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A large crowd of seated devotees, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, faces a golden stage at a temple-style hall with red drapes. On the central golden throne, a bearded figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap sits in front of a golden bull mount. Behind him, a golden deity murti is garlanded with flowers. Flanking statues, golden arches and bright tasseled banners fill the stage. Camera tripods and a cameraman stand at the side, and a woman with long dark hair wearing a yellow head band sits among the crowd on the right. a person wears orange robes and an orange head wrap seated on the central throne, with a ceremonial satsang setting.

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Evening satsang in a gold-and-red ornate hall. A man in an orange-red robe sits cross-legged on a raised golden throne-like seat in front of a white bull statue and deity murtis draped in garlands of marigold and flowers. Flanking the central dais are golden arched shrines with additional deity murtis, and red curtains hang behind. Dozens of seated devotees in white dhotis and white shawls, some bare-chested, face the stage, while a camera crew on tripods films the proceedings. Orange-robed sannyasis sit to the right. The seated man's appearance is not clearly identifiable from this view, so the depicted figure is described only by role.2017-11-29November 26 20172017-11-26December 02 20172017-12-02December 02 20172017-12-02A large crowd of devotees sits cross-legged on the floor facing a golden altar hung with garlands and string lights. Central on a raised seat is a figure in saffron-orange robes, with a wrap over the shoulders and a long swept-back hairstyle, whose appearance matches the page's a person reference, though I cannot be certain of identity. On either side stand gilded deity murtis draped in marigold garlands, with a golden bull (Nandi) in front and kalasha pots and oil lamps arranged below. Many devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls kneel in the foreground, while video cameras on tripods film the darshan from the right.2017-12-02November 28 20172017-11-28November 26 20172017-11-26December 02 20172017-12-02November 25 20172017-11-25September 09 20172017-09-09 +1 copiesA large hall during an evening Karthigai Deepam gathering, with many lamps lit on the stage and dense rows of seated devotees facing away from the camera. A seated figure in orange and saffron robes sits in the centre on a raised golden platform before a golden bull statue (Nandi) and gilded deity murtis garlanded with marigolds. Hundreds of oil lamps and string lights frame the altar, with red curtains behind. Devotees in white dhotis, bare-chested men with sacred threads, and people in red and orange shirts sit on the floor. Two video cameras on tripods film the stage.2017-12-02A photograph of a ceremonial hall with a red curtain backdrop. On a raised stage, a seated man in orange robes sits centrally on a throne-like seat decorated with multicoloured marigold and flower garlands, with a microphone stand before him. Flanking him are two deity murtis in gold-framed arched niches, each draped in flower garlands, one in orange cloth. A large crowd of mostly bare-chested or white-clad devotees sits cross-legged on the floor facing the stage, with several men in white dhotis and some in saffron. A video camera on a tripod is visible at the right edge of the stage.2017-11-11