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Night photograph inside a large tent hall hung with colourful paper lanterns and fans. Hundreds of mostly bare-chested men in white dhotis and sacred threads sit cross-legged on colourful mats and red carpets, facing a raised stage. On the stage, a decorated central shrine and deity murti are adorned with flowers, with lamps and smoke rising, while ritual attendants stand nearby. A large screen and a camera on a crane-like arm record the scene. Crowd size is clearly in the hundreds, well above the 100 mark.

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A large tented hall with a white ceiling strung with colourful hanging decorations and small lanterns. Hundreds of seated devotees, mostly men bare-chested in white dhotis with sacred threads, sit in rows on striped mats and a red carpet facing a distant stage. On the stage, a figure in orange robes sits before a decorated altar with floral garlands and a deity murti under an ornate canopy, with attendants nearby. A large projection screen and a camera on a crane boom capture the scene, and a cameraman stands at the right. Some visible satsang or darshan-style assembly with ritual decoration.2016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05Night-time ritual gathering under a large white tent decorated with hanging colourful paper lanterns and umbrella-shaped ornaments. Hundreds of seated devotees, mostly bare-chested men in white dhotis, sit on striped and red mats facing a raised shrine area at the front. A red-draped altar holds fruit, flowers and offerings, and smoke rises from a ceremonial fire. Behind the altar, a large screen shows an image, and a decorated golden palanquin-style structure stands at the right. A few figures in white and one person in a dark jacket are visible among the crowd, with a green banana-plant ornament near the shrine.2016-12-02 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02December 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02A large tented hall at night filled with hundreds of seated devotees, most men bare-chested in white dhotis with rudraksha malas, sitting on colourful striped mats. A central raised stage holds an ornately decorated shrine and a golden-clad figure seated on a throne amid garlands and plantain-leaf decor. Hanging paper lanterns, streamers and colourful pennant ornaments fill the ceiling. A camera operator on a tripod films at the front, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands on the left near the mats.2016-12-05December 02 20162016-12-02 +1 copiesA large crowd of devotees, mostly bare-chested men in white dhotis, sits on mats in a canopied pavilion at night, facing a distant elaborately decorated shrine. A large trident (trishul) stands in the left foreground. Colourful hanging decorations, lanterns and ceremonial pendants fill the ceiling. Priests in white moves near the central dais, where a deity murti is decorated with flowers and lights, and a screen shows a live feed on the right. Ritual abhishekam setting with a seated congregation during a night ceremony.2016-12-02