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A photograph taken at night of a large outdoor gathering. Dense crowds of people, many dressed in white, stand and sit in front of a stage area, with a row of bright floodlights and string lights along the back. In the left foreground, bunches of green coconuts hang from a tree trunk, and a camera on a tripod is set up near the crowd. Several people hold umbrellas. A small logo appears at the upper left. The scene suggests a public evening programme, though no specific activity is clearly visible.

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A night-time outdoor gathering at a large open ground, where a dense crowd of people fills the foreground and middle distance, many holding black umbrellas. Tall floodlight poles line the background above dark trees, and strings of small coloured lights are visible among the trees. Many attendees wear white shirts, dhotis and sarees in varied colours, and some sit on white plastic chairs. A tripod-mounted camera stands at the left edge. The stage and speaker are not clearly visible. The scene suggests a public satsang or discourse setting, though no speaker can be identified from this view.2005-11-21Night photograph of a large outdoor satsang crowd seated on rows of white plastic chairs behind a wooden railing, lit by a line of tall white floodlights on poles under a dark sky. Many people face toward the unseen stage at the front; they wear sarees and salwar in bright colours, including yellow, orange, green and blue, and men wear white shirts and light trousers. Strings of small lights are visible in the background.2005-11-21 +1 copiesA night-time outdoor gathering of a very large crowd on an open ground lit by a row of tall white floodlight poles. Many people stand and sit densely packed, some holding up umbrellas, some in white shirts and dhotis, women in colourful saris including yellow and blue. A camera on a tripod stands at the front-left edge of the crowd. Strings of small lights decorate the perimeter and trees line the far edge under a dark blue sky. The scene resembles a large public satsang or discourse audience.2005-11-21Night photograph of a very large outdoor crowd gathered on an open ground lit by a row of tall white street lamps against a dark blue sky and tree line. Many people in mixed clothing, including white shirts, saris in yellow, pink and green, and several figures wearing orange or saffron shawls in the foreground. Many people hold up black, blue and yellow umbrellas. Strings of coloured lights are visible at the far left edge, and a long low building with lit windows lies in the background. A small blue bird logo appears in the upper left corner.2005-11-21 +1 copiesNight photograph of a very large outdoor satsang gathering in Tamil Nadu, with a dense crowd seated on chairs and mats facing away from the camera toward a stage not visible in frame. Strings of lights and tall pole lamps illuminate the open ground under a dark sky. Many people wear saris and shirts in bright and muted colours, and a few men in white dhotis stand near the wooden barrier railing at the right. Low white buildings with blue-lit edges sit at the far right, and wooden barricades run through the foreground. No individual can be identified as a person in this crowd view.2005-11-21A large night-time outdoor gathering of seated devotees fills the frame, many in plain chairs facing away from the camera toward an unseen stage. Several bright floodlights on poles light the crowd from above and the background is dark. Women wear sarees and salwar kameez in colours including orange, pink, green, teal and turquoise, some with flowers in their hair, while men wear white shirts and trousers. Low buildings and parked vehicles appear faintly at the far edge of the field. Many faces are visible and several people are smiling or looking toward the front.2005-11-21Night photograph of a large outdoor satsang audience seated on white plastic chairs in a field lit by a row of tall pole lamps. Hundreds of people fill the foreground and middle ground, many women in colourful saris and salwar kameez in green, yellow, pink and blue, and men in white shirts and dhotis. Some elders with white hair sit in the front rows. Strings of small lights glow faintly at the back left, and a tall speaker or stage structure stands near the left. The scene is an open-air discourse gathering in the dark.2005-11-21A photograph of a large outdoor night gathering at an open ground lit by tall street lamps. A dense crowd of many hundreds stands and sits in front of a low fence, mostly in white clothes, with some colourful umbrellas and saris visible. Strings of small lights are strung between trees in the background. No individual figure can be identified as the speaker from this view; the scene shows the assembled devotees at a satsang evening.2005-11-21November 19 20052005-11-19A large nighttime outdoor satsang viewed from the rear of the seating area, with a dense crowd of hundreds seated in white plastic chairs on green matting under tall floodlight poles. Many attendees wear white or cream clothing, while others wear saffron, red and pink saris and maroon tones. Orange draped barriers and orange-decorated fencing line the audience area, with a blue fence and stage structure in the distance. A faint circular logo appears in the upper left corner. The crowd appears to number in the thousands, extending to the back of the field.2010-02-17A large night-time outdoor satsang crowd seated on white plastic chairs under a row of bright floodlights on tall poles. Many hundreds of devotees fill the open ground, mostly men in white shirts and women in saris in red, maroon and green. In the foreground a man with a moustache in a white shirt sits facing forward, and a child in a red outfit is seated at left. A stage or hall structure with strings of small decorative lights stands in the background. No speaker or a person candidate is clearly visible in the frame, so the scene shows the audience only.2005-11-21Night outdoor gathering with a large seated audience filling plastic chairs in rows, most viewed from behind, many men in white and light-coloured shirts and dhotis. Bright stage lights on tall towers illuminate the scene, with strings of bunting overhead. A tall banner on the left shows a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron clothing beside Tamil text. Other banners and palm trees stand in the background against a dark sky.2006-11-24