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A large indoor hall with white draped walls and a red carpet, decorated with rows of colourful paper lanterns and tassel garlands hanging from the ceiling. A dense crowd of well over twenty people stands and sits on mats and chairs, many with hands raised or pressed together in devotion. Most wear white kurtas, saris and salwar kameez in orange, red, blue and yellow, with some men in orange and white shirts and women in patterned blue and grey tunics. Several large screens at the back show a stage. Bags, water bottles and small brass items lie on the floor among the seating.

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December 12 20162016-12-12December 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05December 14 20162016-12-14December 12 20162016-12-12December 06 20162016-12-06December 05 20162016-12-05December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesA large tented hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees on red carpet during a festival gathering. Red and yellow fabric panels and paper lanterns hang from the ceiling. At the far end, a golden seat stands before a red curtain, with two large screens showing a deity image. Many attendees wear white, saffron/orange and yellow clothing. In the foreground a cameraman films the crowd while a figure in white robes moves among the seated people. A few people stand near the front, but the crowd is too dense to count precisely.2016-12-12 +1 copiesA large indoor hall with a red-carpeted floor and a red stage backdrop hung with draped curtains. Dozens of hanging decorations, colourful fabric streamers and lanterns in orange, red and green fill the ceiling. Two large screens flank the stage showing crowds. A dense crowd of several hundred devotees stands and sits across the floor, many in white kurtas and saffron, orange and yellow clothing, with some women in saris and salwar. A cameraman with a video camera is in the foreground. At the centre front, a figure in orange stands near a small wooden lectern, surrounded by ritual activity on the stage.2016-12-12December 05 20162016-12-05A large tented hall with a red carpeted floor and red drapes at the back, hung with rows of colourful cylindrical paper lanterns and small oil lamps overhead. Dense crowds of devotees in white, cream, saffron and pink clothes stand around a central stage area where a few figures in orange and white robes gather near a low altar. Several large screens on the walls show live footage of the crowd. In the foreground a video camera on a tripod films the gathering, and two elderly women in white saris sit at the right edge.2016-12-12