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Night photograph at an outdoor evening satsang in Tamil Nadu, lit by overhead floodlights with a large crowd of seated devotees behind. In the foreground a man in a white turban and white garment with a white jasmine garland and green-and-white cloth at his neck stretches his right hand onto the bowed head of a devotee. His left hand holds a small card or printed sheet. Behind him a man in a white shirt wears dark rudraksha-style beads and glasses, and another man in white shirt and white dhoti stands by. A devotee in the lower right presses palms together in anjali. Potted plants and banana leaves frame the left edge.

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Night photograph at an outdoor satsang stage lit by floodlights, with banana leaves and a green-and-white garland decoration at left. A figure in white clothing and a white head wrap, wearing a white flower garland with a green and pink tassel, leans forward with hands extended to the head of a man in a dark grey shirt who bends low in front of him. Behind them a man in a white t-shirt with a printed portrait and a beaded necklace with a rudraksha-style bead watches, and a large crowd of seated devotees fills rows of white chairs under strings of lights.2005-11-21Night outdoor event photographed with a flash-lit crowd behind a stage area with banana leaves and green hanging decorations. In the foreground, a man in a white turban and white garment with a white flower garland, with a green and pink garland detail, faces right and raises his hand toward a younger man in a white shirt. 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