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Photograph of a crowded indoor tented hall at a KAILASA event with devotees dancing and swaying among each other. A man in the foreground at right wears a white kurta and glasses, with a white rudraksha-style mala, and a bald man in white is in the front centre. A bearded man with long wavy hair wears an orange-red shawl over a white kurta, and another man in a yellow kurta stands at left. Colourful paper lanterns and hanging decorations hang from the ceiling, and a screen glows pink in the background. Several men wear white kurtas and white lanyard badges. No individual can be confirmed as the swami from appearance, so no candidate is marked.

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December 01 20162016-12-01A large crowd of devotees dressed in white kurtas and dhotis, many wearing rust-orange or saffron shawls and rudraksha malas, raise their arms and move energetically in a hall. Foreground devotees have white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Behind them, warm lights and ornate decorations are visible. The people appear to be in a collective ritual or kirtan-style movement, with arms raised overhead and hands held in gestures. No single individual is clearly identifiable as the a person, and no clear face-based or distinctive-cue candidate appears.2016-10-08December 01 20162016-12-01Dense outdoor procession crowd under ornate parasols with orange, yellow and red fringed canopies and a decorated float behind. At centre, a man in white kurta and white dhoti with a small pendant is embraced by two men in white dhotis with lanyards, arms around shoulders as they walk together. Around them, devotees wear white shirts and dhotis, and several men in saffron-orange robes with orange shawls and beaded garlands stand nearby. A man at lower right in a cream shirt points forward. Bright daylight, dusty ground, a crowd filling the frame.2009-01-01A crowded indoor hall with white marble floors and warm light from the back. In the foreground, several young men with bare upper bodies wear orange and white dhotis, rudraksha malas and sacred ash-like body markings; one raises an arm while another in the lower left holds an orange cloth. Behind them, many devotees in white and cream ceremonial clothes, some in orange shawls, move and sway, with a man in a purple kurta and a lanyard standing at center right. The atmosphere suggests collective devotional movement, possibly a group chant or dance during satsang.2016-10-05May 09th 20162016-05-09October 06 20162016-10-06October 06 20162016-10-06October 06 20162016-10-06October 06 20162016-10-06October 04 20162016-10-04A large group of people in a hall dances and moves energetically, many in white dhotis and kurtas and others in saffron-orange robes. A bald man in orange robes with a long rudraksha mala and bare arms raises a fist at the centre. A young man with a red tilak wears a white shirt and an orange-cloth wrap. Several people wear orange-and-white lanyards. Behind them stands a crowd in white, and a bearded man in white with long hair is visible near the top. The scene resembles a group satsang or devotional gathering. a person's appearance is not clearly identifiable here.2016-09-27