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A large outdoor evening gathering under a white canopy, with a crowd of seated devotees on striped woven mats and a red carpet. Many wear white dhotis and kurtas, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas and white tilak on their foreheads, others in blue, purple and black shirts. Several people in the front rows wear rudraksha malas; a bald man in cream robes sits prominently in the foreground. Behind them, an ornate purple and gold seat or throne is decorated with flowers, and string lights and a red flag hang overhead.

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December 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07 +1 copiesDecember 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07Large outdoor evening gathering under a white tent with stage lights and a camera crane overhead. Dozens of devotees sit on mats in rows with palms pressed together in anjali, many bare-chested with rudraksha malas and white dhoti or veshti; some wear white kurtas and orange cloth. Behind them, decorated deity murti and a festive mandap with hanging lanterns and greenery frame the scene. A slightly built white-bearded man in white on the left also sits with hands folded. The setting suggests a sacred night ritual or satsang. Several participants have ceremonial ash marks and gold chains.2016-12-15December 07 20162016-12-07A large seated crowd of bare-chested men and some women in white dhotis and cloths, many wearing rudraksha malas and white vibhuti or sandalwood markings on their foreheads and chests, sit on a red floor covering with eyes closed or heads bowed in meditation. A few people in the foreground have hands folded or fingers to their faces. Several visible figures wear wraps and beads, but no single person in front is clearly a person; the shaved and bearded men in the middle and left are devotees. Many people are visible, with several more partially seen at the edges.2016-12-07A large seated congregation fills a hall at a Vijaya Dashami satsang. Many men wear white dhotis and shirts with saffron-orange and gold shawls, rudraksha malas and sacred-ash markings on their foreheads. Some are bare-chested in orange and white wraps. A woman in an orange sari with long dreadlocked hair sits near the centre, and a young child sits in the front row. In the background, a red-draped dais and a stage screen display the event. Blue padded mats and hanging ropes line the upper wall. Dozens of people are visible.2017-09-30A large group of men seated on a red cloth-covered floor under a pink and white canopy decorated with hanging colourful tassel banners, performing a ritual. Most are bare-chested with sacred thread and rudraksha malas, wearing white dhotis with gold borders, many with shaved heads, some with tilak markings. Several hold small objects and sit in rows facing a distant golden deity shrine lit with stage lights. Brass lamps and offering items lie on the floor. Some women in saris are seated further back among the gathering.2017-09-26 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02A large hall packed with seated devotees on colourful striped woven mats, most sitting cross-legged facing a stage at the back. Foreground figures include a man in a white kurta and dhoti with a beaded necklace, a man in a golden-yellow kurta, a man in a white shirt and an older man in a blue shirt. A man in white robes with a brown shawl and a bare-armed devotee in white with rudraksha necklaces sit near the front. Several people hold phones; overhead hang orange and yellow lanterns and a camera operator stands on a platform. Large pink-lit screens display a speaker figure. Several hundred people are visible.2016-12-01Evening Navaratri ceremony under a decorated tent with red carpeting and hanging colourful cloth banners. Rows of seated male devotees in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas sit bare-chested and palms joined or seated in meditative posture, with small brass items and folded cloth on the floor before them. Behind them stand golden deity figures, a red-and-gold display of small figurines stacked on shelves at left, and string lights. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is named.2017-09-26 +1 copies