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Outdoor evening event at a sandy ground lined with palm trees. A red carpet runs down the centre toward an arched entrance decorated with bunting and a large banner. Uniformed security or police officers in grey-khaki shirts and caps stand along the carpet. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rosette badges, walk and stand on both sides, several holding small paper slips. Tall light stands and flagpoles frame the path, and large portrait banners with bearded figures hang on the left and right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the people shown; the portraits on banners are depictions.

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Dusk outdoor event with a red carpet running through sandy ground lined with palm trees. Men in white shirts and white dhotis walk along the carpet, while uniformed police officers in grey-khaki stand beside them. A group in the middle distance wears white and pink. Men on the right wear white shirts with rosette badges. A stage with a large banner and floodlights stands at the far end, and portrait posters flank the scene on both sides.2005-11-19Outdoor evening event at dusk on a sandy ground lined with palm trees. A long red carpet runs down the centre toward a distant stage with a large banner and floral decorations. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand and walk along the carpet; one man in a grey-blue uniform shirt and dark trousers walks among them. A man on the right in a white shirt wears a rosette badge and holds papers. Tall floodlight towers flank the stage, with framed portrait images on the left and right sides of the scene. Strings of lights and pennant flags are visible overhead.2005-11-19Night outdoor event lit by bright floodlights and strings of fairy lights along palm trees. A long red carpet runs down the center toward a white pavilion with a banner above its entrance. Men in white dhotis and white shirts stand in two lines on either side of the carpet, some holding small objects. Rows of green-cushioned seats fill the lawn to the sides, and the sky is dusky purple.2005-11-19November 19 20052005-11-19Outdoor evening event ground at dusk with a tall palm tree and strings of lights beside a red carpet. A large banner on a pole shows a smiling person in an orange and white head covering above Tamil printed text. Several men stand about in white shirts and trousers and checked or blue shirts, some holding objects. Rows of white plastic chairs fill the lawn behind a bamboo fence, with more banners and floodlights in the background.2005-11-19Outdoor event at dusk on a dirt ground with a red carpet runner. A large canopy with striped red, purple and green fabric and floral garlands stands in the centre, with several people in white ritual clothes and white dhotis around it. In the foreground, men in shirts and trousers stand talking, a woman in white salwar stands beside a young girl in a white top, and a boy in a white t-shirt stands at right. Strings of flags and bunting run across the scene, with a multi-storey building, power poles and trees behind. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible, so no appearance-based identification is made.2005-11-19November 19 20052005-11-19Wide photograph of a large outdoor evening gathering at sunset under a pink and orange sky. A long red carpet runs down the centre between two white cloth barriers, lined with white-clad devotees, many men in white dhotis and shirts and women in white and light saris. Stage lights and string bulbs stand at the far end near a distant stage structure. Several white-clad staff members in white dhotis walk along the carpet. Thousands of seated devotees fill the field on both sides.2010-01-08An outdoor evening gathering at an ashram where a long red carpet runs down the centre between metal stanchions toward a covered open-sided pavilion. Dense crowds stand on both sides, many women in white sarees and men in white kurtas, with some in orange. A man in the right foreground wears an orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and sunglasses, while a figure in white sits cross-legged on a red mat near the carpet. Palm trees and a dusk sky frame the scene.2016-03-07Outdoor evening scene at a temple-like ground with palm trees and a pale sunset sky. A long red carpet runs down the centre toward a canopied stage with a deity murti or altar at its far end. Crowds of devotees in white clothing, many women in white saris with gold borders, stand in lines behind metal stanchions along both sides. In the foreground, a bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, next to a man in white. Other devotees sit on mats near the carpet. The scene reflects a Pratyakshya Pada Puja darshan line at a Mahashivaratri gathering. The man in saffron shows no distinctive a person cues, so he is described only by role; identity is not inferred.2016-03-07Night outdoor event photographed from the front of a crowded open-air venue. A red carpet runs down the centre toward a stage lit by bright floodlights, with palm trees and a banner across the top. Men in white shirts line both sides of the carpet, which is bordered by white cloth and banana leaves. Audiences sit on chairs on either side of the walkway. The stage shows a few seated figures, but no one can be identified by appearance in this view.2005-11-19Outdoor crowd gathered on sandy ground beneath tall palm trees at dusk for a darshan event. Large numbers of people in white dhotis and white saris stand in long lines behind a rope barrier, with men in yellow shawls and red plastic chairs at the right edge. Portrait banners with printed figures hang on poles in the background near a yellow decorated float or chariot, and a garland of orange flowers drapes from a palm-leaf canopy at the upper left. A speaker stands at the left edge.2010-02-18