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A seated audience fills a hall at an enlightenment initiation event. Many men wear white shirts and dhotis or trousers, some with white headbands tied across their foreheads, with eyes closed in meditation. A grey-haired older woman in a light sari sits in the front row beside a man in a white shirt with his hands clasped. Others wear striped and checked shirts; a few have pink or red head cloths. No prominent figure in saffron or ornate dress is clearly identifiable, so no candidate is marked.

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October 28 - 1 November 2004 - Mass Living Enlightenment Initiations in TiruvannamalaiMay 30 20152015-05-30A photograph of a large seated audience inside a hall at a Living Enlightenment initiation convention in Kancheepuram. Rows of blue plastic chairs fill the room, and hundreds of people in white shirts and dhotis, saris in pink, green, red and lavender, and salwar kameez sit with eyes closed or hands folded in meditation. Some hold their hands in namaste near the front. A stage with speakers and lighting rigs is visible at the back, and a purple logo graphic appears in the upper right corner. No individual candidate for the swami is clearly identifiable in the crowd.A large seated audience fills a hall, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis alongside women in silk saris in orange, red, green and blue. In the front row, a woman in a yellow-orange checked sari sits with clasped hands, next to a younger woman in a pale blue-and-white sari, and a woman in a pink sari with a gold necklace. Elderly men wearing eyeglasses sit among them, and white plastic chairs are arranged in rows.July 30 20082008-07-30A crowded indoor audience seated on white plastic chairs at a large convention hall, many men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris, with a dense crowd standing and seated behind them. In the front row, a bearded man in saffron-orange robes with a red rosette sits beside older men in white ritual clothes wearing red-and-gold rosettes; a woman in an orange sari with a bindi sits behind them. No figure is clearly identifiable as a specific person, and no one is shown in a clear swami or saffron-robed role beyond the orange-clad attendee.A photograph of a seated audience inside a plain, pale-green walled hall with rows of white plastic chairs. Many men and women sit facing the same direction, several with arms folded; a woman in the front left wears a white sari with red border, another in a teal sari, and a man in the front centre wears a white shirt and blue trousers. Ceiling fans and tall windows line the walls; at the right, a small table with a white cloth stands near the wall, and a framed picture hangs on the back wall. A purple bird logo appears on the wall at upper left.July 30 20082008-07-30 +1 copiesOCtober 6, 7, 8 2004 - 3 Mass Living Enlightenment Initiation conventions at Kancheepuram2004 - sacred collections uncategorisedApril 06 20122012-04-06October 15 20082008-10-15