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A stage at an Ananda Utsav event with five people seated in ornate gold-and-red thrones behind a table draped in white cloth and marigold and jasmine garlands. The central seated man wears an orange robe and orange turban and holds a microphone and a book. Beside him, a woman in orange with an orange head covering sits in the chair to his right, and a bearded man in orange-brown robes sits at the far right. Two men in white shirts sit at the left end. Behind them a large white banner shows five circular portrait photos and Kannada text reading Ananda Utsava 2008 and 31st December, plus the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha logo. Water bottles and microphone stands sit on the table.

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December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31A photograph of a stage at an outdoor Ananda Utsav event, with five people seated on ornate gold-and-red thrones in front of a banner. The two leftmost men wear white shirts and sit at a table. The three on the right wear orange or saffron robes; the central figure in orange with a red-orange headwrap holds a booklet, and the figure at far right with a long beard wears an orange-brown robe and holds papers. Strings of marigolds and white flowers drape the front of the stage over white cloth, and red carpet covers the platform. Above them, a banner shows four framed portrait photos and a circular portrait of a figure in orange with a headwrap. Readable Kannada banner text reads Ananda Utsava 2008 and 31st December, with a line about Dhyanapeetha Mahasansthana peetharohana.2008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31A stage at an outdoor Kannada-language event. Five people sit on ornate gold-carved thrones with red cushions, lined up behind a garlanded table with marigold and white flower swags and water bottles. Two men on the left wear white shirts. The three on the right are saints: the centre two wear saffron/orange robes and one wears an orange turban with a rudraksha mala, while the far-right figure wears orange robes with a long beard and a rudraksha mala. Behind them a large banner shows circular portraits and a Kannada header reading Anandotsava 2008. A probable Swamiji is seated among the saints, identified by appearance cues of long hair, saffron robes, and rudraksha mala. Persons on the banner portraits are printed images, not physical people.2008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31