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Night outdoor event photographed in a crowd beside a white table draped with a red cloth. On the right, a long-haired figure with a red-and-white garland, saffron-orange shawl and gold bangles sits behind the table, holding a ritual item. Beside him, a bare-shouldered man in a red and gold-bordered wrap with rudraksha malas and a white forehead mark receives hands pressed in namaste from a man in white shirt and dhoti. Several devotees, including a woman with a flower garland and a child, stand close by. Crowd, speakers and string lights fill the background.

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Night-time outdoor event with a crowd of devotees in white and pastel shirts behind barricades, string lights overhead and a loudspeaker on the left. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a red and white flower garland and a yellow-orange shawl with ornate gold armband, stands beside a tray of red apples and white flower garlands, apparently offering them. Beside him a man in a red and gold shawl with a rudraksha mala and white-clad attendants stand nearby. Red carpet underfoot. a person is the bare-chested figure with long hair, shawl and garlands; the scene suggests a padapuja or darshan offering.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08Night photo of an outdoor satsang or darshan at a stage, lit by bright floodlights, with a large crowd of devotees standing and seated behind barricades. On the right, a man with long dark hair and a red-beaded garland, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over a white garment, stands at a white ceremonial podium and gives something to a devotee. Beside him, a younger man in a red-and-gold shawl offers prasad or a small object. In the foreground, a bearded man in white and a man in an orange shirt lean in, a woman in a teal sari stands at left, and a woman in a green sari and a man in white kneel near the podium. Speakers, a drum set and musicians in white sit at left. A photographer's raised phone is visible in the crowd.2012-01-08January 08 20122012-01-08July 05 20152015-07-05Night outdoor event with a large crowd behind metal railings, string lights overhead and a black speaker on a stand. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange wrap with a red-and-white flower garland and long swept-back dark hair extends his hand in blessing toward a kneeling devotee in a striped shirt whose head is bowed. Beside him stands a man in a red-and-gold shawl with bare chest, rudraksha beads and a forehead marking, and white-shirted attendants lean in around the crowd. The saffron-clad figure's appearance and blessing gesture match the page's a person claim, so he is a person, though the photo is not conclusive. Bottom right shows a printed copyright line.2012-01-08A photograph of a crowd at a festive ceremony under a draped tent with colourful striped pillars. In the centre, a man in a rust-orange robe with a gold-trimmed cloth and a long yellow-beaded garland stands beside a second man in orange-red robes and a bead necklace; the second man holds a red tray with fruit. Devotees in white and pastel saris press palms together around them, and a child in white stands at left. The group appears to be in a receiving or blessing line.2013-05-07January 08 20122012-01-08May 15 20132013-05-15February 20 20132013-02-20