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Photograph of a ceremonial gathering at a person Dhyanapeetha event. A smiling person in a saffron-orange robe and a rust-coloured turban, with a long garland of marigold and red flowers and rudraksha beads, sits on a cushioned chair holding a pink-wrapped tray or box. Beside them, an older man in orange robes with white tripundra marks and a white-and-black beaded garland gestures with his hand while seated. A pale pink banner behind them shows Kannada script and a large floral garland. Two people are partly visible at the edges: one in a red-and-yellow head wrap in the left foreground, and one in green at the lower right. a person cues: the seated figure in the rust turban wears an orange garment, rudraksha beads and a flower garland, but the appearance is not certain enough to confirm.

Photograph at an Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaveesha event under a large orange banner with Kannada and English titles. A man in a gold-bordered orange shawl and white dhoti stands at left, wearing a tilak and a garland, and holds a rudraksha-style garland. At right a man in a maroon dhoti and gold-trimmed shawl wears a long marigold and red flower garland and gestures toward a tray of orange cloth. Behind them a seated elder in orange robes with a shaved head and tilak sits in a gold-upholstered chair, and two more saffron-robed sadhus stand near a pink backdrop. A portrait on the banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban. Watermarked archive photo.

A photograph of a ceremonial exchange at a stage event. An elderly man in an orange-gold brocade robe with an orange turban and a gold-trimmed shawl bows forward and hands a wrapped gift to a smiling man in a rust-red sleeveless garment with a gold-bordered cloth over his shoulder. Behind them, seated figures wear white and orange robes, and an orange sofa sits at right. A large maroon banner reads Sri Nithyanandeshwara Devasthanam Trust and Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaavesha, with a smiling portrait of a turbaned man and painted deity figures.

A stage event at a Dhyanapeetha celebration. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a long swept-back hairstyle and a gold necklace stands at left, smiling. Beside him, a monk in orange with a shaved head holds a framed plaque while a man in white dhoti and a red-and-gold shawl hands it over. A seated elder in orange sits at right. Gilded ornate chairs flank the stage, a pink tablecloth with marigold garlands lies below, and a banner behind reads a birthday jayanti celebration with the name Paramahamsa Nithyananda and Dhyanapeetha in Kannada script. Probable Swamiji (identified by saffron robe, swept-back long hair and gold necklace) stands at left.

January 12 2015

January 12 2015

Photograph of a seated ceremony on a red-cushioned bench before a large pink banner with Kannada text and a painted deity figure. A man on the right in a rust-red turban, orange-saffron shawl and multiple rudraksha-style mala garlands with orange and red flower garlands smiles and reaches toward a bundle wrapped in pink cloth. Beside him an elderly man with a white tilak on his forehead, white and dark bead necklaces and an orange robe holds out the wrapped bundle. A partially visible person in the foreground and another with a bare head at the bottom edge frame the scene. Appearance cues for the man on the right are a rust turban, saffron shawl and mala garlands, which may suggest a person, but identification is uncertain.

January 13 2015

January 01 2006

A photograph of a stage event. A man in an orange saffron turban, orange robe and long orange shawl, with long dark hair and a rudraksha-style necklace, stands at left extending his hands to a man in a white shirt and dark trousers who wears a red-and-gold shawl and a white flower garland. Between them a brass vessel is passed. Beside them a priest in white with a yellow shawl and a rudraksha mala stands. Behind the stage is a banner with Kannada script and a painted deity image. Seated audience members in white shirts sit to the right, and an orange cushioned chair stands at left.

November 01 2014

A photograph of an outdoor stage event with a green banner decorated with the number 60 and Kannada script. A bald man in orange robes on the left leans in to offer a red cloth to a bearded man in an orange turban and orange shawl, wearing a white flower garland and a rudraksha-style ornament. Behind them, a man in white with an orange scarf and glasses stands, and at right a bearded man in orange holds a basket of fruit and sweets. Yellow and red floral garlands hang from the banner.