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Night gathering outdoors under strings of multicolored fairy lights and bright floodlights. Many people in orange and saffron robes sit on colourful striped mats on a paved floor, most wearing rudraksha malas and orange headwear. Young girls in orange saris with white forehead marks sit in the foreground. Behind them, people in white clothes sit among the orange-clad crowd. At left stands a bronze deity murti of a bull (Nandi) draped with a yellow and red garland, beside a stone plinth inscribed with Sri Ananda Nanda text and a large metal vessel. A tall lamp stand stands near a red pillar.

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September 14 20172017-09-14Night photograph of a large seated gathering in orange and saffron clothing on colourful striped mats outdoors on a paved courtyard. Dozens of young women and girls in orange saris and robes sit in rows, many wearing beaded necklaces and garlands. Behind them stands a stone pillar-like shrine or lamp structure with a decorated base and a garlanded stone figure, with string lights and bright stage lamps overhead. A woman in a white sari and beaded necklace sits at the left edge, and a few people in white sit at the back near the shrine. Tall pillars frame the open-sided hall.2017-09-14A photograph of a large seated gathering at night outdoors, many women and girls in saffron-orange saris and tunics with bright orange-red beaded necklaces, sitting on striped pastel mats on a paved courtyard. Behind them, people in white and other devotees stand or sit; a dark bronze-toned bull statue (Nandi) on a pedestal is draped with a garland of orange and yellow flowers, and a tall ornate stone lamp stands on a pillar beside a temple structure. Several seated women hold small items, a steel water bottle lies on the mat, and some wear white tilak marks on their foreheads. Coloured powder designs decorate the paving in the foreground. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2017-09-14 +1 copiesNight scene at an outdoor ashram courtyard lit by a bright spotlight and string lights. Many young women and girls sit cross-legged on striped mats wearing saffron-orange saris and rudraksha malas with gold necklaces. Behind them, a dark stone-grey statue of a seated figure garlanded with red and white flowers and draped in a yellow cloth sits on a red pedestal, with a man in white ritual clothes bending near it. Several people in white dhotis and shawls sit or stand in the background, and a large bronze lamp stands at left.2017-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20172017-09-14Night outdoor gathering of many young women seated cross-legged on striped mats, dressed in saffron-orange saris with rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, with white vibhuti or kumkum marks on their foreheads. Behind them stands a tall stone lamp pillar and a black stone murti of a deity draped with white and orange garlands, with a bright spotlight on the right and string lights overhead. Several people in white clothes sit near the murti, and a man in white stands at the far left edge. The scene suggests a satsang or puja with the gathering seated in devotion.2017-09-07September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesNight photo of a large group of young people in saffron-orange clothing and matching orange head turbans seated cross-legged on colourful striped rugs in an open courtyard. Many wear rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, and some have sandalwood or kumkum marks on their foreheads. Behind them stands a black stone statue of a seated figure garlanded with flowers, labelled Sri Ananda Nanda in the scene, with a flower offering in front. Bright stage lights and strings of colourful lights hang overhead, and several older people in white sit to the left. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2017-09-07 +1 copiesNight outdoor festival gathering with strings of coloured lights overhead. Dozens of young girls sit on a paved courtyard in rows, wearing orange, red and pink saris and kurtas with white forehead markings and rudraksha beaded necklaces. Among them, older women in white dresses and white shawls sit or stand, and a man in white with a red shawl sits among the group. Behind them, a red shrine-like structure holds a deity murti with a garland of flowers, and men in white dhotis walk through the background. Some girls hold water bottles and folded items.2014-08-25August 25 20142014-08-25Night photograph of a large seated gathering of devotees in an open courtyard at an ashram. In the foreground, rows of young men in saffron-orange robes and orange turbans sit on mats, many with hands folded in anjali, some wearing rudraksha malas and tilak. A woman in a white sari sits at the right front. Behind them, many more people in white and saffron stand and sit, with a red-and-white garland at left. Strings of multicoloured lights hang overhead, and a tiered lamp-lit structure glows in the background. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone.2017-09-28Night outdoor gathering on a paved courtyard with a patterned striped mat laid out. Many seated people in saffron-orange robes, several wearing beaded necklaces, sit in rows facing a standing figure in an orange sari-like wrap at centre right. A seated person in white clothes sits on the mat near the front, and a man in white stands at upper right beside a canopy-like parasol at left. Behind them is a stone pillar-style structure with a carved top and string lights overhead. Some people in the background hold cameras. The scene looks like a satsang or discourse gathering, though the exact activity is not clear.2017-09-07 +1 copies