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A large crowd of devotees sits on the ground under a tall open hall lined with banana-style plants and rows of bright white tube lights. Most people wear white ritual clothing, many with rudraksha malas and pendant necklaces; some wear coloured rosettes or badges. Men and women are seated closely together facing a distant stage where a figure in white stands near the back. Overhead hangs a banner with printed Tamil text. Behind the crowd, a few people in white stand near the stage area.

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A large seated audience in white clothes fills a covered hall decorated with tall banana-style plants and rows of white lights overhead. Most men wear white shirts and rudraksha malas, and many women wear white saris with coloured ribbon badges pinned to them. Some attendees hold orange bags. Banners hang at the back of the hall, and a figure in white stands at the far left edge.2006-07-16A large crowd of devotees sits seated on the floor under a high bamboo-and-thatch pandal hung with strings of green leaves and flowers. Rows of tall white fluorescent tube lights stand between banana or palm-like trunks. Most attendees wear white clothes, many with rudraksha malas, and several wear lanyard badges and green circular name or participant tags. Some men wear white shirts and dhotis; women wear white saris with coloured borders. Some are seated on white mats, and a man in white stands near the back. A banner in the background carries Tamil lettering. The scene suggests a satsang or yajna audience at a Sapta Yagam event in Salem.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16A large indoor hall packed with seated devotees in white clothes, many wearing rudraksha malas and some with white sacred-thread-style shawls, facing forward toward a distant stage area. Rows of white-lit fluorescent tubes hang between tall green banana-leaf or palm-style poles decorated with strings of yellow flowers and foliage overhead. In the foreground, a man in white with glasses sits near a white circular stone-style fire pit or yagna kund, and a older man with a white shawl sits nearby. Banners and signs line the back walls and a few figures in orange and white stand at the far end. The crowd appears to be attending a yagna or satsang gathering, though the exact count of attendees is too large to tally precisely.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16A large seated audience in white clothes fills a covered pavilion during a satsang. Many men and women sit cross-legged on mats, wearing white shirts, white sarees and white dhotis, with rudraksha malas and small coloured ribbon badges pinned to their clothes. Rows of tall green banana-style stalks decorated with hanging yellow leaves line the hall, and bright tube lights are fixed to the poles and roof. A man in front wears a red tilak on his forehead, and an older man with a white moustache and glasses sits in the foreground. Stage and backdrop are beyond the crowd, not visible in the frame.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16A large open-sided pandal hall with a bamboo and thatched roof, hung with tube lights and green banana-leaf or palm decorations. Dense rows of seated devotees fill the floor, most dressed in white shirts and dhotis or white clothing, many wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Several are sitting with palms joined in prayer. A woman with grey hair and a younger woman in light blue are visible in the front right area. Banners with Tamil text hang along the walls, and a figure in white stands at the far right edge. Some attendees sit in front of a distant ritual area with lit lamps.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16A large seated congregation fills a covered pandal decorated with orange and red hanging banners and green leaf festoons. Most people sit cross-legged on the floor in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing rudraksha malas and marks on the forehead. A bald man in front wears a white shirt and gold wristwatch with hands clasped, and a man at right in white dhoti and mala sits near a small child in yellow. Elderly women in white and orange saris sit at left, one in a wheelchair. A man in white stands on a raised platform at the back, and more white-clad devotees stretch into the distance.2007-01-01July 16 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16