Night outdoor event on a red carpeted walkway beside a white canopy with lights. Nearby, devotees in white clothes and yellow sashes stand close together, some with hands pressed together. Flower arrangements of orange, yellow and purple blossoms line the carpet. In the background, a large crowd sits in white and red-clad rows under floodlit towers. A small monitor sits at the right edge. - Nithyanandapedia

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Night outdoor event on a red carpeted walkway beside a white canopy with lights. Nearby, devotees in white clothes and yellow sashes stand close together, some with hands pressed together. Flower arrangements of orange, yellow and purple blossoms line the carpet. In the background, a large crowd sits in white and red-clad rows under floodlit towers. A small monitor sits at the right edge.

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Night photograph of an outdoor public satsang and darshan at a large open ground under bright floodlights. Devotees in white dhotis and white shirts fill a green mat area, many with saffron or white shawls, facing a raised stage at left. On the stage, a saffron-robed sannyasi sits near a wooden lectern and a saffron-wrapped figure with an orange turban stands among other white-clad people. Along the stage edge runs a garland of flowers in yellow, orange and pink. A man in a yellow shawl and white dhoti walks in the foreground. Rows of plastic chairs and a large crowd stretch back under a dark sky, with a white canopy and orange awning at the upper left.

Night-time outdoor public satsang and darshan event on a large open ground under bright floodlights, with a dense crowd of devotees filling the background. In the foreground, a man in orange robe with a shawl stands at left beside a wooden platform decorated with a flower garland of orange and red blossoms. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, and a woman in an orange-and-yellow sari with a long braid, walk along a green carpeted path toward the crowd. A man in a white kurta with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala and an older bearded man in white with a rudraksha mala walk in the centre. Nearby devotees in white and colourful saris stand in rows. Lighting towers and a camera crane are visible.

A nighttime outdoor event under a thatched canopy strung with marigold garlands and palm fronds, with bright floodlights overhead. On the left, a man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban, wearing a long garland of flowers, stands at a wooden podium with a microphone, appearing to address the gathering. Beside him a cameraman films with a video camera. A large crowd fills the foreground and midground: many men in white shirts and white dhotis, women in saris and salwar kameez with flowers in their hair, and children. Red barricades and rows of blue seating stretch into the distance, with palm trees and banners on poles along the edges.

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Night-time outdoor satsang gathering lit by tall floodlight towers, with a large crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white seated on rows of white and blue chairs along a green carpet and red walkway. In the foreground a figure in an orange shawl and a person in orange with a red garland walk through the crowd, and a man in white with a yellow scarf stands nearby. A tray of fruit sits at lower right. Canopy drapes in red and white frame the top edge.

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A night-time outdoor satsang at a large open ground lit by bright floodlights. In the left foreground a raised stage with a wooden podium is decorated with a strip of flowers along its edge; a seated figure in orange robes sits at the left under a white canopy with blue fringe. Several men in white dhotis and shirts and orange-shawled attendants stand near the stage, one man in a yellow shawl in the centre-left foreground, and an older man with white hair and beard in white clothes and a rudraksha-style mala stands centre. A vast crowd of devotees, many in white, fills the green-carpeted ground behind a metal barrier. The scene suggests an evening darshan gathering.

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Night outdoor satsang at a large public event. On a raised stage under a white tent with blue and gold trim, a bald man in orange robes stands beside a woman in an orange sari seated behind a wooden lectern, with flowers and offerings on the platform. A long line of people in white and cream clothes, many women in yellow and green saris with long braids, walks along a green carpet toward the stage. A large crowd sits on the ground on the left under floodlights, with a man in an orange-striped shirt in the foreground.

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Night outdoor event under a tent canopy strung with green leaves and marigold garlands. A central figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban stands at a wooden podium with a microphone and a garland, facing a large crowd. Nearby, a woman in a green sari and an adult in white stand close to the stage. The crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, women in saris and children fills the foreground and extends back past rows of red chairs toward lights and palm trees. A banner with a portrait is visible at the right edge. A cameraman and a white cooler are at the left. The central figure wears a distinctive saffron robe and turban with a garland, consistent with a person appearance, shown at the podium during a gathering.

Night photograph of a large outdoor crowd, many in police uniform, gathered behind a bamboo barrier. On a red-carpeted raised platform at right, a figure with long swept-back hair and an orange saffron cloth wrap on the head and body stands with palms pressed together in greeting, smiling; a sanctioned-looking dais with flower garlands and a white tent overhead. Beside him, a bald priest in white dhoti and striped cloth wears gold ornate necklaces and is bare-chested. Festive string lights and a dark sky fill the background. Swamiji (probable): the figure at centre-right with long hair and saffron robes in the greeting pose matches the page's visible cues.