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A large indoor gathering of seated participants, many wearing white cloth blindfolds across their eyes, sits on the floor in rows. A woman in an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap stands in the centre-right, facing left. At the right, a man in white kurta with an orange shawl holds a video camera on a tripod-mounted setup. Seated in the foreground-left is a man in an orange shawl, and a woman in a pink sari sits nearby. White-shirted men wear name badges. Behind them, barred windows and a wooden door with a red-orange wall panel frame the room, with a white banner of Tamil script on the window.

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A photograph of a large seated audience at an indoor hall, many participants wearing white cloth blindfolds over their eyes. A woman in an orange-saffron sari-style wrap stands centrally with her hair pulled back and a red bindi, while a man in a white kurta holds a video camera on a tripod-mounted rig at the right beside a wooden door. Seated at the lower left, a person in orange robes with long dark hair sits among the crowd. Other attendees wear white shirts, a pink sari, and dark shirts with name badges. Windows with grilles behind them show Tamil-script banners.2009-08-02July 30 20092009-07-30August 02 20092009-08-02August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A large indoor hall filled with seated devotees in white clothing, many wearing white blindfold cloths over their eyes and some with headphones. Men in white shirts and women in white saris or white-bordered garments sit close together on the floor. A tripod-mounted camera stands at the centre-left. A banner in Tamil script hangs at the top, and a white steel scaffold frame and wall fans are visible. Several attendees wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A man in white with a headset stands at the upper right, watching over the group. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd shot.2008-06-22July 26 20092009-07-26July 30 20092009-07-30August 09 20092009-08-09A large hall with a tiled ceiling and white walls holds a seated gathering of many people, most wearing white cloths tied across their eyes as a blindfold. A woman in an orange-red sari stands near the centre aisle facing the seated crowd, with her hands at her sides. Several seated women wear white saris with thin borders, folded hands in namaskar, and beaded necklaces. Blue banners with Tamil text flank a central poster of a woman's portrait on an easel-like stand. Blue plastic chairs fill the rows and a speaker sits near the wall.2009-07-30A standing man in an orange-saffron robe with a draped shawl walks down a red carpet through a large hall. Long dark hair falls past his shoulders. Rows of seated devotees fill the floor, many wearing white blindfolds and white shirts or white and yellow saris, with some in teal and orange. Some devotees wear name badges and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Banners and a wall display are visible in the background. Appears to be a pada-pooja or kalpataru darshan style gathering.2009-08-02August 02 20092009-08-02August 02 20092009-08-02