A photograph of a large crowd in a banquet-style hall with purple patterned wall panels. Many participants in white clothes with red-orange shawls raise their hands high. At centre, a figure with long dark hair sits on a brown throne-like chair holding a silver trident staff topped with a trishul. Several people in the foreground wear red chairs and bracelets. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a large crowd in a banquet-style hall with purple patterned wall panels. Many participants in white clothes with red-orange shawls raise their hands high. At centre, a figure with long dark hair sits on a brown throne-like chair holding a silver trident staff topped with a trishul. Several people in the foreground wear red chairs and bracelets.

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A large seated congregation in a hall with purple-lit decorative panels on the walls. Many men and women dressed in white clothing wear orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders, and several have their arms raised high, hands open or fists clenched, in an energetic group gesture. Some wear orange-red bead necklaces. A few people in the background stand among the seated crowd, and a framed picture hangs on the left wall. No clearly identifiable central figure is visible in the frame, and no one is confirmed as a person by appearance.

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May 26 2015

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May 27 2015

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