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Outdoor evening gathering on stone steps in front of a red-and-cream ornate building with a lattice balcony. Many devotees in saffron and orange robes, some holding golden trident-topped staffs, sit on marble steps and a red patterned carpet. In the foreground a young boy in yellow-orange robes and an orange shawl stands before a microphone on a white cloth, with other boys in yellow seated at his side. Behind the crowd a banner reads a welcome message, and a man in cream robes stands near the top of the steps. Some attendees hold cameras. Several people visible, including partially cropped figures at the edges.

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A photo of a large seated crowd outdoors at dusk in front of a red sign reading Parmarth Niketan with an Om symbol. Many devotees wear orange shawls and white or saffron clothing, and several hold tall golden trident staffs. Musicians in yellow kurtas play a harmonium and tabla with a microphone in the foreground, while a boy with a tilak on his forehead sits nearby. A banner partly showing the word Nithyanandan is at left. One man in white with a rudraksha mala sits near the front, but no figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-09-24A dense crowd of devotees seated on steps during an outdoor evening gathering, many wearing orange shawls over white or cream clothes. In the foreground, a man with white tilak markings and a gold bead necklace sits in white kurta and dhoti, holding a tall gold trident staff. Beside him, another gold trident is raised, and several people hold silver and brass tridents. 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Ornate pink-red buildings and a white statue frame the background.2010-09-24July 03 20082008-07-03Outdoor satsang on a white sheet beside a riverside temple ghat with carved pink-and-cream stonework and a golden trident standard raised above the crowd. A bearded man in a saffron-orange wrap and rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a maroon cushion speaking into a microphone on a stand, with hands in a mudra. Swamiji (probable): long, swept-back hair, a red-orange shawl and rudraksha mala, seated at the centre as the speaker. Beside him a younger man in orange robes and a gold bead necklace sits with hands folded, and a shaved-head monk in orange with a long beaded necklace sits behind. A boy in yellow with a tilak holds his hands in namaste at left. A man in white with a gold medallion and red shawl sits nearby, and a standing man in white holds a golden staff. 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