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Night outdoor photo of a large open-air satsang audience seated on rows of blue plastic chairs facing a lit stage. Hundreds of attendees, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis or trousers, with some women in saris including yellow and pink, fill the foreground and middle ground. Strings of lights and a white building with draped bunting stand behind the stage. On the right, a canopy covers a stage with a seated figure and a banner bearing Tamil script, under bright floodlights against a dark sky.

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January 11 20102010-01-11Night-time open-air satsang crowd seated on rows of blue plastic chairs facing a distant stage. Many attendees wear white shirts and dhotis, with some in yellow and colourful saris. A multi-storey white building with bunting and lights stands behind the stage, and a covered stage stands to the right with a decorated backdrop and a floral arrangement. Mostly men in white clothing sit in the foreground, with women in yellow and green saris visible on the right. The seated crowd numbers in the hundreds.2010-01-11 +1 copiesA large outdoor night satsang crowd seated on rows of blue plastic chairs facing a distant illuminated stage. Many attendees wear white shirts and dhotis or saris, with some women in yellow and white saris wearing flower garlands in their hair. Floodlights and a white tent with a red-draped canopy frame the stage area, and a stage backdrop with Tamil lettering is visible at the right. The audience is seated in the foreground while the speaker's platform is far back, too distant to identify any individual on it.2010-01-11 +1 copiesA night-time outdoor satsang on a large open ground, with a crowd of many hundreds seated on blue plastic chairs facing a stage. Most attendees wear white shirts and dhotis or traditional white clothing, with some in yellow and other colours. Behind the stage stands a long white multi-storey building outlined with strings of warm lights, with flags along its frontage and a red and white canopy with drapes over the stage. Bright floodlights and purple-blue stage lighting illuminate the scene. The viewpoint is from the rear of the crowd. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from this distance.2010-01-11 +1 copiesA night-time photograph of a large outdoor satsang gathering in front of a multi-storey building decorated with rows of white fairy lights and a red-and-white draped stage canopy. Hundreds of devotees sit on rows of blue plastic chairs facing the stage, most wearing white clothing, with some in yellow and other colours. Floodlights and pennant flags line the grounds, and a white-roofed stage structure appears at the right edge. No speaker is clearly visible on the stage from this distance.2010-01-11 +1 copiesA large night-time outdoor satsang with a dense crowd of hundreds of seated men on blue and orange plastic chairs, facing a lit stage under a white tent canopy. Most attendees wear white shirts, with some in yellow and pastel shirts. A man in a yellow shirt stands near the aisle railing, and a man in a white shirt walks among the seats. On the stage, a banner reads BG and a floral-decorated platform holds seated figures. Strings of lights, orange flags and a side screen frame the scene.2010-01-11 +2 copiesA large night-time outdoor satsang gathering with a dense crowd of devotees seated on rows of blue plastic chairs across a open ground. Most attendees wear white shirts and dhotis or light clothing, with some in yellow and pink saris. Bright floodlights line the grounds, and a decorated stage with a red and white canopy and orange-trimmed building stands in the background. Individual faces are too small to count precisely; the crowd is well into the hundreds.2010-01-11 +1 copiesNight photo of a large outdoor satsang audience seated in rows on blue plastic chairs across an open ground. Most attendees wear white shirts and white clothing, with some in colourful saris and kurtas. A white multi-storey building in the background is decorated with string lights and a red banner with lettering along its top. Flagpoles with small flags and floodlights line the grounds. No stage speaker is clearly visible, and no individual can be confidently identified as a person.2010-01-11 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesNight photograph of a large open-air satsang audience seated on blue and red plastic chairs across a lawn. Hundreds of attendees in predominantly white shirts and dhotis, with some in yellow, pink and striped shirts, face a distant illuminated stage. Behind the stage stands a multi-storey white building strung with festoon lights, purple and blue decorative lighting, and rows of small flags. A white canopy with lights frames the stage at right, where flower decorations are visible. The scene is crowded enough that individual faces are not countable, so the audience is best described as a large crowd. No individual stage figure is clearly identifiable.2010-01-11 +2 copiesNight photograph from behind a large audience seated on rows of blue plastic chairs at an open-air outdoor event. Floodlights on tall poles light the scene against a dark sky. On a lit white-roofed stage at the centre, a large backdrop shows Tamil lettering and a small seated figure, with ornate decorations and oil lamps along the stage front. A smaller stage at right has a seated figure and a screen. Most attendees wear white, cream and yellow shirts, and one woman in a green head covering sits in the front rows.2010-01-11 +2 copiesNight-time photograph of a large outdoor satsang audience seated on rows of blue, red and yellow plastic chairs across a sandy ground, with a dense crowd of mostly men in white and light-coloured shirts. Bright floodlights and strings of lights illuminate a decorated stage with orange and white canopy and banners at the left, and a distant lit stage with a seated figure under a canopy at the centre. A large projection screen stands at the right edge. Many people face the stage, and the scene is crowded to the far background.2010-01-11 +1 copies