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Night outdoor gathering under bright floodlights, with a large crowd seated on red plastic chairs and standing behind them on the ground. On the left, a raised dais under a pink and blue patterned canopy has a seated figure in a yellow turban and light clothing at its edge, with white-clad attendants nearby. A tall black loudspeaker stands in the centre foreground. A striped pole and a second floodlight stand on the right. Many attendees wear white, yellow and orange clothing.

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A night-time outdoor gathering under bright floodlights, with a large crowd of seated and standing people facing a raised stage area on the left. Under a pink, white and maroon fringed canopy, several men in white clothing sit near the stage, one wearing an orange-and-yellow shawl and another in a white turban. A potted plant sits on the stage edge. Rows of red plastic chairs fill the foreground, with a black speaker box in front of the crowd. Appearance cues for a central guru figure are not sufficiently distinctive, so identity remains uncertain.2005-11-20November 20 20052005-11-20Night photograph of an outdoor evening satsang at a Tamil Nadu ashram event. In the foreground, a seated figure in a saffron-yellow garment with a yellow head wrap faces a large crowd, holding a white microphone, flanked by two figures in white robes at the edges of the frame. Several hundred devotees, many in white and colourful saris, sit on the ground before the stage, which is edged with flower garlands. Behind them stand a striped orange-and-white pole decorated with flower garlands, string lights, palm trees and a tall painted deity figure. Lights and bunting fill the background.2006-11-24January 08 20122012-01-08December 29 20102010-12-29November 20 20052005-11-20January 08 20102010-01-08Night outdoor event photographed from among a large seated crowd facing a brightly lit stage. Hundreds of people sit in white plastic chairs on a open ground under floodlights, many in white clothes. On the stage, a large banner backdrop shows a portrait of a saffron-robed figure, and a seated figure in orange and red clothing sits before a lit altar area with a standing attendant in white nearby. Strings of lights and tall street lamps surround the venue, and an orange flag flies at the right edge.2012-01-08December 29 20102010-12-29January 08 20102010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08