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Large outdoor gathering on a hillside stage at dusk with hundreds of seated and standing devotees in white and pastel clothes on rows of chairs, many red and blue plastic chairs. A raised red-carpeted platform under a white canopy holds a central figure in saffron robes seated before a flower-decorated arrangement, with attendants in white and orange around him. Behind the stage hangs a large black-and-white portrait of a bearded sage with long hair and a banner with printed Tamil-script text. Stage lights, speakers and a parked silver SUV frame the rocky red-earth hillside.