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Photograph of a Dasara celebration stage with a gilded throne at centre. A seated woman in orange garments and a long necklace sits on the golden throne, adorned with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Beside the throne, a man in white dhoti and yellow shawl lies prostrate on the floor, while a young woman in white with a yellow shawl sits to the right. A large orange banner behind shows a smiling man in an orange turban, and a second gilded seat with garlands stands at left. Red and patterned rugs cover the white floor, with ceremonial golden staffs and umbrellas around the stage.

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October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A ceremonial stage scene at a Dasara celebration. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange shawl and orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala, sits smiling on an ornate gilded throne decorated with yellow and purple flower garlands, beside a microphone. Behind him stands a large orange banner with a smiling portrait of a bearded-free man in an orange turban and a Hindu text in Kannada script. To the left, an empty gilded throne holds a deity murti garlanded with flowers. Two seated men in white dhotis and yellow shawls sit on a red patterned rug, one prostrate and one in orange robes with hands in anjali. Golden trident staffs and ornate poles frame the stage. a person is seated on the central throne in orange robes with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala, positioned as the honoured guest.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A festival stage scene with a large orange backdrop bearing a printed portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and red tilak, with large Kannada-script lettering and an English word beginning with D. A long-haired person in orange robes and a beaded necklace sits on an ornate gold throne with yellow and orange flower garlands, smiling, barefoot, with a microphone stand in front. Beside the throne, a helper in orange kneels and adjusts the throne. A devotee in white lies prostrate on a patterned red carpet in the foreground, and other people in white and yellow sit at the edges. A second decorated golden seat with a garlanded deity murti stands on the left. Presence of the throne alone is not sufficient to identify him.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A stage event at a Dasara celebration: a seated woman in an orange sari sits on an ornate gold throne with a mic stand before her, garlanded with yellow and red flowers. A man in orange robes sits with hands folded near a man lying prostrate in white and yellow shawl, and two women in white with yellow shawls kneel with hands joined at right. Behind them a large banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and the word Dasara in red and gold script. A second gold throne at left holds a garlanded deity murti with a red cushion. Gold trident and ceremonial staffs stand at the sides, and an orange carpet lies in front.2010-10-17