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A large outdoor stage at a person Spurana programme in Salem, Tamil Nadu, decorated with a yellow wall painted with green hills, red flames and blue clouds. In the centre, a black shivalinga-style altar with a Shiva lingam emblem and a garland of yellow and orange flowers sits on a flower-covered base. A man in a cream embroidered kurta with a gold-brown turban and a garland of white and red flowers stands in the centre with hands clasped in greeting. Around him, several people in white kurtas and saffron-orange shawls raise their hands or stand with palms pressed together, and a crowd of devotees with raised hands fills the foreground. Tree branches are tied to the stage frame.