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Night photo of an outdoor satsang venue with a large crowd filling the foreground, many people seated on rows of plastic chairs and others standing. A raised stage has an orange and blue striped canopy and string lights. On the backdrop screen is a large illuminated portrait of a smiling man wearing an orange turban and orange clothing, beside a banner reading Bhagavad Gita in Tamil. Several figures in orange and white stand on the stage near a microphone stand. A green-lit tree and floodlights stand at the edges of the grounds.

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April 06 20122012-04-06Night outdoor satsang on a lit stage with a white and orange canopy, orange-edged drapes and string lights. A large projected screen behind the stage shows a smiling saffron-robed figure beside a deity murti seated on a throne, with a glowing lamp at right. Below, a camera on a crane and several people in white and light clothes work on the stage. Floodlights illuminate a dense audience seated on chairs and mats across the foreground, many in white and colourful saris, with a microphone stand and speaker at left.2012-01-08Night photo of a large outdoor satsang with hundreds of seated attendees facing a lit stage. Rows of blue plastic chairs fill the foreground, with people in white, pale, and red-striped clothing. A stage with an orange canopy and a banner reading a Tamil title sits in the distance, flanked by a large video screen showing a figure in orange clothing at a microphone. To the right, an illuminated golden graphic portrait of a bearded figure with long hair glows on the dark background. A standing man in white clothes walks along the aisle. The black sky frames the scene.2010-01-09April 06 20122012-04-06Night outdoor event: a large audience of seated people in plastic chairs faces a lit stage draped in orange and red fabric, with banana plants at the sides and a banner in Tamil script. A large side screen shows a robed figure with a microphone in a saffron-toned frame; the stage figure is not clearly identifiable from appearance. Audience members wear white shirts, dhotis and colourful saris, with many heads visible in the dark.2005-11-16Night outdoor satsang photographed from the back of a dense crowd facing an illuminated stage. Rows of seated devotees, many with heads and shoulders visible, fill the foreground. The stage has an orange and yellow canopy with hanging marigold-style garlands, banana plant decorations and maroon draped backdrop. A large backdrop banner shows a portrait of a man wearing a white turban, looking upward, with Tamil text above and below it. A seated figure in white clothing sits at the centre of the stage in front of a white and gold floral arrangement, with a wooden podium to the right and a microphone stand. A small figure stands near the left edge of the stage. Stage lights are visible along the canopy.2005-11-17Night outdoor satsang on a large open-air stage draped in orange and saffron fabric with garlands and banana plants at its corners. A seated figure in white and red sits centred on the platform at a microphone, with a large banner behind showing a portrait and Tamil lettering. A crowd of many seated people fills the foreground, viewed from behind, many with dark hair and light shirts, some in pale headwear. Stage lights and a maroon curtain frame the scene.2005-11-17November 17 20052005-11-17Night outdoor satsang on a decorated open stage under a canopy with orange and blue fabric valances and gold tassels. A seated figure in saffron-orange clothing sits on an ornate golden throne-like seat at the centre, with a microphone stand before them, flanked by gold pillars wrapped with flower garlands. Behind the stage hangs a large banner with a peacock feather motif, reading the title in Tamil and a second line. A large screen to the right shows a figure in an orange turban and saffron robe. Stage lights and speakers frame the setting, and a dense crowd of several hundred seated people fills the foreground in plastic chairs, many wearing white, yellow and pink.2010-01-10Night outdoor photo of a large open-air satsang stage under a canopy with blue and orange drapes and tassels. On stage, a seated figure in orange robes sits on a raised throne-like seat surrounded by flower arrangements. Behind is a large banner with a peacock-feather motif and Tamil title text, plus a portrait of a figure wearing an orange turban and saffron robes; he is presumably the Swamiji depicted on the banner (probable). Dense audience of seated devotees fills the foreground in white, yellow and pink clothing on blue plastic chairs. Stage lights and speakers frame the scene.2010-01-10A large outdoor night satsang with a dense audience of seated devotees on grass, many in white and light clothing, facing a lit stage. The stage has an orange and blue scalloped canopy, a backdrop banner with a peacock-feather motif, and floral garlands on pillars. A seated figure in orange sits at the centre of the stage, with a large portrait on the right of a figure wearing an orange turban. Stage lights and a screen are visible at the sides. Banner text reads Bhagavad Gita and dhyana satsangam.2010-01-10Night photograph of an outdoor satsang stage under an orange and yellow canopy with blue and white scalloped valance. A seated speaker in an orange turban and robes sits at a wooden desk on the stage, with a large backdrop behind him bearing Tamil text and an image of a figure in an orange turban. Garlanded floral arrangements and brass lamp stands flank the raised platform, and stage lights hang from the canopy. In the foreground, a dense audience of several hundred seated people, many in white shirts, faces turned toward the stage, sits on white plastic chairs. A second canopy and screen are visible at the right.2010-01-10