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Night outdoor gathering of a very large crowd facing a brightly lit stage under tall floodlight towers. Heads and shoulders of many people fill the foreground, with some wearing white, yellow and dark clothing, and some wearing shawls. A backdrop with a banner reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham and a figure seated on the stage is too small to identify, possibly seated before a decorated shrine area. Large white screens flank the stage, and a decorated ratha-like float with lights stands at the right edge.

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Night-time outdoor gathering of a very large crowd facing a brightly lit stage at a public ground in Thiruvannamalai. Dense rows of people, many women in colourful saris and head coverings and men in white or pastel shirts, fill the foreground, with heads receding into the distance. Floodlight towers and suspended white screens flank the event, and a decorated stage with red and gold draping and a canopy stands at the far end. Individual faces are too small to read, so no one is singled out. The scene reads as a large public discourse or celebration.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29A large night-time outdoor gathering seen from behind a dense crowd of seated and standing people, many with heads wrapped in cloths and some in white shirts and light sarees. Bright floodlights line the open ground, and a lit stage with an ornate canopy sits at the far end, flanked by large white screens. The crowd fills the foreground and extends toward the stage, with a few people in orange or yellow clothing near the right edge.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29A large nighttime outdoor crowd fills the foreground, with many heads and shoulders of people seated or standing and facing a brightly lit stage at the far end of a open ground. The stage is decorated with warm orange and gold lights and a red-and-white canopy, with two white projection screens flanking it. Tall floodlights on poles illuminate the scene, and a striped tent canopy in red, green and blue hangs over the left edge. Yellow guy ropes run through the frame. The crowd is dense and appears to number in the thousands, though only individual heads are clearly distinguishable up close. No individual figure on the stage can be clearly made out.2010-12-29Night outdoor satsang: a large crowd of seated attendees fills rows of white plastic chairs in the foreground, facing an illuminated open-air stage under bright floodlights. The stage has an orange and red canopy and orange draped backdrop, with a large screen showing a figure in orange clothing. Several smaller framed portraits and banners flank the stage area and the side of the venue, and a few people stand near the edges. The attendees wear mostly white and light shirts. Some people in the crowd are visible in the foreground.2010-02-17Night photograph taken from the back of a large open-air satsang gathering, with a dense crowd of many hundreds of people seated in white plastic chairs facing a lit stage. Bright floodlights stand on the left and right, and strings of lights decorate the right edge. On the stage, a central figure in the distance sits before an ornate golden-and-blue canopy and a decorated backdrop with flowers, and a large screen beside the stage shows a magnified live view. A small screen on the far left displays a figure. Viewers in the foreground wear white shirts and varied dark and light clothing.2005-11-21Night outdoor gathering: a large crowd of hundreds of people seated in rows of blue plastic chairs on a dark open ground, facing a lit stage at the far right. Several bright floodlights and screens showing a figure at the back and sides illuminate the scene. Some attendees wear white head cloths, striped and green head wraps. The stage has a canopy with a banner and a backdrop with printed text. Orange and red flags stand along the edges.2010-01-09Night outdoor gathering with a large dense crowd of people seated on the ground facing a lit stage at the right edge. Bright floodlights on tall poles illuminate the open ground, and strings of coloured bulbs and pennants stretch across the scene. The stage has a warm yellow-lit backdrop and a small figure in the centre, with blue draped panels flanking it. The crowd fills the foreground in silhouette, appearing to number in the thousands.2005-11-20