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A large hall with a red carpeted stage and many devotees seated on the floor with hands joined in prayer. Hanging above are dozens of colourful paper lanterns and decorative streamers in red, orange, yellow and green. A central figure stands with his back to the camera, wearing a saffron-brown turban, a leopard-print shawl and a long dark braided garment. Several seated people in the foreground include a woman in a red shawl and a woman in a black veil. Screens on the walls show the event. a person: the standing figure has long swept-back hair and a turban with distinctive ornate clothing, consistent with the page's reference to a person at this event.

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December 12 20162016-12-12A hall with a red carpeted floor and a red curtain at right, hung with many colourful paper lanterns and decorative pendants overhead. A tall man stands at right facing the crowd, wearing an orange turban, a long swept-back dark hair and beard, an orange-brown robe over a leopard-print garment, and orange dhoti-style cloth. Seated devotees fill the floor, many with hands pressed in anjali; a man in a green garment sits nearby, and several people in white and red clothing sit in rows. Large screens hang at the back. a person appears to be the standing figure given his turban, long hair and orange-saffron clothing, shown in front of the seated assembly.2016-12-12A large hall with a white ceiling hung with colourful cylindrical and umbrella-shaped paper lanterns in red, orange, green, pink and blue. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair worn loose down the back, wearing a brown wrap and a leopard-print garment with a brown dhoti-style lower cloth, walks away from the camera across a red carpet toward a golden seated figure on a raised golden throne-like seat. Seated devotees fill the floor on both sides, some in white clothes, some in orange and saffron, one man with a brown shawl and a rudraksha-style neck garland. Large screens on the walls show a bright image. The scene reads as a satsang or darshan gathering.2016-12-07May 12 20162016-05-12A hall with a red carpeted aisle and a ceiling hung with rows of colourful cylindrical streamers and umbrella-shaped paper lanterns in orange, green, pink and blue. A figure seen from behind, with long black hair down the back, wears a leopard-print top and a rust-brown wrap and walks barefoot toward a gilded throne-like seat on a raised platform. Seated devotees along the right wear white dhotis and shawls and orange garments, some with rudraksha-style beads, and a woman in white sits in the left foreground. Large screens show a crowd in the background and white ceiling lights are visible. The seated audience numbers well over twenty.2016-12-07A large photograph of a crowded tented hall with a red carpet and rows of white plastic chairs filled with seated devotees in white and orange-red clothing. Overhead hang many colourful tassel decorations and small oil lamps. A central standing figure wears a reddish-brown robe, a long rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, with a tilak on the forehead and long dark hair; this is a visible figure with a compatible presentation, so the appearance-based label applies: a person, standing before the seated crowd. Two large screens flank the back of the tent. Many devotees have their hands folded in prayer. The crowd appears to number well over a hundred people.2016-05-12December 12 20162016-12-12May 12 20162016-05-12A large white tent hung with colourful tassel and lantern decorations shelters a densely packed seated crowd on plastic chairs and floor mats. In the centre foreground a man with long dark hair, bare-chested under a rust-red wrap, wears a gold pendant necklace and a rudraksha mala and walks down a red-carpeted aisle between the seated devotees, who wear white and orange clothing and some hold their hands in anjali. Two large screens display the proceedings at the sides, and a golden decorated seat stands near the stage area in the background.2016-05-12A large crowd fills a tent-like hall with a white ceiling strung with colourful hanging decorations, lamps and tassels. A standing man in a red turban and a brown leopard-print garment raises one arm, holding a long staff, in front of a golden throne with a red cushioned seat and a golden deity murti. Many seated devotees in white, orange and bright clothing fill the foreground, some with hands raised in greeting. Two large screens show a close-up of a figure in a red turban, and a camera crane is visible on the left.2016-12-12A large tented hall filled with a dense crowd of seated devotees in white, orange, saffron and pink clothes. At the centre, a bare-chested man with long dark hair, a red and gold turban and a gold necklace sits on a raised tiger-skin seat with a tall ceremonial staff beside him. Colourful paper streamers and lanterns hang from the ceiling, and large screens flank the stage.2016-12-07A large tented hall filled with a dense crowd seated on the floor and in chairs, many in colourful Indian clothing. A bare-chested man in a long dark shawl and wraparound cloth stands at the centre holding a tall golden ceremonial staff, with a golden-ornamented seat behind him and a white pedestal fan beside it. Hanging from the ceiling are rows of ornate red, orange, yellow and pink lanterns or lamps with tassels. Two large screens on either side show close-up images of the same robed figure. The figure may be a person, identified by the long hair, saffron-toned adornments and staff, but this is uncertain.2016-12-12