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Night outdoor event: a large crowd of hundreds of people seated on red plastic chairs and standing, mostly in white and pastel clothing, facing a lit stage. The stage has a banner reading in Tamil script (translated as Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam) and a decorated central shrine with garlands, a deity murti and flower arrangements under floodlights. Stage lighting, speakers and a camera rig are visible on the sides, with dark trees behind. Overlay text notes copyright in the lower right. No individual figure on stage is clearly identifiable as a person, so the candidate is uncertain.

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December 20 20112011-12-20A night photograph of a large outdoor crowd facing an illuminated stage. Dense rows of people, many in white and light-coloured clothing, fill the foreground, with some older women in saris and men in shirts visible. The stage is lit by spotlights and decorated with gold and orange drapery and a large ornate central backdrop, with a deity murti or decorated throne at its centre. Garlands of small lights line the area, and tall floodlights and speaker stacks stand at the sides under a dark hillside.2011-12-20Night photograph of a huge outdoor crowd facing a brightly lit stage at a festival event. Hundreds of people fill the foreground, many in white or cream dhotis and shirts, some in yellow or orange shawls, with women in saris. A large stage decorated with floral garlands and warm lights holds an ornate golden deity murti or throne display framed by red and white banners. Tall black speaker towers stand at left and light poles line the field. A Tamil-script banner is mounted above the stage.2011-12-20Night outdoor event viewed from behind a large crowd seated on white plastic chairs in a open ground lit by tall floodlights. Hundreds of people, mostly women in saris and men in white shirts, face a brightly lit stage at the far end decorated with a lit canopy and an ornate golden shrine-like backdrop with a deity murti. Strings of decorative lights line the perimeter and loudspeakers stand at the right. Along the stage front, figures are visible but too small and distant for reliable identification of any individual.2011-12-20January 08 20102010-01-08 +1 copiesA large night-time outdoor gathering in front of an illuminated stage decorated with a warm-lit facade and a central deity murti, with a banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam above. A dense crowd of many people sits and stands on plastic chairs and open ground, many wearing white, with saris and colourful shirts visible. Strings of lights and bright floodlights frame the scene, and foliage in the foreground partly blocks the view. A red car is parked at the right edge.2011-12-20Night outdoor event photographed from the crowd: a dense mass of people fills a large open ground facing an illuminated stage. The stage has a banner across its top with Tamil script and a lit golden deity murti or decorated shrine in the centre, framed by lamps and tall floodlights. Loudspeaker cabinets stand at the left edge. In the foreground a few people are visible, including a man with a scarf over his shoulder wearing a checked shirt and an elderly woman with white hair and a grey shawl. Most of the crowd wears white, cream and pale shirts with some olive-green uniforms. Strings of small lights decorate the stage area. No individual can be identified as a person from appearance; the stage shows a shrine rather than a person.2011-12-20January 08 20102010-01-08December 20 20112011-12-20Night outdoor satsang at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Tiruvannamalai. A large crowd of devotees sits on the ground facing a lit, decorated stage. A banner on the stage reads a Tamil name of the Dhyanapeetam. On a central throne-like seat sits a figure in orange-saffron robes, the main speaker, with floral garlands and a small lit lamp before the stage. Strings of flags and bright floodlights frame the scene. Many women in saffron, white, green and purple saris and men in white dhotis sit in rows, with some heads covered by cloths. A barrier rope separates the front rows. The stage is flanked by white pillars, garlands and a rangoli-style border.2010-01-08Night outdoor satsang with a large crowd of seated devotees in rows of red plastic chairs, facing a lit stage at the left. Many people in white, cream, green, orange and yellow saris and shirts, some with long braids and flowers in their hair. The stage has a blue canopy with a pair of raised hands and red banners with Tamil script, and a large backdrop screen showing a portrait of a man in white. Floodlights, strings of lights and a small banner on a pole light the scene. No figure on stage is clearly identifiable as a person, so the candidate is unsure.2005-11-21 +1 copiesJanuary 08 20102010-01-08