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A large crowd of devotees sits cross-legged on colourful striped mats inside a tented hall, facing a central altar decorated with garlands, banana plants and a golden deity murti under a canopy. Many participants wear white, saffron, orange and red saris, and several men are bare-chested. Hanging paper lanterns and dangling colourful ornaments decorate the ceiling, and a screen on the right shows a projected image. Most people are seen from behind, with the front rows closest to the altar.

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Large evening gathering in a covered hall with a striped mat floor and many hanging decorations of multicoloured tassels and lanterns. Hundreds of devotees sit in rows facing a decorated central stage with a deity murti, garlanded and lit, flanked by potted plants. Many men in front sit bare-chested in white dhotis; women in white, cream and green saris sit behind them. A few figures near the stage wear white. A large screen glows at the right edge. The crowd is dense.2016-12-02A large covered hall during an evening ritual session, with hundreds of seated devotees on striped woven mats facing a central stage. Many men in the foreground are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis, while women in white and green saris and orange shawls sit to the right. Above, colourful hanging tassels, lanterns and tiered decorative canopies decorate the ceiling. On the stage a large deity murti is adorned with garlands and flanked by floral arrangements, with a screen at the right showing a green image. Lights illuminate the scene, and the setting suggests a puja or satsang gathering.2016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02December 05 20162016-12-05December 12 20162016-12-12Large evening gathering under a tented pavilion decorated with hanging paper lanterns, cloth streamers and yellow leaf garlands. Hundreds of seated devotees, many bare-chested or in white dhotis, face a raised stage where a deity murti is adorned with flowers and lamps. A priest in white stands near the stage, a man in a yellow-saffron shawl sits in a red chair in the foreground, and a projection screen shows an image at the right. Banana plants and oil lamps frame the altar area.2016-12-02A large white tent filled with a dense crowd of seated devotees on red floor mats, most in white and orange or saffron clothing. Strings of colourful bunting and small hanging lamps line the tent ceiling. At the far end, a red-draped stage holds a central figure at a distant lectern, flanked by two large screens showing lit images. Chairs sit at the back and water bottles are scattered among the audience. Hundreds of people fill the foreground and midground.2016-05-05A large satsang in a decorated tent with white draped ceiling and rows of colourful paper lanterns and hanging red, green and yellow decorations. Hundreds of seated devotees fill the floor, many in white, red, pink and yellow clothes, some wearing garlands. A raised seat at the far side has a figure in saffron-coloured clothing with long hair, seated before a golden deity murti shrine and large screens showing a close-up image. Foreground devotees sit cross-legged on red mats with brass vessels nearby.2016-12-07A large tented hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees in mostly white clothes, with some in colourful saris and kurtas, facing a stage at the far end. Many hanging decorations fill the ceiling, including long cylindrical streamers and umbrella-shaped paper lanterns in orange, red, pink, green and yellow. Several large screens display a figure in red and white at the front. Oil lamps and offerings sit on the floor before the crowd. The seating is dense, with people filling the rows to the edges of the frame.2016-12-14Night-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 copiesWide view inside a large hall packed with a dense audience of seated devotees on white chairs, many in white and orange or red clothing, with some in dhotis and saris. Overhead hang rows of colourful cylindrical paper decorations with fringed shades and tassels in orange, green, blue and red. Several large screens along the walls show the event, and a distant stage holds a small figure seated near a lit area.2016-12-06 +1 copiesDecember 06 20162016-12-06