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A photograph of a large seated audience at an outdoor satsang tent. Hundreds of men in identical white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged on blue and red mats, facing forward. Many wear name badges on lanyards around their necks. A blue-and-white banner hangs at the top of the tent, and a white draped canopy lines the back wall. Foreground attendees wear rimless or dark-framed glasses and look toward the front of the hall. No speaker or a person candidate is visible in this frame.

A large crowd of men stands under a tented hall at a person Spurana convention, most dressed in white shirts and white dhotis with visible name badges on lanyards. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair in white clothing sits behind a mixing console and audio equipment, while a man in an orange shawl over white clothes faces the crowd with his hands together near the front. Other men in orange shawls stand nearby. The red carpet, ceiling fans and a row of framed portraits on the far wall with lit lamps complete the setting. Multiple people in the crowd are visible, and the portraits on the back wall are printed images rather than people.

September 05 2015

A large hall packed with seated men in white shirts and white trousers, facing the stage at a Nithyananda Spurana Program in Salem, Tamil Nadu. White tent walls, tall white poles and ceiling fans surround the crowd. Green and yellow banners with sunflower-style motifs hang at the back. In the right foreground a man wears a saffron shawl over a dark garment with a gold chain, and a man at lower right wears a white shirt with a tilak on his forehead. No stage figure is visible; the audience dominates the frame.

A dense crowd of seated devotees fills a hall, most dressed in white shirts and white clothing, attentively facing forward toward an unseen speaker. Men with short dark hair and some older men with grey hair sit closely packed in rows, with women visible among them in the upper background. A pale draped canopy and a blue banner appear at the top edge. No identifiable speaker is visible in frame, so no a person candidate is present.

A large seated congregation fills the frame during a satsang at an ashram hall, with many devotees sitting cross-legged on mats in rows. Most wear white kurtas and dhotis, and a few wear orange or yellow clothing; one man in an orange t-shirt with a printed image and a dark rudraksha mala sits near the centre, and a man in a yellow kurta with a mala sits beside him. A few people have vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads, and several wear lanyard-style neck beads. Oil lamps glow at the left edge, and the background is a pillared hall with bright ceiling lights. No clearly identifiable a person is shown among the visible people, and the stage or dais is not in view.

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A large indoor tent hall filled with a dense crowd of men seated on the floor, most dressed in white shirts and white dhotis, with lanyards around their necks. Ceiling fans hang beneath a white and blue canopy, with bright lights on tall poles and floral banners on the back wall. The crowd is attentive, many smiling, and a few men in light blue checked shirts sit among them. No individual stands out as a central figure, and no candidate for the a person depiction is clearly visible at the front of the gathering.

May 31 2015

A dense crowd of men seated closely together at a satsang gathering, most wearing white shirts and white dhotis, with some in pink, purple and teal shirts. Many have moustaches and some wear eyeglasses. Faces are turned toward the front, where a speaker is presumably seated out of frame. Several older men with grey hair are visible among the younger attendees.

March 07 2016