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Outdoor satsang crowd seated on red plastic chairs under a tent with orange poles and a colourful bunting strip, on a paved hexagonal floor. Foreground: a man in white dhoti and shirt wearing a rudraksha mala and a mark on his forehead; beside him a man in white kurta sits with hands folded. A bald man in pale kurta at right sits calmly. Behind, a large audience of mostly men in white ritual clothes, some in shirts, with a few children in front. Stage lights and cables at left edge.

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A large outdoor tent gathering of devotees seated on blue mats on a paved ground, filling the frame. Most wear white clothing, many women in white saris with gold or cream borders and name badges, and men in white shirts and white dhotis. Some hold books or prayer cards and others sit with hands folded or heads bowed. Red and gold draped curtains line the left side and blue-and-yellow striped drapes the right, with speakers and stage lights hanging from the white canopy.2017-03-11A night-time outdoor satsang crowd seated on white plastic chairs behind a white rope barrier, with a red carpet runway at left. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers with rudraksha malas and lanyard badges; a few wear pink or saffron tops. A man in the foreground at left has palms pressed together in prayer, and a man in the centre right holds his hands folded in namaste. A man in an orange robe sits at the right edge. Strings of multicolour lights and a crowd fill the background under a dark sky.2013-03-10A long row of men seated on red plastic chairs along a white tent wall decorated with blue borders and gold-and-blue motifs, facing a large black speaker or screen at the right. Most men wear white shirts or white dhotis, and a few wear grey or blue shirts. A man in the foreground left wears a white garment and a dark rudraksha-style mala around his neck. Another seated man in the foreground wears a white shirt and holds his hands together. Behind them, more spectators and staff in white stand under the tent canopy near a stall with books and banners.2009-01-01A large seated audience at an outdoor event in Kanchipuram, photographed from the side. Rows of men and women sit on red plastic chairs under a pink-and-white canopy. Many men wear white shirts and dhotis or trousers, women wear saris in purple, green, yellow and orange, and several girls and young boys sit among them. A few lighter-skinned adults wear glasses. No single speaker or deity is clearly visible in the frame.2006-11-24August 09 20072007-08-09A large outdoor crowd sits in rows of red plastic chairs under a white tented pavilion at a Jayanti event. Most attendees wear white clothing, many men in white shirts and dhotis or trousers with lanyards, and women in white or cream sarees with gold borders. Some women wear orange or saffron saris and a few wear blue. Black speakers hang from tent poles, and a cameraman stands at the right edge near the stage. Green carpeting covers the ground in front of the seated audience, with blue and white draped fabric along the sides.2009-01-01September 06 20152015-09-06A large outdoor gathering of devotees seated on bare ground under a pavilion decorated with banana-leaf and palm-frond festoons, and tall striped cloth pillars in blue, orange and red with floral motifs. Most men in the foreground wear white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas; several sit cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation, and one front-centre man has hands folded in his lap. Behind them a dense crowd of hundreds of seated and standing devotees, with women in saris and some in white.2007-01-01A large tented gathering with a ceiling draped in yellow, orange, green and red festoons and triangular pennants, lined with striped poles. Rows of white plastic chairs hold a dense audience of several hundred people, mostly men in white dhotis and kurtas with rudraksha malas, alongside saffron-robed sannyasis and some people in blue and yellow. A few men wear yellow shawls and orange head cloths, and a row of figures in the back right wears tall ornate headdresses. A red-covered table sits at the left edge, and a green railing and orange triangular bunting run along the front. The scene looks like a satsang or programme seating area.2010-01-30Evening outdoor satsang in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Rows of seated men fill white plastic chairs across a sandy ground, most wearing white shirts and dhotis or trousers, with some in checked shirts. Behind them hangs a wall of orange draped fabric with blue and white trim and a purple emblem at upper left. Standing near the back, a few men in white and two uniformed security guards in khaki stand by a rope barrier, and a white van is parked at the right edge.2010-02-16January 13 20152015-01-13March 11 20172017-03-11 +1 copies