Some wear orange, red, pink and yellow garments. A toddler in the lower left sits beside a woman in white. Speakers and stage structures are visible at the edges, and a few men in white shirts stand near the back. The crowd fills the frame, facing toward an unseen stage, with no visible portrait of a person.2010-01-01A large outdoor gathering of seated devotees at a conference venue, many with hands pressed together in anjali or folded in prayer. In the foreground a woman in a magenta sari with gold border sits beside a woman in a pink sari and black blouse, and a young girl in a red dress with a hair clip joins her palms. Behind them, men in white shirts and dhotis and women in orange, teal and white saris sit on white plastic chairs. Red and white bunting drapes the back stage, and tall pillars wrapped in colourful patterned cloth with floral motifs frame the scene. No central figure is clearly identifiable from the image.2005-12-09A large open-sided pandal filled with many people in white ritual clothing, walking and gathering among banana bunches, palm fronds and leaf festoons hanging from the roof. In the foreground a bald man in a cream kurta with a yellow-ribboned badge stands beside a woman in a red sari and a man in white with a rudraksha mala. Crowds fill the hall, with some devotees in dhotis and saris, and the scene looks like a yajna venue during the Sapta Yaagam. A man in a white shirt with a pale-blue and yellow ribbon is visible among the crowd. Several people seem to be standing or moving rather than seated, and the room extends back under rows of fluorescent lights.2006-07-17A photograph inside a large hall with a corrugated metal roof, showing a line of devotees standing single file along a draped backdrop of cream and red fabric with floral motifs and flower-filled brass urns. Men wear white shirts and dark trousers, women wear sarees in white with red borders, orange, and floral prints, and a woman in a red salwar stands at the left edge. The people face the backdrop as they wait in the queue for darshan. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this image.2010-02-14October 21 20062006-10-21 +1 copiesA photograph inside a large hall with a draped cream and maroon backdrop decorated with orange and pink flowers and gold pillars. A long line of devotees stands in a row across the concrete floor, mostly in white dhotis and white or light shirts and in colourful saris of blue, teal, red and green; several women wear white sarees with gold borders. One woman in the foreground wears a patterned pink-and-white sari. At the far left a few people sit or kneel on the floor. The line of people faces away from the camera toward the decorated stage area.2010-02-14September 17 20062006-09-17September 17 20062006-09-17A wide indoor hall with a metal roof and a long queue of devotees standing on a grey carpet, facing a draped stage. The backdrop has cream and maroon swags with gold trim and flower decorations, and a large speaker stands at left. On the left, people in white clothes sit on a green mat, some seated and others bending near a floor area. In the queue, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands near the front, a woman in a cream sari with pink flowers stands beside an older man in white, a woman in an orange sari with a dark blouse is at right, and a woman in a maroon sari is in the foreground. Several other devotees in white and bright saris stand farther back, forming a darshan line at a Kalpataru event.2010-02-14April 16 20082008-04-16September 17 20062006-09-17July 27 20082008-07-27