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Photograph of an event stage decorated with marigold and flower garlands and a banner reading ಆನಂದೋತ್ಸವ (Anandotsav) with 31ನೇ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ (31st December). A large portrait of a smiling woman with a red bindi and orange garment hangs on the left. A man in white shirt and trousers stands with palms pressed together in namaste, facing a figure in orange robes and an orange turban who bows with hands joined. Behind them, empty gold-and-red ornate thrones stand on the dais. On the right, a bearded man in orange robes sits in front of a microphone. Brass lamps and flower arrangements decorate the foreground.

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December 31 20082008-12-31December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor stage event with a row of five seated figures on ornate gilded thrones with red cushions, draped in a white tent-like canopy. Behind them a large orange banner shows Kannada script, a smiling portrait of a woman with a bindi on the left, and four circular portrait inserts. The seated people at the front include two men in white shirts on the left, a man in orange robes with a saffron turban and rudraksha mala in the centre, another man in saffron with a red turban and rudraksha beads, and a bearded man in orange robes on the right. Each has a name placard on the white draped table, which is decorated with marigold and white flower garlands. A standing man in white dhoti and shawl stands at the far right edge, with a few other people partly visible behind the stage. The banner text reads 31 December and anandotsava.2008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31A stage event with an orange-robed man in an orange turban and saffron dhoti bending forward to lay his hands on the bowed head of an older man in white dhoti and shirt with a white flower garland, who is folding his hands and touching the ground before him. A tall banner behind shows a large portrait of a smiling woman with long dark hair and a red bindi, and four circular portraits across the top, with Kannada text reading 'ಆನಂದೋ' and '30 ನ ಬರ್' (December 30) and 'ಧ್ಯಾನಪೀಠ'. Gold-carved thrones with red velvet centres stand to the right, and a long table draped with white cloth and marigold, orange and purple flower garlands holds water bottles and a microphone. A second orange-robed man with long hair and beaded necklaces stands at left holding a red folder. Several portraits on the banner show a bald man in an orange shawl and a man with a tilak in an orange shawl.2008-12-30December 31 20082008-12-31December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor stage event with a large orange banner behind a row of ornate gold-and-maroon thrones draped with white and orange-marigold garlands. On the stage, five people sit at a white-skirted table covered with white jasmine and marigold garlands. Two men on the left wear white shirts and dhotis. The centre figure wears an orange robe and rudraksha mala. Next to him a figure with an orange turban and orange robe holds a mala. On the far right a bearded man with long hair wears an orange robe and a red-and-gold shawl, and a shaved-headed man in white stands at the edge. Banner portraits show a smiling face at left and four framed photos above. Water bottles sit on the table and a deity-free stage setting surrounds the group.2008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31A stage event at a Kannada-language celebration beneath a large orange banner reading the 29th Jayanti of Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda and the Dhyanapeetha anniversary, with a portrait of a smiling man in white headwear on the left. Three framed portraits of saffron-robed figures sit at the top. An elderly saffron-robed priest with a shaved head sits at center-right receiving a red shawl draped over his shoulders from a man in a white kurta who bows low. A man in white on the far right holds up a paper. Gold-framed throne chairs stand behind, with a pink draped table in front holding water bottles and marigold garlands.2006-01-01