A large crowd of women and girls fills a tented hall with purple and cream draped ceiling swags and hanging triangular pennants, lit by overhead lamps. Most wear white or pastel salwar kameez and saris in turquoise, blue, pink, purple and red. Many raise their arms and clap or sway, appearing to sing or chant together on a red carpeted floor. - Nithyanandapedia

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A large crowd of women and girls fills a tented hall with purple and cream draped ceiling swags and hanging triangular pennants, lit by overhead lamps. Most wear white or pastel salwar kameez and saris in turquoise, blue, pink, purple and red. Many raise their arms and clap or sway, appearing to sing or chant together on a red carpeted floor.

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February 08 2008

A large crowd of devotees fills a tent-covered hall with a red carpet runway through the middle, under a ceiling draped with purple and gold fabric and hung with lights. Most people wear white, including men in white shirts and dhotis and young women in white salwar kameez and kurtas, while some wear yellow, teal, pink and green. An older woman in a yellow and orange sari stands at right. Participants stand in lines, many with hands raised and swaying in a satsang-style gathering at a convention. Banners and a framed picture hang on the far wall, but no identifiable central figure is clearly visible in this frame.

A large indoor convention hall decorated with purple and cream drapery, gold-coloured ceiling panels and hanging flower garlands. A dense crowd of many hundreds of men, mostly in white shirts and dhotis with white headbands, raise their hands high. A framed portrait hangs high on the wall above the crowd. Rows of bright ceiling lights and fans fill the space, and a red carpet runs along the floor at the front of the hall.

A large crowd of women seated in rows on the floor of an indoor hall, watching toward the front. Most wear sarees and salwar in pink, white, green, purple, orange and blue, with hair in long braids and some with flowers pinned in. A young child in a blue outfit is held close by a woman in a pink saree at right. White pillars stand in the background. Watermarked archive photograph; the copyright line in the lower right corner is not transcribed. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this frame.

July 30 2006

A large indoor event hall under a draped ceiling of purple and gold swags with hanging lights, filled with a dense crowd of devotees, mostly women and girls in white saris and white salwar outfits, some in blue and pink, with men in white shirts and dhotis and boys in light shirts. A red carpet runs through the middle toward the front of the hall, where a lit stage area is visible. Many participants stand with hands together or observe the proceedings, and a few stand near the carpet edge behind a white barrier.

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July 17 2008

Wide photograph from the back of a large hall with a canopy of cream and purple drapery and ceiling fans, where a dense crowd of men and boys stands facing a stage. Several people in the foreground raise their arms and one young man stands on a chair. On the stage a group of figures in white and orange gathers before a backdrop banner. A banner in Tamil script reads the event title and dates, with a framed portrait of a long-haired figure with a garland on the left. Strings of marigold garlands hang along the hall's beams.

A large crowded hall with green floor covering where a dense gathering of devotees, mostly women and some men, dressed largely in white saris, white shirts and dhotis, stand and dance or clap in a group. Some women wear yellow, orange, red and pink saris and a woman in an orange shawl is in the foreground. Overhead lights and banners hang from the high metal roof and a sound mixing table sits at the right edge. No single central figure is clearly identifiable in this view.

A large indoor hall filled with hundreds of seated devotees in white clothing, many with hands pressed together in anjali, facing forward toward an unseen focal point at the far end. Women wear white saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas, some with vibhuti or kumkum on their foreheads. Men in white dhotis and shirts sit among them. The hall is decorated with tall painted pillars in red, orange and blue with floral and bird motifs, and strings of lights hang from the ceiling. The scene suggests a night satsang or meditation gathering.

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