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A large nighttime outdoor gathering of women seated in dense rows, filling the foreground and midground, many in colourful saris of orange, yellow, pink, green, blue and maroon. Some older women with grey hair sit in the front rows and a few hold their hands near their faces. A pale white boundary wall with a small rooftop structure runs across the background under a black sky, with more people standing along the top of the wall. The scene is lit mainly by stage or floodlights, leaving the sky dark. No speaker or stage is clearly visible in the frame.

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November 20 20052005-11-20Night photograph of a very large outdoor audience seated in rows facing a stage area beyond the frame. The sky is dark and empty above a long cream-coloured boundary wall. Floodlights on tall poles at the left illuminate the front rows. Many attendees wear white shirts and dhotis or trousers, with some in bright yellow-green, red and pink clothing. Some people sit with hands folded in prayer. The crowd fills the lower half of the image and extends back to the wall.2005-11-20November 20 20052005-11-20A large night-time outdoor audience seated in rows of white plastic chairs, facing a stage out of frame. Bright floodlights on tall stands light the left side of the scene, and a white boundary wall runs along the back. Many people are visible, including men in shirts, women in saris of green, purple, red and pink, and children in the foreground, one boy in a blue patterned shirt. Their attention is directed toward the stage. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person candidate in the visible area.2005-11-20A large outdoor night gathering of seated devotees on white plastic chairs, facing toward an unseen stage. Many women wear saris in yellow, orange, pink, green, purple and light blue, and several older men and women are visible in the front rows. A plain cream-coloured building wall with a small rooftop structure stands behind the crowd under a dark sky. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the image shows an audience during an evening discourse or satsang.2005-11-20Night photograph of a very large open-air crowd seated on the ground facing a stage, which is out of frame. Dense rows of people in white shirts, yellow, green and red clothing fill the foreground. Bright floodlights on tall poles at the right and a pale boundary wall with a few lights behind the crowd illuminate the scene against a dark sky. The gathering appears to be a public discourse event held outdoors at night.2005-11-20Night-time photograph of a very large outdoor audience seated on the ground facing a stage out of frame, lit by two bright floodlights on tall poles. Hundreds of people fill the frame in rows, many in white shirts and dhotis or saris, with colourful saris and shawls visible among them. No individual speaker or a person candidate is visible on stage in this view. A low white building wall is at the right edge. A purple bird logo sits at the top left corner.2005-11-20A large night-time outdoor gathering of seated devotees fills the frame, many in plain chairs facing away from the camera toward an unseen stage. Several bright floodlights on poles light the crowd from above and the background is dark. Women wear sarees and salwar kameez in colours including orange, pink, green, teal and turquoise, some with flowers in their hair, while men wear white shirts and trousers. Low buildings and parked vehicles appear faintly at the far edge of the field. Many faces are visible and several people are smiling or looking toward the front.2005-11-21April 17 20112011-04-17A night outdoor satsang in Tamil Nadu: a large crowd of devotees sits on white plastic chairs facing a bright floodlight on a metal stand at the left. Many are women in colourful saris and salwar, including a woman in a white sari with gold border at right and a woman in a purple sari in the foreground. An elderly man in glasses and white shirt sits near the front, and a small child in a blue top is visible. Behind them a long wall and dark sky. Faint portrait-like image appears on a stand near the light, but no clear person is identifiable on stage. The audience appears attentive, listening to a discourse.2005-11-20November 20 20052005-11-20Night outdoor gathering of a very large crowd seated in rows behind white barriers, mostly women in saris and headscarves in green, pink, purple and orange, with some children. Bright floodlights on tall stands light the field, and strings of lights hang across the scene. A large framed portrait on a stage at the back shows a figure in saffron clothing, but no clearly identifiable person is visible on stage in the foreground.2010-01-08