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A large outdoor evening gathering on an open grassy ground, with a crowd seated on the grass in rows facing a lit stage at the far end. Many attendees wear white, orange and pink clothing, and some have small bundles or bundled sugarcane stalks placed before them. Tall white and red tent draping lines the edges, with bright floodlights on poles and palm trees against a dusky blue sky. A stage banner with a warm glow shows the event's printed title, and the scene has a festive, communal atmosphere. No individual on the stage is clearly identifiable from this distance.

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A large outdoor evening gathering at dusk, with a dense crowd seated on the ground in rows facing a lit stage at the far end. Most attendees wear white or pastel clothes, with women in saris of orange, pink, yellow and red. Many sit before small leaf-plate offerings and brass lamps placed on the ground. Tall palm trees, floodlights, and a red-and-white striped tent frame the scene, and a backdrop with a lit banner stands on the stage. Several people in white dress move between rows. The crowd appears to number well over a hundred.2007-07-22April 17 20112011-04-17A large night gathering of devotees seated on sand under bright floodlights at an outdoor event. Many women in white and coloured saris, including orange, teal, green and yellow, sit cross-legged or on plastic chairs, with several wearing headscarves. Men in white shirts and white dhotis sit among them on the left. Strings of lights and tents line the far background, and a few figures stand near the stage area. No speaker can be confidently identified in the frame.2011-11-10Night outdoor gathering of a very large crowd seated on plastic chairs and mats behind white cloth barricades, lit by bright stage floodlights. Many attendees wear white shirts, white dhotis and saris, with some in darker or coloured saris. A string of small lamps hangs across the scene. On the left, a large banner shows a portrait of a man with a hand raised beside stylised lettering. The stage at the far distance is set up with lights and screens. The photo is watermarked on the lower right with the archive credit.2010-01-08Night-time outdoor satsang at a large open ground, with a huge crowd of devotees seated on plastic chairs and mats facing a lit stage. The stage has a decorated canopy with a central seated figure in the distance, too small to identify. Many attendees wear white, yellow and red clothing, and several women wear white or pastel saris and head coverings. Floodlights, strings of bunting and banners line the field, and white cloth barriers run along the front rows.2010-01-08Night-time outdoor satsang with a large seated audience filling a paved open ground under bright blue-white stage lights and tents in the background. Many people sit on plastic chairs and on the bare ground, mostly facing away from the camera toward an unseen stage. Men wear white shirts and dhotis or light trousers, while women wear white, yellow and green sarees, some with flowers in their hair. No single speaker, deity murti or throne is clearly visible in the frame, so no a person candidate can be identified.2010-02-15January 08 20102010-01-08Night outdoor satsang at a large open ground in Tiruvannamalai. A dense crowd of devotees sits on rows of orange and white plastic chairs facing a brightly lit stage backed by a decorated golden-and-red canopy with a deity murti visible. Women wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, red, green and blue, many with head coverings; men wear white shirts and dhotis. Floodlights on tall stands and strings of yellow-and-green bunting frame the scene. A large banner with Tamil writing stands at right. A stage figure is not clearly distinguishable at this distance.2010-01-08April 17 20112011-04-17Night photograph of a large open-air gathering seated on bare dirt ground. Many people in white clothes sit in rows, with women in saris and headscarves, some in orange and pink. Strings of small yellow and green paper lights hang overhead, and a bright floodlight stands at left. Banners and signage line the background, and a few white plastic chairs are scattered among the crowd.2010-01-08Outdoor evening gathering at a palm-fringed open ground, with a large crowd standing and seated before a lit stage. Bright floodlight towers stand on both sides, and the stage has a large orange and yellow banner with a portrait and text, flanked by flags and a small canopy. The crowd is mostly men and women in white dhotis, saris and shirts, with a few children at the front left and a woman in orange sari in the foreground. Blue mats cover the ground in the middle distance, and the sky is dusky blue. The image is a photograph of an event with a visible banner, and the people are too small and distant to identify any individual as the a person.2010-02-18Night outdoor gathering on a bare dirt ground under floodlights, with a large crowd seated closely together facing away toward a stage area. Many attendees wear white shirts and dhotis, while women wear saris in green, purple, pink and yellow, some with headscarves. Strings of small yellow and green decorative leaves hang overhead from poles across the scene, and a row of stalls with banners and draped cloth lines the right side. No individual clearly presents as the a person candidate in this view.2010-01-08