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Night-time outdoor satsang on sand with a large seated audience of roughly fifty people in white, yellow and orange clothing sitting on woven mats. At left, a bald man in white kurta and trousers stands barefoot with arms folded near an orange-draped low dais with a patterned cloth. Beside him, a woman in a cream sari with orange border holds a microphone and speaks to the group. Several audience members wear white, while a few wear yellow shawls or orange robes. A floor lamp glows in the background and a video camera on a tripod records the scene.

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Night outdoor gathering on sand where a bald man in white clothes stands holding a microphone and speaking to a seated audience. Beside him is an orange-draped seat or throne on a patterned mat. Behind him a woman in a light patterned sari stands. Many seated people in white, one in an orange robe, and some in blue and yellow clothing sit on mats facing him. A speaker box stands at left and a camera on a tripod is visible in the background.2010-08-25September 29 20132013-09-29September 29 20132013-09-29October 16 20102010-10-16Night photograph of a large outdoor gathering seated on woven mats in front of a raised orange platform with a small deity murti and offerings at its centre. Many devotees, mostly women in white and cream clothing with some in red and yellow saris, sit with palms pressed together in namaste. A microphone stands in the lower right foreground, and a tall ceremonial pole with curled decorative loops rises behind the platform. Rows of sculptures line the dark background, and a photographer in white stands at the right edge.2010-10-16August 24 20162016-08-24Night outdoor gathering under a large spreading tree lit by a few lamps. A woman in an orange saffron sari-style garment stands at left holding a small brass vessel, facing a seated crowd. Many devotees sit on the ground in white ritual clothes, hands folded in prayer, with brass oil lamps and small brass pots arranged on the ground in front. A microphone stand stands among the seated devotees. In the foreground a shaved-headed person in white sits with back to the camera. The scene appears to be a devotional puja or satsang at night.2005-01-14 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual at an open-air pavilion with a tin roof and yellow pillars. Priests in white dhotis with red-bordered shawls stand at a raised platform holding ritual implements and trays, with a small fire or lamp glowing at the left edge. Dozens of white-clad devotees sit on woven mats in rows facing the platform, many with shaved heads and some wearing white garments and neck lanyards. Behind them stand banners and a tall brass lamp stand, and a tented area with orange and pink draping. Sacred leaves hang from a pillar at the left. The scene is a Vedic homa or puja gathering. Several dozen people are visible.2010-09-05Night outdoor gathering on a flat sandy ground lit by a few distant street lamps. Dozens of people in white clothes sit cross-legged on colourful woven mats, facing a single standing speaker in white at the far front, beside a low orange-cushioned seat. Seated participants in the front rows include a woman with light hair on a plastic chair, a man with a rudraksha mala, and others in white shirts and kurtas. Several cameras and a tripod are set up at the sides. Some attendees wear orange or yellow garments. a person: the speaker's identity is uncertain from appearance, so only the role of standing speaker is given here.2010-08-25October 02 20132013-10-02November 20 20092009-11-20November 24 20092009-11-24