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Photograph of devotees queuing inside a thatched shelter at night, behind wooden pole barriers. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands centre, touching his forehead with his right hand in salutation. An older man in a white shirt stands behind him, and other men in white shirts line up along the rails. At the left edge, a person in an orange-saffron cloth with rope-wrapped pillars in the foreground is partly visible. Overhead are palm-leaf thatch and bamboo rafters, with a blue metal pillar at right.

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January 22 20102010-01-22Night photo of a crowd of men standing shoulder to shoulder behind a rough wooden and rope barrier at an outdoor event. Most wear white dhotis and shirts; one man in a light blue shirt and another in an orange shirt lean on the rail, and a man in a pale pink shirt stands at left. Dim floodlit buildings and a faint light are visible in the background, and the ground is bare earth. The barrier is strung with rope and rough poles, and devotees appear to be waiting to be seated or to see a programme.2010-01-22A photograph taken inside a thatched, bamboo-roofed shelter with wooden railings forming a queue lane. In the foreground a man in a short-sleeved blue and cream vertically striped shirt, with white and red marks on his forehead, walks toward the camera. Behind him several men in white shirts stand along the railing, one holding a red-wrapped object, and a woman in a red sari is partly visible. The crowd is closely packed in the narrow passage.2011-04-17A dense crowd of devotees packed in a narrow, thatched-roof pathway under a palm-thatch ceiling supported by wooden poles and a blue metal post. A bald older man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style clothing with a beaded necklace stands at the right foreground, gesturing. Behind him, a woman in a green and maroon sari and a man in a green polo shirt move among others, and a white bucket hangs from a pole near the right. Several people in white and orange clothing fill the background.2011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17Night photograph of a long queue of devotees standing behind a rough wooden pole and rope barrier, waiting at an outdoor event. Foreground figures include a woman in an orange and yellow sari on the left, a woman in a yellow sari, and a man in white shirt and dhoti raising one hand. Bright floodlights illuminate a wide white banner and tent structures in the background, with string lights and strands of small lamps at right. The crowd appears to be a darshan or satsang line at an ashram grounds setting.2012-01-08Night photograph of a crowd of devotees standing in a long line behind a wooden pole barrier on an open dirt ground, lit by floodlights on poles. Most men wear white shirts, white dhotis or dark trousers; one man in a pink shirt on the right has his palms pressed together in namaskar, and a boy in an orange shirt stands near the barrier. Empty blue plastic chairs sit to the left, and an orange flag hangs at the far left beside a white structure. Decorated yellow and white bunting lines a building in the background.2010-01-11 +1 copiesNight photo of a crowd of devotees standing behind a rough wooden pole barricade at an outdoor event lit by floodlights. Men in white dhotis and shirts, a woman in an orange-red sari, a boy in a peach shirt with glasses, and men in striped and pink shirts line the rail, with blue plastic chairs in front and orange flags on poles behind. A blank white screen stands in the background. No one is clearly identifiable as a person in the frame.2010-01-11 +1 copiesNight photo of a long queue of devotees standing behind wooden bamboo barriers at an outdoor satsang venue lit by overhead floodlights. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, pastel and checked shirts, and a few women in saris stand in line; one boy in a brown shirt is near the front. Rows of blue and red chairs fill the open ground beyond, with a large white screen at left and a multi-storey building with string lights at upper right.2010-01-11 +1 copiesApril 06 20122012-04-06Night photograph of a line of men queued along a dirt ground beside a bamboo barrier rail, moving toward an illuminated stage. Most wear white shirts and white dhotis; one man in the centre wears a green-olive kurta and another in a white shirt has a red waist cloth. A bamboo frame strung with coloured fairy lights stands behind them, with a blue signboard on a pole, a bamboo-and-tarpaulin shelter and a screen on the left. Speakers and a blue-and-purple draped structure are visible at the right edge.2010-01-20