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Interior of a decorated tent viewed from the back rows, with people seated on the floor facing a stage hung with red velvet curtains and a gold scalloped valance. A camera on a tripod stands in front of the stage. Several seated people in the foreground wear white head bands and white or light clothing. Hanging colourful cloth panels with elephant and floral motifs decorate the tent poles, and string lights and ceiling fans are visible. No recognizable figure is seated on the stage in this view.

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Photograph taken from the back of a large tent hall looking toward a stage draped with red curtains and gold trim. Several people in the foreground, seen from behind, wear white head bands and white cloth ties, sitting on the floor facing the stage. A tripod-mounted camera stands in front of the stage. Decorative pillars wrapped in colourful patterned fabric with yellow tassels hang from the tent's white ceiling, and fans and lights are visible overhead. No one on stage is visible in the frame, so no a person candidate can be identified in the scene.2009-08-27August 27 20092009-08-27August 27 20092009-08-27Large crowd of devotees seated on the floor of a tent-covered hall facing a stage at the far end, with a dark backdrop and a central aisle carpet running toward it. Many devotees wear white clothes. Tall cylindrical pillars wrapped in colourful patterned fabric line both sides of the tent. Small figures are visible near the stage and at the edges, and a speaker stands at the front of the stage. The scene resembles a Guru Poornima satsang gathering, with the speaker presumably delivering a discourse.2006-07-11August 27 20092009-08-27Wide view inside a large white tented hall filled with seated devotees in white clothes on rows of plastic chairs, facing a stage. Tall cylindrical hanging banners in red, yellow and blue patterns line the ceiling. On the stage, a flower-decked central altar with a brass lamp stands in front of dark red drapes, with several figures in white and orange robes performing ritual activity around it. Stage lighting and a camera on a tripod are visible in the aisle. Individual faces are too small to identify anyone; a person in orange and white near the altar may be a priest, but no one is confidently identified.2009-01-03July 09 20102010-07-09Audience seated in white plastic chairs in a decorated hall facing a stage with dark red curtains and a gold scalloped valance, lit by two red spotlights on stands. A red carpet runs up the centre aisle between rows of attendees, mostly men in white shirts and some women in saris. Colourful patterned hanging banners with elephant motifs and yellow tassels hang from the white canopy ceiling. No figure is clearly identifiable on the stage.2009-06-17July 09 20102010-07-09Photograph of a large white tented hall at an evening event, with rows of seated devotees, many in white clothes, facing a lit stage at the far end. Hanging decorative bunting in red, blue and gold with tassels runs across the tent ceiling. On the stage, a central altar displays a floral arrangement and small lamps, with several people in white and saffron-coloured clothing standing and moving around it. A camera on a tripod is set up near the front rows. The hall is dimly lit, with a few white spotlights overhead. The people seated in the foreground and middle rows are visible, and a crowd of many more people fills the hall.2009-01-03A large tent hall with a white fabric ceiling, decorated with tall cylindrical hangings in patterned red, yellow and blue cloth. Rows of seated people in white and pale clothing face a raised stage with red-draped backdrop and a large portrait of a smiling man with long hair displayed above. An ornate gold and red throne with a red cushion sits centre stage, flanked by garlands and a small lamp. A video camera on a tripod is set up in the central aisle. Audience members on the left wear white and light shirts, and women on the right wear white and green saris. The hall is dimly lit with red stage lighting.2007-02-15December 29 20062006-12-29