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Night-time outdoor gathering on a dirt ground lit by tall white fluorescent tube lights on bamboo poles, with a string of lights strung across the background. Many people mill about in white shirts and dhotis, some wearing lanyards, alongside women in saris and bright blouses. A woman in a red top and orange wrap stands at right, reaching toward a woman in a green blouse who holds a pink cloth. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands left of centre. A pedestal fan sits at right and plastic chairs are scattered among the crowd, with a printed sign reading N.M. Temple partly visible at top.

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Night photo of an outdoor satsang or darshan at a stage, lit by bright floodlights, with a large crowd of devotees standing and seated behind barricades. On the right, a man with long dark hair and a red-beaded garland, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over a white garment, stands at a white ceremonial podium and gives something to a devotee. Beside him, a younger man in a red-and-gold shawl offers prasad or a small object. In the foreground, a bearded man in white and a man in an orange shirt lean in, a woman in a teal sari stands at left, and a woman in a green sari and a man in white kneel near the podium. Speakers, a drum set and musicians in white sit at left. A photographer's raised phone is visible in the crowd.2012-01-08October 19 20082008-10-19August 05 20092009-08-05Night outdoor gathering under bright floodlights strung with small lights, with a crowd of many people standing in an open ground. In the left foreground, a person in an orange-red garment and long hair stands at a white-draped table, one hand extended to touch the head of a kneeling devotee in a white shirt. On the table sits a wooden tray holding rudraksha malas and red beads. Women in white sarees with gold borders and a woman in a pink saree stand in the crowd, and several men wear white shirts. Trees surround the open ground.2009-08-05Night outdoor gathering with a large crowd of devotees, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis and women in white saris with gold borders. At left, a young man in a red sleeveless top and orange shawl reaches toward a wooden box holding garlands and red-and-white items on a white-draped platform. Bright tube lights on tall poles and a string of small lights frame the scene.2009-08-05Evening outdoor gathering at dusk with a large crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white, many with hands folded in namaskar. In the foreground, a bald man in a checked shirt with white vibhuti on his forehead joins his palms. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a rudraksha mala stands at centre, and a younger woman in a red sleeveless top with long curly hair faces away. At right, a man in an orange robe holds a rudraksha mala and a plate of fruit. Tall bamboo poles and bright tube lights stand among strings of small lamps, with a dark stone slab at right.2008-10-19Night outdoor gathering under trees strung with orange and white lights, with bright white tube lights on poles. In the foreground, a woman in a red sleeveless top and orange shawl stands at left, a woman in white with an orange wrap and a man in white shirt sit or bend in the centre, and a woman in white sari with a gold necklace is at right. Behind them a large crowd of mostly men and women in white, cream and pastel clothes stands and moves about. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable in the visible frame.2009-08-05November 09 20112011-11-09October 19 20082008-10-19August 05 20092009-08-05Night-time outdoor darshan at an open ground lit by tall white fluorescent tube lights on bamboo poles and string lights behind. A long-haired person in a saffron-orange wrap over a red top, with a white tilak on the forehead, sits on a white-draped chair on the right and places a hand on the head of a devotee bending forward in a striped shirt. Two white-clad attendants in white kurtas and a woman in white with a mala assist, and a crowd stands behind. Probable Swamiji depicted by saffron wrap and long hair, seated and giving blessing.2008-10-19October 19 20082008-10-19