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Night photograph of a very large open-air crowd of devotees seated on the ground at an outdoor satsang or discourse gathering. Many wear headphones for translation, and several wear yellow lanyards. Foreground figures include a man with glasses and rudraksha beads in white clothes, a woman in an orange sari, and a woman in a light beige top. Bright floodlights stand at the top corners, strings of small yellow lights hang overhead, and a large banner portrait shows a saffron-robed figure with a printed Tamil caption, visibly reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style Tamil text. The crowd extends back to the distant stage area.

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Night-time outdoor gathering of a very large crowd, filling the foreground and midground, many wearing headphones for translation. Men and women sit or stand close together behind white barrier cloths. Strings of yellow flower garlands and small lights stretch across the top of the frame, with floodlights on poles at left. Two large banners on the stage area show portraits of a saffron-robed figure with long hair, one on a red-and-yellow banner and one on a white banner. Many people wear white, saffron and colourful saris and kurtas.2010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08Night-time photograph of a large seated congregation under a covered hall lit by overhead lamps and a string of small orange lights along the back wall. Hundreds of devotees sit in rows, many in white and pastel kurtas or saris, several wearing over-ear headphones for translation. A woman in an orange shawl sits near the centre, and a man in a white shirt with a lanyard is at right. Several people wear dark rudraksha-style or white neck cords. The stage area and any central figure are not visible. A small white banner hangs on a pole in the middle distance.2011-12-08Night outdoor gathering of a very large crowd seated in rows of plastic chairs and mats facing a stage, lit by tall white floodlights against a dark sky. Many attendees wear white, pink, saffron and yellow sarees and kurtas, and several wear over-ear headphones. A few women in the front rows wear rudraksha-style necklaces and a light blue sari. Trees and a distant tent frame the field. No individual figure can be singled out as a person from this view, so no candidate is identified.2011-12-08December 29 20102010-12-29December 08 20112011-12-08A large night-time outdoor gathering of devotees seated in dense rows behind bamboo barriers. Most wear white clothing, with some in saffron, orange, red and pastel tones. Many wear headphones, and several foreign-looking participants with light hair and glasses are visible among them. A few people wear rudraksha or bead necklaces. The crowd extends back into the darkness, with the front rows closest to the camera. No speaker or stage figure is clearly visible in this frame.2010-12-29January 08 20102010-01-08December 29 20102010-12-29Night outdoor gathering of a very large crowd seated in rows behind white barriers, mostly women in saris and headscarves in green, pink, purple and orange, with some children. Bright floodlights on tall stands light the field, and strings of lights hang across the scene. A large framed portrait on a stage at the back shows a figure in saffron clothing, but no clearly identifiable person is visible on stage in the foreground.2010-01-08Night-time outdoor satsang with a large seated audience filling white plastic chairs under bright floodlights and strings of lights. Foreground devotees include a woman in a white sari with a dark cord necklace, a woman in a blue sari with gold bangles, a woman in a white top with a rudraksha-style mala, a blonde woman in a white shirt and beaded necklaces, and a woman in grey with a white scarf. Behind them rows of attendees in white and colourful saris and kurtas sit facing the stage, which is out of frame. The stage and speaker are not visible, so no a person candidate appears in this image.2012-04-06