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Large outdoor evening gathering under a white tent with stage lights and a camera crane overhead. Dozens of devotees sit on mats in rows with palms pressed together in anjali, many bare-chested with rudraksha malas and white dhoti or veshti; some wear white kurtas and orange cloth. Behind them, decorated deity murti and a festive mandap with hanging lanterns and greenery frame the scene. A slightly built white-bearded man in white on the left also sits with hands folded. The setting suggests a sacred night ritual or satsang. Several participants have ceremonial ash marks and gold chains.

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December 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07 +1 copiesDecember 07 20162016-12-07December 15 20162016-12-15 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05December 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07A large seated gathering in a festive open-sided pavilion at night, with string lights and hanging lamps overhead. Men sit on red and patterned mats facing a stage. Many are bare-chested with rudraksha malas and white or saffron dhotis; some wear saffron shawls and one wears a light pink hooded top. A cameraman in white dhoti stands at the left edge. Behind the seated crowd, large ornate deity murti and decorated figures with garlands and tall headdresses stand beside green foliage and decorative arches. A bald elderly man in the lower right wears a rudraksha mala and sits in the foreground.2016-12-15December 02 20162016-12-02A large seated crowd of bare-chested men and some women in white dhotis and cloths, many wearing rudraksha malas and white vibhuti or sandalwood markings on their foreheads and chests, sit on a red floor covering with eyes closed or heads bowed in meditation. A few people in the foreground have hands folded or fingers to their faces. Several visible figures wear wraps and beads, but no single person in front is clearly a person; the shaved and bearded men in the middle and left are devotees. Many people are visible, with several more partially seen at the edges.2016-12-07December 02 20162016-12-02