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Night outdoor satsang in a large open ground, viewed from behind a dense audience of seated people in light shirts, their backs to the camera. A decorated stage with ornate golden and colourful framing, banners and bright floodlights on tall towers sits at the far end, with a small figure at the centre of the stage. Strings of bunting hang across the top, and rows of smaller banners line the field. Some printed banners on the sides show text and portraits, but no individual on stage can be clearly distinguished. a person is not confidently visible.

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Night outdoor gathering of a very large crowd seated on rows of black plastic chairs facing an illuminated stage. The ornate decorated stage has a golden multi-tiered canopy and a large backdrop image of a bearded figure in saffron. Tall floodlights on poles light the scene, strings of pennants run across the top, and large vertical banners with portraits and text line both sides. Palm trees frame the open ground. Many people are seen from the back, some in white shirts. Scattered audience members are wearing white and light clothing. The crowd fills the foreground to the back of the field. A stage-side portrait shows a figure in orange clothing, and a figure on the stage area is hard to distinguish at this distance.2006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24Night outdoor event photographed from the back of a large audience seated on floor mats and chairs facing a brightly lit stage. Two tall light towers with rows of bulbs stand at each side, and strings of bunting hang across the top. The stage backdrop is decorated with ornate painted arches and a large portrait banner, and a figure in white stands at the front center beside a red carpet running down the aisle. Banners flank the stage. Crowd appears in the hundreds.2006-11-24November 24 20062006-11-24Night outdoor event photographed from behind a seated audience of many people in white and light shirts, with palm fronds in the foreground. A large crowd fills rows of chairs facing an illuminated stage decorated with colourful ornate arches and banners. Bright lights frame the stage, strings of bunting hang overhead, and a large banner on the right shows a bearded figure in an orange turban and robes. A few figures stand on the stage area in the distance.2006-11-24Night-time outdoor satsang in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, with a large crowd of seated devotees filling rows of chairs in the foreground, mostly men in shirts and dhotis viewed from behind. A decorated stage is lit by floodlights, with an ornate arched canopy, strings of pennants overhead, and a central portrait of a saffron-robed figure above a row of lit oil lamps. On the left, a large banner shows a bearded figure beside Tamil text, and on the right a tower of bright lights rises beside a yellow banner with a figure printed on it. Palm trees frame the background.2006-11-24Wide night photograph of a large outdoor satsang ground lit by a row of tall white floodlights. Hundreds of seated attendees fill white plastic chairs in rows across the sandy ground, many in white, cream and bright saree colours. Black speaker cabinets stand at the left edge and orange flags and an orange barrier line the far boundary. A few people stand near the left edge, but the stage with any speaker is not clearly visible. Attendees are too distant to count individually, so the crowd is described as hundreds.2010-02-17November 16 20052005-11-16Night outdoor evening discourse in Salem with a large crowd of men seated on white and red plastic chairs facing a stage. Many attendees wear white dhotis and white shirts; some wear light blue or grey shirts. A large illuminated screen on a tower displays a framed portrait of an elderly bearded man in white with a green banner beneath it. Floodlights and string lights light the tent-lined grounds, with red and white draped tents behind the stage. The image shows an audience watching a satsang discourse, though no physical speaker is clearly identifiable on stage.2005-12-09November 16 20052005-11-16