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Large crowd of devotees seated on the floor of an indoor hall during a satsang, many in white clothes, with a few women in saffron, pink and maroon saris. Faces turned toward the front, some wearing glasses and rudraksha or beaded malas. Sugarcane stalks are tied at the top corners and rows of white-and-blue banners hang along the back wall, with pictures of saints and bright white tube lights overhead. No individual speaker is clearly visible in the frame.

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A large seated audience fills a hall decorated with banana plants and rows of tube lights overhead. In the foreground, men and women in white clothes sit on the floor; a man in a white shirt holds a water bottle, and a bearded older man in white sits centre-left. Several people wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the stage is out of frame. A blue-and-white draped table with a water bottle sits at lower right.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16A large outdoor evening gathering, photographed from the front of a dense crowd seated on white plastic chairs behind bamboo barricades. Most attendees wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, with some in saffron, green and maroon garments and women in sarees and head scarves. Floodlights and strings of lights illuminate white tented stalls and banners in the background under a dark night sky. The scene resembles a large public satsang or discourse audience, though no speaker is clearly visible.2010-01-24July 16 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16January 12 20072007-01-12A 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 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16Night photograph of a large seated audience at an outdoor satsang or inauguration event, many people in white shirts and kurtas, others in colourful checked and striped shirts and sarees, facing toward the stage. Strings of small lights and a lit decorative tree glow in the background, with bright floodlights on poles. Several attendees wear glasses; a woman in a pink saree sits in the front row. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this crowd shot.2006-11-24A 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.2006-07-16A dense crowd fills an indoor hall with white pillars and string lights hung along the balcony railing above. Most people wear white shirts or white dhotis and kurtas, many with rudraksha malas around their necks. Women in saris stand among them, including one in a teal blouse and another in a dark green sari. A man in a pink shirt stands near the centre, and a man in the foreground wears a dark-rimmed pair of glasses. Several rows of white plastic chairs are visible behind the crowd. No individual can be clearly identified as a person in this view, and the crowd is too dense to count precisely.2007-01-12