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A large hall with a red carpeted floor and a draped white and red ceiling hung with rows of colourful paper lanterns and tassel streamers. At the left front, a raised red-and-gold stage holds ornate golden deity murti and a decorated seat. Dense crowds of devotees sit cross-legged on mats across the floor, many in white and saffron clothing. In the foreground, several drummers in orange-brown dhoti sit playing large drums and frame drums, and a cameraman operates a camera on a crane near the right. Screens display the stage for the audience.

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December 21 20162016-12-21A large indoor hall with a red carpet and a tented ceiling decorated with hanging colourful lanterns, streamers and paper lamps. Several hundred people sit cross-legged on mats in rows facing a stage at left, where two large painted deity murti stand beside an ornate gold throne. Drummers in the foreground play hand drums, and some seated people wear white, saffron and yellow clothing with garlands. Two screens display images on the right, and camera rigs and lights are visible overhead. Ceremonial and satsang-style gathering.2016-12-21December 06 20162016-12-06May 01 20162016-05-01 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02December 21 20162016-12-21December 21 20162016-12-21A large outdoor tented hall at night filled with seated devotees on the floor, most in white, saffron, orange and yellow clothing, with a central red carpet aisle leading to a decorated altar. Colourful cylindrical hanging decorations and yellow lanterns hang from the tent ceiling, with bright stage lights overhead. Near the altar, figures in white clothes perform ritual service around a richly decorated deity murti with garlands, and incense smoke rises. Cameras are set up on tripods at the left edge to record the puja.2016-12-15A large tented hall filled with seated devotees on a long red carpet runway leading to a raised red platform where a figure in orange-saffron robes sits on a golden throne-like seat. Overhead hang rows of colourful paper lanterns and decorative fringed ornaments in red, yellow, green and pink. Side screens show large images of the event. Foreground devotees in pink, orange and white saris and dhotis sit with hands folded in prayer, and a small shrine tray with a deity image sits at the lower left. The seated figure on the platform appears to match the a person candidate by saffron clothing and a throne, but the appearance is uncertain and no reliable identifying cues are clear at this size.2016-12-06A large hall with a red carpeted floor holds a dense crowd of seated devotees, many with arms raised in an expressive gesture. In the foreground, several young men in saffron and orange cloth and rudraksha malas sit cross-legged playing hand drums, one drummer with long dreadlocks and a bare upper body. Behind them, devotees in white, yellow and saffron clothing sit on striped mats. At the upper left, gilded deity murtis and an ornate golden throne-like altar stand beneath red drapery, with strings of orange and yellow marigold-style garlands hanging across the ceiling and video screens displaying the stage. The setting appears to be a devotional gathering or satsang.2016-12-21May 13 20182018-05-13 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05