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Night photograph of a large open-air pandal at an outdoor gathering, with a dense crowd of people seated on the ground in white clothing. Rows of vertical fluorescent tubes glow white along the structure, and dangling leafy strands and banana-style decorations hang from the bamboo-and-thatch roof. A large drum with a painted red and yellow design sits at the lower left edge, and a bright floodlight shines near the upper right. The scene is dim and crowded.

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July 16 20062006-07-16A large open-sided pandal at night, with a bamboo and thatch roof strung with fluorescent tube lights and hanging green leaf decorations. Hundreds of people in white clothes sit cross-legged on the floor facing a distant stage, many with hands folded in prayer, some wearing lanyards. Banners with printed text hang along the walls. In the foreground, a standing figure in white stands at the right edge. The setting suggests a large satsang or ritual gathering.2006-07-16A large thatched pandal hall during the Sapta Yagam event in Salem, with bamboo poles and a corrugated roof draped in hanging strings of yellow-green leaves and white paper flowers. Rows of seated devotees, mostly dressed in white, fill the floor in front of a raised stage at the far end, where small figures stand near decorative drapes and a central altar area. Tall tubelights hang from the poles and potted banana or palm plants stand among the crowd. Some devotees wear saffron and orange garments. A dark-clothed figure is at the lower right.2006-07-16Large indoor hall at night filled with many seated devotees in white clothes, many with hands folded in prayer or anjali. Tall bamboo-like poles with hanging yellow-green garlands and rows of tube lights stand throughout the open-sided pandal. Some men wear rudraksha malas. Banners hang on the far walls. A black bag sits on the sandy floor at left. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the front rows, so no in-person candidate is claimed; the scene shows a satsang-style gathering during a multi-day yagna event.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16A large open-sided pandal hall with a bamboo and thatched roof, hung with tube lights and green banana-leaf or palm decorations. Dense rows of seated devotees fill the floor, most dressed in white shirts and dhotis or white clothing, many wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Several are sitting with palms joined in prayer. A woman with grey hair and a younger woman in light blue are visible in the front right area. Banners with Tamil text hang along the walls, and a figure in white stands at the far right edge. Some attendees sit in front of a distant ritual area with lit lamps.2006-07-16A large seated audience fills a hall decorated with banana plants and rows of tube lights overhead. In the foreground, men and women in white clothes sit on the floor; a man in a white shirt holds a water bottle, and a bearded older man in white sits centre-left. Several people wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the stage is out of frame. A blue-and-white draped table with a water bottle sits at lower right.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16A large night-time gathering under a thatched palm-and-bamboo pavilion decorated with hanging leaf festoons and rows of tube lights on bamboo poles. Hundreds of seated devotees fill the floor in front of a raised stage at the far end, where a few figures in light and coloured clothing stand near a decorated backdrop. Many attendees wear white dhotis and shirts, some bare-chested with orange or saffron cloths, and several sit on small rows of white packaged items. Sugarcane stalks frame the edges of the hall. The stage figures are too small and distant to confirm any identity.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16