Outdoor gathering on a dry hillside among young green trees. Many devotees sit on bare ground in white clothes with orange shawls and scarves, with some standing among them. Men and women are seated close together, many with hands folded or eyes closed. A small wooden item sits on the ground near the centre. Hills and village buildings are visible in the background under a pale sky. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor gathering on a dry hillside among young green trees. Many devotees sit on bare ground in white clothes with orange shawls and scarves, with some standing among them. Men and women are seated close together, many with hands folded or eyes closed. A small wooden item sits on the ground near the centre. Hills and village buildings are visible in the background under a pale sky.

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Outdoor photo of a large crowd of devotees gathered on a dry, rocky hillside surrounded by green trees and shrubs. Most people wear white clothing with orange-saffron shawls or scarves draped over their shoulders; some women wear saris in pale and orange tones. Many sit on the ground in groups while others stand and walk among them. Behind them stands a thatched-roof hut beside a large boulder on the hill, with more people visible along the upper ridge. The scene appears to be a gathering or procession at a temple hill site.

August 02 2008

August 02 2008

August 02 2008

A large outdoor crowd sits in rows along a steep, leafy forested hillside path, mostly seated on red earth among green trees. Many devotees wear white clothes with orange or saffron shawls, and several women wear white saris with gold borders and yellow shawls. In the foreground, a woman in a white sari with yellow shawl and long braid faces away from the camera, while others seated nearby hold a phone and water bottles. A small figure in orange stands further up the slope. The dense crowd extends into the distance along the path.

August 02 2008

A large outdoor gathering of devotees seated on a dirt slope among green trees and shrubs, with hills behind. Most attendees wear white clothes and orange shawls or saffron scarves. Many face a distant raised platform where a figure in orange clothing sits near a decorated structure, possibly a satsang or discourse setting. A palm sapling stands in the foreground.

Outdoor photo of a large seated crowd on a hillside clearing among green trees, many people wearing white clothes with orange saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. Women with long braids in the foreground sit facing a raised central area where a figure in white and orange sits near a decorated deity murti with a colourful canopy. Tall decorated pennant poles with red, blue and yellow patterns stand on both sides, and the background shows a forested hill under a pale sky.

A large crowd of devotees walks along a shaded forest path under tall trees and leafy green branches. Many wear white clothing with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Several people in the front rows hold their hands together in namaskar or touch their faces, and a man at right holds a camera. No individual can be clearly identified as the a person, so no a person candidate is described; the scene appears to be a devotional procession or girivalam walk at a Tiruvannamalai ashram setting.

Outdoor group meditation on a rocky hillside under green trees near Tiruvannamalai. A central young man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a crossbody saffron wrap, sits cross-legged with hands folded in meditation; his appearance is a probable candidate for a person by his long swept hair and saffron clothing, though the identification is uncertain. Around him thirty to forty devotees sit on stone, many in white with orange shawls, some with hands in prayer. A woman in a white sari with orange shawl sits beside him, and two men in orange robes sit lower right, one holding a small object. Many more devotees fill the background among the trees.

Outdoor photo of a large seated gathering on a hillside under trees, with hundreds of devotees in white clothing and saffron-orange shawls. Many sit on the grass facing toward the upper area, and a tall decorated pole with painted floral and bird motifs in red, blue, yellow and white stands among the trees. A white-clad figure stands near the centre of the crowd. Rocky outcrops and a small white building appear in the background. Several people in the foreground wear orange scarves and hold a blue book.

A large outdoor group of devotees sits cross-legged on a rocky hillside under sparse green trees, many with palms pressed together in namaste or hands folded in prayer. Most wear white or cream clothing with bright orange shawls draped over their shoulders. A tall gopuram temple tower is visible in the distance on the right, and a few standing people stand near the trees at the left. The scene suggests a meditation or satsang gathering on the hill.