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A photograph of a crowd of devotees standing under a covered outdoor pavilion, with rows of blue plastic chairs in the foreground. In the front, a woman in a white sari with a dark border and a red-beaded necklace stands at left beside a man in white shirt and trousers with a dark cord necklace. Center front, a man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands with hands folded, and to his right a man in a bright turquoise shirt stands with hands clasped. A woman in a white sari with a yellow and blue border stands behind them, and a man in a white shirt with a dark cord at right stands with hands folded. Behind them many more people in white, grey and pastel clothing stand in a large gathering under a tiled roof with columns.

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January 01 20042004-01-01January 01 20042004-01-012006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA large indoor hall filled with a dense audience of hundreds seated on blue plastic chairs facing a stage. In the foreground on the left, a figure in orange saffron robes sits near a camera on a tripod. Front-row seated attendees wear white kurtas and shirts, and a woman in an orange sari sits centrally. Ceiling fans hang from the high ceiling, and a wooden lectern stands at the right edge of the stage. A purple logo of a dancing figure appears at the top right corner.A seated audience fills a plain whitewashed hall in Tamil Nadu, with many women in colourful saris and salwar-style clothes sitting on mats and white plastic chairs. Men in white shirts and white dhotis sit in the rows behind, and a man in white stands at the right edge holding a camera. Stacked wooden poles lean against the back wall, and a window with wooden shutters sits above. Several women wear orange and blue saris, and some have white head coverings. Nobody in the scene is clearly identifiable as a central figure; the seated audience faces toward the front of the room.A crowded outdoor gathering of seated villagers on red and blue plastic chairs under open sky, with a few standing spectators behind. Most women wear saris in teal, turquoise, green, yellow, pink and orange, while several men wear white shirts and light trousers. Children sit in front, including a small boy in a red shirt held by an adult man and a child in a white shirt and tie. A tall wooden pole with rope stands at the left edge, and a mud-brick building with a doorway forms the backdrop. A yellow auto-rickshaw is visible at the upper right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is seen in the frame.2008-11-24OCtober 6, 7, 8 2004 - 3 Mass Living Enlightenment Initiation conventions at KancheepuramA photograph of a long line of women standing in a covered breezeway beside a building with large windows, waiting in a queue. Most are wearing sarees and salwar in mixed colours, including blue, purple, pink, orange, red and white, with long plaited hair and some with flowers in their hair. One older woman in the foreground wears a blue saree and holds papers, and another older woman in white holds a bag. Behind the windows, faint figures are visible inside the building. No a person candidate is visible in this image.2006-12-14A photograph of a large seated audience inside a hall at a Living Enlightenment initiation convention in Kancheepuram. Rows of blue plastic chairs fill the room, and hundreds of people in white shirts and dhotis, saris in pink, green, red and lavender, and salwar kameez sit with eyes closed or hands folded in meditation. Some hold their hands in namaste near the front. A stage with speakers and lighting rigs is visible at the back, and a purple logo graphic appears in the upper right corner. No individual candidate for the swami is clearly identifiable in the crowd.May 30 20152015-05-30Outdoor crowd gathered under a striped green, yellow and red tent canopy with rows of blue plastic chairs at an ashram-style grounds. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, some in grey shirts, stand and sit among the crowd, while several women in sarees, one in orange and red, sit in the chairs. Saffron-robed monastic figures stand in the middle distance near a pink multi-storey building, with parked white cars and trees behind them.2007-07-25A large seated audience inside a hall with red carpeting and white plastic chairs, mostly men and women in white clothes. In the foreground, an older man in a white shirt and white trousers sits on the left with a tan shawl over his lap, next to a woman in a pink and red sari with a red-bordered pallu, and a smiling woman in an all-white sari with a red bindi on the right. Behind them, many attendees wear white, with some in orange-striped shawls and blue and green saris. No ceremonial figure is visible on stage, so no a person candidate is shown.2004-01-01