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A large outdoor gathering under a white tent canopy with red valances, where hundreds of devotees sit cross-legged on striped mats in a dense crowd. Most wear white traditional clothing with gold borders, and many have white and yellow kumkum or vibhuti marks on their foreheads and red headbands. Some women wear beaded necklaces and gold ornaments. Palm trees and a red building are visible beyond the tent edges. Given the printed event context, this is a satsang gathering, though no speaker is visible in this frame.

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A large seated congregation fills a covered outdoor pavilion with a striped tarpaulin roof and swagged red-and-white drapes along the back. Hundreds of devotees sit closely packed on the floor, most dressed in white garments with gold-bordered yellow or cream cloths, many women with braided hair and some with garlands. Strings of lights hang from the roof poles, and a framed picture is mounted on a pole near the back. Figures stand in the far distance near the stage area, and palm trees and a red building are visible beyond the open sides of the tent. Satsang-style sitting congregation with padapuja and vishesha deeksha context from the page, though no individual speaker is clearly identifiable.2017-05-25December 17 20062006-12-17May 26 20172017-05-26May 25 20172017-05-25A large seated congregation fills a tented hall with red carpeting and orange support poles. Hundreds of devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris with coloured borders, sit cross-legged in rows on the red floor. Some hold small books or papers, and brass oil lamps and small offerings sit before several seated devotees. Along the top and right, more rows of people in white are visible. A red and white banner with a bird emblem hangs at the left edge. No single speaker or a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the frame.2013-04-21A large seated audience of women in white and cream saris with gold borders fills a tented hall at a person Spurana programme. Many wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and gold earrings, and several rest their chins on their hands while listening. A man in white stands at the upper left near the stage area, and a video camera on a tripod is visible at the right. Banners and framed portraits hang along the tent walls behind the crowd, and some attendees wear pink, purple and red saris among the white.2006-12-17May 31 20152015-05-31A photograph of a large seated audience at a satsang-style programme under a white tented hall with fabric-draped walls and hanging speakers. Hundreds of people in predominantly white ritual clothing sit on red mats and white cloth, many with men in white shirts and dhotis in the foreground. A video camera operator stands at right, and a framed portrait hangs on the back wall, but the portrait's subject is not clearly visible. A woman in white sits near the left edge beside a white woven chair.2006-12-17May 31 20152015-05-31September 15 20152015-09-15A large photograph of a crowded white tent hall during a person Spurana programme in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Hundreds of women sit closely on the floor in rows, mostly in white and cream saris with coloured borders, along with saris in yellow, orange, blue and green. Many wear name badges on lanyards and hold their hands together in prayer or sit with eyes closed. Overhead fans, tent poles and light fixtures line the ceiling, and floral banners hang along the far wall.2007-12-13A large tented hall with a red carpeted floor filled with hundreds of seated devotees, mostly women, in white cotton saris with gold borders and red-orange shoulder sashes. Many have long braided hair. Strings of small lanterns and tassels hang from the tent ceiling. At the far end a raised stage with a red backdrop holds a seated figure, flanked by golden trident-shaped standards and two large screens showing the stage. Gilded statues stand along the side walls, and a camera operator films from the left. Several people in the foreground wear white and sit near the front rows.2016-05-04 +1 copies