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A large evening gathering under a white canopy hung with colourful paper lanterns and fairy lights, with a red-draped stage area at the back. Rows of seated devotees, mostly men, sit on red floor coverings wearing white dhotis with gold borders, rudraksha malas and red shawls. Several sit with hands in anjali or pranam, and some wear vibhuti or tilak on their foreheads. In the foreground a bald man with white forehead markings and a tall man with long braided hair sit with folded hands. A cameraman stands at the top left near a microphone stand. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in this view.

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December 15 20162016-12-15 +1 copiesLarge outdoor evening gathering under a white tent with stage lights and a camera crane overhead. Dozens of devotees sit on mats in rows with palms pressed together in anjali, many bare-chested with rudraksha malas and white dhoti or veshti; some wear white kurtas and orange cloth. Behind them, decorated deity murti and a festive mandap with hanging lanterns and greenery frame the scene. A slightly built white-bearded man in white on the left also sits with hands folded. The setting suggests a sacred night ritual or satsang. Several participants have ceremonial ash marks and gold chains.2016-12-15A large evening gathering of devotees seated on colourful striped woven mats in a tent-like hall. Most wear white kurtas and cream clothing with red-and-maroon shawls draped over their shoulders; a few wear marigold garlands and a gold pendant. Several sit with palms pressed together in namaste or hands raised in prayer. In the upper centre, a figure in a saffron-orange robe stands near a brass lamp stand and a drum, while other white-clad attendants stand behind a stage with a large screen. A banner with lettering hangs in the background. No single figure in orange is clearly identifiable as a specific person from appearance alone.2015-09-15December 07 20162016-12-07A large seated crowd of bare-chested men and some women in white dhotis and cloths, many wearing rudraksha malas and white vibhuti or sandalwood markings on their foreheads and chests, sit on a red floor covering with eyes closed or heads bowed in meditation. A few people in the foreground have hands folded or fingers to their faces. Several visible figures wear wraps and beads, but no single person in front is clearly a person; the shaved and bearded men in the middle and left are devotees. Many people are visible, with several more partially seen at the edges.2016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07 +1 copiesJuly 09 20172017-07-09December 07 20162016-12-07May 05 20162016-05-05July 30 20172017-07-30 +1 copiesA photograph inside a large hall with pillars and colourful festoons, where a long row of devotees sits and stands in rapt prayer before an altar with flower offerings and a red-draped platform. Foreground: a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and white dhoti, and beside him a man in a white dhoti and rudraksha mala. Further back, seated men wear white dhotis, orange and saffron cloths, and rudraksha malas. Women in white and cream sarees with mala necklaces stand with hands folded at right, and a woman with a yellow turmeric mark on her forehead stands in the centre foreground. A large red and gold ornamental umbrella hangs at top right, with decorated poles and banners around the hall. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam ceremony, with the altar lit with oil lamps and garlanded with marigold flowers.2018-04-14August 16 20172017-08-16 +1 copies