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Night-time outdoor satsang on a green mat under strings of lights and tall palm trees. A large crowd of devotees sits in rows on the ground and in plastic chairs. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes sits at the left edge beside a white railing and a red-carpeted stage. Several women and girls in orange and saffron saris sit together in front of the crowd, while others in white clothes sit nearby. A framed picture stands on a stand near the stage, and a white-shirted figure stands by the barrier at centre. Vehicles and tents appear in the background.

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Night outdoor gathering under palm trees and string lights, with a large seated crowd on green mats facing a red-carpeted stage. In the foreground at lower left, a shaved-headed man in orange robes sits near a white railing. Rows of seated attendees, many in white shirts and saffron or orange clothing, fill the middle ground. A flat screen on a stand shows a colourful image, and a white vehicle and tents stand in the background. Portable lights illuminate the scene.2014-06-19Night outdoor satsang on a green mat with a raised red stage at left, where a shaved-headed man in orange robes sits cross-legged facing the crowd. A large audience fills the open ground under tall palm trees, with many seated people in orange and white clothing and rows of red chairs at right. Strings of green and purple lights hang overhead, and bright floodlights illuminate the scene. A monitor on a stand shows a colourful image. A white truck and vehicles sit at the back.2014-06-19June 29 20142014-06-29November 19 20052005-11-19Night outdoor event on a lit stage with palm trees, banana leaves and string lights. A Tamil banner reads Nithyananda Satsangam and Pirapancha Shakthiyin Arputhangal with the date 19.11.2005 and Vellore. A central seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits among several other seated people on the dais. Rows of seated devotees fill a white-cloth-lined central aisle and audience seating in front of the stage. Some attendees wear white clothes. A portrait of a bearded man is on the banner.2005-11-19Night-time outdoor event photographed from a raised side angle of a large temporary stage with a red carpet runway. At the left, a cameraman in white clothes stands behind a tripod-mounted video camera on the stage platform, while a figure in white sits at a small decorated shrine with orange and yellow draping and garlands. Rows of seated devotees fill a green-carpeted area behind white barricades, many in white and pale clothing, and a huge crowd extends into the distance under bright floodlights and strings of pennant bunting. Speakers stand at the edge of the front rows.2010-01-08Night photograph of a large outdoor gathering in a open ground lit by bright floodlights and a string of illuminated lights on a stage structure in the background. Rows of red plastic chairs fill the lower area, with a crowd of many hundreds of seated and standing attendees behind a bamboo barrier. Men in white shirts and dhotis and women in white and saffron-toned saris and salwar kameez are visible. In the foreground an orange-robed figure walks across the open ground, and a white-clad man stands at the left near a table of items beside tall banners. Green tree lighting appears at the upper left.2010-01-24Night outdoor gathering of a very large crowd seated on the ground in rows separated by wooden poles and rope barriers, with a red carpeted aisle running down the centre toward a distant stage. Most attendees wear white clothes, with some in orange and pink. Bright floodlights illuminate the open ground, and a large banner with a portrait stands at the left. Distant lights and structures appear at the far end of the field.2010-12-29Night-time outdoor event photographed from the rear of a large open ground, with a dense crowd of people seated on blue and white plastic chairs facing a brightly lit stage. The stage has a yellow-roofed canopy with a red and white fringed valance, and a small figure in light clothing stands at its centre beside a large backdrop featuring a portrait of a saffron-robed figure. Green-lit trees frame the sides, and two large screens on either side show close-ups of a figure in orange robes with a crowd in the aisle between rows of chairs and a barrier rail. Roughly a few hundred spectators are visible, the majority in dark or pastel clothing, with some women in saris and a few children. The scene reads as an evening satsang gathering with public seating and live video relay.2010-01-10A nighttime outdoor event under a thatched canopy strung with marigold garlands and palm fronds, with bright floodlights overhead. On the left, a man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban, wearing a long garland of flowers, stands at a wooden podium with a microphone, appearing to address the gathering. Beside him a cameraman films with a video camera. A large crowd fills the foreground and midground: many men in white shirts and white dhotis, women in saris and salwar kameez with flowers in their hair, and children. Red barricades and rows of blue seating stretch into the distance, with palm trees and banners on poles along the edges.2010-02-18January 08 20102010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08