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A large indoor hall filled with seated devotees facing a stage. Rows of white plastic chairs and floor-seated attendees, many women with long braided hair in white, pink, blue and orange saris and salwar kameez, fill the foreground. At the far left, a standing figure in an orange-brown robe stands by a camera. On the stage, a banner reads Dasara with imagery of a young man and a deity-like figure, and a large ornate golden throne sits beneath it, with a central seated figure in red and gold. Striped yellow and blue banners hang from the pillars, and a blue-draped platform holds several people seated in white and orange garments. Stage lights and speakers are visible at the right.

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A large white tent hall filled with seated audience on white plastic chairs, facing a raised stage. Above the stage hangs a banner reading "Dasara" with a deity image and text about the divine mother. Central stage features a golden throne-like seat with a deity murti and flowers, flanked by portraits. Decorative hanging panels with elephant motifs and colourful tassels line the ceiling. Audience members wear white, saffron, blue and pink clothing; a few people sit near a side altar with lit lamps. Event appears to be a Navaratri celebration hall.2008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03October 02 20082008-10-02A large hall of seated devotees viewed from behind, most in white or pastel salwar and sari with long braids and some with flowers in their hair, sitting on white plastic chairs. Ahead, a stage with a banner reading Dashara 2008 shows large portraits of a figure with long hair and a saffron-robed figure. A figure in orange robes stands near a central raised seat, with a deity murti and decorative kalasha-like arrangement on the left and a man in white at a blue-draped table on the right. Hanging colourful woven bands decorate the stage edges and a camera on a tripod stands near the front. Many people are visible in the audience, roughly 50 to 60 seated.2008-10-03October 03 20082008-10-03A large indoor hall with rows of white plastic chairs filled with seated devotees, mostly men in white and pastel shirts, viewed from behind. A banner reading Dashara 2008 with the words celebrate the Divine Mother and be blessed with enlightenment hangs on the stage, showing a robed figure with long hair beside a golden throne holding a deity murti. Saffron-clad figures sit on white mats near the front, while a musician and another person sit at a blue-draped table on the right. Decorative pillars with colourful patterned fabric frame the hall, and a camera tripod stands near the stage.2008-10-03October 06 20082008-10-06October 03 20082008-10-03A large white tented hall filled with seated devotees in white plastic chairs, facing a stage at the front. Many women wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, blue, orange and green, and an older woman in a white sari sits at the right edge. Hanging from the tent ceiling are long decorative cloth banners in blue, yellow and red with elephant motifs. On the stage a figure in orange and white sits on a golden throne with a backdrop of red drapes, flanked by a large banner reading Dashara with a portrait of a figure in white. A deity murti and floral decorations sit at the left of the stage. Speakers hang from the poles and a camera stands on a tripod near the stage.2008-10-07A photograph taken from the back of a large tented hall filled with rows of white plastic chairs occupied by a dense audience of over a hundred seated people, mostly women and girls in saris and salwar kameez in yellow, orange, pink, green and blue, with some men in white shirts. The stage at the far end has a large backdrop banner reading Dashara, with a painted figure of a deity and a seated figure on an ornate golden throne. Colourful patterned hanging decorations with yellow tassels line the tent ceiling. People in saffron-coloured clothing sit near the stage. A few people in the foreground hold phones or cameras.2008-10-07A wide photograph inside a large white tented pavilion with rows of white plastic chairs filled with seated devotees, mostly men on the left and women in saris on the right, facing a central aisle toward a raised stage. A banner reading "Dasara" hangs over the stage beside a portrait of a man with long hair, and a decorated deity murti sits in a golden shrine with flowers. Colourful cylindrical hanging decorations with patterns decorate the tent ceiling, and people are seated on the stage. The scene suggests a Navaratri celebration gathering with satsang-style seating.2008-10-03A large seated audience faces a stage inside a white tent decorated with colourful woven hangings and gold tassels. Rows of white plastic chairs hold devotees mostly in white and cream clothes, seen from behind. On the stage, a central banner reads Dashara and shows a portrait labelled with Paramahamsa Nithyananda beside a deity murti; a figure in an orange-red garment sits at the front of the stage near a decorated altar, with another person standing beside and a few seated officiants at a blue-covered table on the right. Bright stage lights illuminate the scene.2008-10-03