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A large outdoor gathering under a tent with a patterned red and orange canopy and strings of triangular pennants. Rows of red plastic chairs are filled with a seated audience of men and women in saris, salwar and shirts, many with jasmine flowers in their hair. A projection screen and cloth-draped stage are visible at the back, with speakers on the poles. The audience appears to be listening to a talk or programme. No speaker is clearly identifiable in the frame.

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A large outdoor tented gathering of devotees seated on red plastic chairs under a red and orange patterned canopy with bamboo poles and bunting. Many attendees sit in rows facing a stage at the far end draped in yellow and red checked cloth, where a large screen shows a figure, and a speaker stands at the side. Men wear white shirts and dhotis or trousers, women wear saris in blue, pink, purple and green, and several have flowers in their hair. Trees surround the tent. No individual can be clearly identified on the screen, and the image shows a seated congregation rather than a named event.2003-11-16Outdoor community event under a tented canopy with red, yellow and orange marigold and tinsel garlands. Rows of red and blue plastic chairs are filled with a large audience, many children and women in colourful saris with flowers in their hair. At the front, a small stage holds a decorated seated figure surrounded by flowers, and several people in saffron and white stand near it, while cameramen and staff with microphones move along the edges. A banner is visible behind the stage. The scene reads as a children's day celebration held at a village venue.2008-11-24A large outdoor tented event with a crowd of several hundred seated devotees facing a raised stage. Most attendees sit on rows of blue and red plastic chairs, with men in white shirts and women in white, yellow and orange saris prominent in the foreground. On the stage, a central seated figure in ornate red and gold attire sits beneath a decorated gold backdrop with pink draping, flanked by seated attendants and a deity murti-like arrangement. Tall striped pillars with hanging decorations line the tent edges, and cameras are visible at the left.2008-01-01July 12 20142014-07-12November 16 20032003-11-16January 01 20082008-01-01A large outdoor gathering seated under a striped canopy at the Kanchipuram ashram inauguration. In the foreground, a woman in a cream sari with green border and a black handbag sits beside an elderly woman in a mustard-yellow sari. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with gold bangles and a red wrist thread, sits with hands clasped next to a young woman in white with a rudraksha-style mala. At right a woman wears an orange-and-white sari with gold necklace. Rows of devotees fill the background under colourful draped fabric and pillars, with a speaker box visible at right. No robed or crowned figure is clearly identifiable among those shown.2006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24November 12 20082008-11-12November 12 20082008-11-12November 24 20082008-11-24July 21 20052005-07-21