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A dense crowd of devotees, mostly women and girls, stands packed together at an evening event lit by warm lights. Foreground: an older woman with orange-dyed hair and a blue shawl with red trim; a young woman in a pink headscarf with a white dot on her forehead; a girl in a patterned gold-and-black top wearing a small badge; a woman in glasses and a green-striped sari. Behind them, men in white and a man in a green hat are visible. Many faces look upward toward something out of frame, and a wooden barrier pole runs across the lower right. A logo appears at the upper left corner.

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Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees pressed behind a metal barrier at an outdoor event, many faces turned toward something out of frame. Men in white shirts wear red-and-white checked scarves or sashes, one holding the barrier. Women wear saris and salwar kameez, some with pink, purple and blue shawls and bindis or forehead marks. A red vehicle with posters stands in the background under string lights. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.2016-04-30April 26 20162016-04-26A dense night crowd of devotees pressed together outdoors under floodlights at an event with a white tent or gateway structure behind them. Most people are women in colourful saris in yellow, green, pink, red and purple, many with white or sandalwood tilaks on their foreheads. Men in striped shirts, white kurtas and orange-trimmed scarves stand among them, and a young man in a white kurta with an orange shawl smiles at right. Several children and an elderly woman are visible. A golden chariot-like structure stands in the background, and some people raise hands. No individual can be identified as a person in this image.2016-04-27May 03 20162016-05-03May 21 20162016-05-21A dense nighttime crowd of devotees packs a street during a procession at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Women in saris and salwars in blue, pink, orange, red and green stand close together, many with white and red forehead markings, gold earrings and necklaces. Men in white shirts and dhotis or checked shirts stand among them, some with rudraksha malas and vibhuti. Several elderly women wear white saris with red borders, and children are held or stand in the crowd. No a person candidate is visibly present in this view; the crowd is the focus, with partially visible spectators at the edges.2006-11-01A dense crowd of devotees seated closely together, mostly women in saffron, pink, blue and green saris and salwar kameez, with bindis and vibhuti marks on foreheads. Many wear glasses. A bearded man at the lower right wears a pale green kurta with a sandalwood or vibhuti mark on his forehead. Faces are attentive and calm, looking toward a common direction. The scene suggests a satsang or darshan gathering at an outdoor event.2017-12-16April 26 20162016-04-26A dense outdoor gathering at night seen from a raised angle behind wooden bamboo barriers, filled with a large crowd of seated devotees. Women wear saris and salwar suits in pink, purple, yellow, green, teal and orange, many with white or coloured head coverings and some wearing glasses. Men in white shirts and dhotis sit among them, some with orange or saffron cloths over their shoulders. A tarpaulin canopy edges the upper left corner.2010-12-29July 22 20132013-07-22May 31 20152015-05-31A large crowd of devotees seated closely together at an indoor event, many smiling and some with palms pressed in anjali or hands raised in applause. Women wear saris and salwar in pink, red, yellow, blue and white, with gold earrings, necklaces and bangles; one woman in glasses wears a pink sari, another a red sari with gold necklace. A few men in white shirts are visible among them. The faces fill the frame.2010-02-14