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Photo of a stage event with a painted temple-style backdrop of pink and blue pillars and gold arches. A bald priest in orange robes stands center, garlanding a smiling man in a pink shirt with a red tilak who holds a flower garland and paper. To the left, a man in orange robes with a shawl claps, and a man in a white shirt and yellow shawl stands behind. On the right, a bearded sadhu with white hair and a long beard in orange clothes and a rudraksha mala holds a microphone and papers. A blue painted statue hand appears in the foreground left. Several other men in white and light clothing stand around the stage.

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Photograph of an outdoor pandal stage at a Kumbh Mela-style event in Mandya, Karnataka, with painted colourful temple-style pillars and blue cloth draping behind. A bearded sadhu with long white hair and a long white beard, wearing saffron robes and a rudraksha mala, stands barefoot holding a microphone and a sheet of paper and speaking. Beside him, a man in saffron robes holds a red object, and two men in saffron robes stand to the left, one with a shaved head and glasses. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a white towel over his shoulder stands nearby. A man in pale shirt applauds at left, and a crowd of onlookers in white and casual clothing watches from the right, while a figure in white lies prostrate in the lower foreground.2010-01-29January 29 20102010-01-29Photograph of an event stage with colourful painted pillars in red, blue, green and gold. In the foreground a man with swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange shawl and gestures with open palms toward a bald man on the right, who wears wire-rimmed glasses, a saffron shawl and a white garland, and smiles. Behind them a man in a yellow-and-white shawl holds a red folder, and a man in a cream shirt wears a badge on a lanyard and holds a rolled paper. Other onlookers stand in the background.2010-01-29January 29 20102010-01-29January 29 20102010-01-29March 23 20082008-03-23December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor stage event under a white tent canopy with a red carpet. Several men in saffron-orange robes stand together, several wearing orange turbans and rudraksha malas; one on the left wears a garland of yellow flowers. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti at right hands a small object to a saffron-robed monk who holds a book. Marigold and purple flower garlands drape the white railing. Behind them a large banner shows a deity image in an arched frame and a row of printed portraits. Text on the banner is in Kannada script.2008-12-30A photograph inside a hall with pale walls and colourful tasselled banners. A man in a saffron-orange robe with gold border, long swept-back dark hair and multiple beaded garlands stands at centre, placing a hand on the head of a devotee in a white shirt who bends forward with hands on his chest. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold-bead necklaces. Beside him stand other saffron-robed sannyasis, one bald with white ash markings on the arms and garlands. To the left a man in a black shirt presses palms together, and a man in a blue striped shirt with a lanyard looks on. A white table edge is visible at right.2011-02-22A stage at an outdoor satsang event under a white tent canopy. A woman in an orange-red turban and matching saffron robe with a rudraksha mala sits on an orange throne at left, gesturing with her hand toward a man in white-and-gold headwear and a bead necklace seated beside her. An older man in an orange robe sits in the center on an orange throne, bending forward. A standing man in a pale peach-coloured shawl stands at right facing them, and attendants in orange shirts stand behind. Behind them a gilded ornate arch with a golden canopy and carved deity figures frames the stage, with flower garlands visible at left.2015-01-13January 30 20102010-01-30Photograph of an indoor stage event with a large banner behind the stage showing a lotus emblem, Kannada script and a smiling portrait of a man in an orange turban and red tilak, labelled with the name Nithyananda in the banner text. In the centre, a tall figure with long curly dark hair, an orange turban and an orange robe with a dark rudraksha mala stands and receives a white envelope from an older man in a beige kurta who joins his hands in greeting. Behind them, a bald man in orange robes with glasses stands holding a white paper, and to the right a man in an orange robe with a mala and a wristwatch stands with his hands together. Seated figures in white and a man in a striped shirt fill the edges, with orange chairs in the foreground.2010-09-20