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Photograph of a stage event at the Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaavesha, with a banner in Kannada and English reading Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaavesha and a partial banner reading Sakala Nithyananda. Seated on ornate red-and-gold chairs are a man in white dhoti and white shirt with arms folded, and a man in saffron/orange robes and a turban-like wrap with a red tilak, both on orange upholstered chairs. A third seated man in red-orange robes holds a brass lamp decorated with yellow flowers. On the left foreground an elderly man in white shirt is partially visible before a microphone. Behind the stage are a large portrait of a man in orange turban and a deity murti wearing a red crown. Potted plants and brass vessels sit on the platform.

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November 01 20142014-11-01A stage event at the Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaaveshа, with an orange banner reading Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaaveshа in English and Kannada beside a large portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban. Seated on ornate chairs are a white-robed man with folded hands, an older saffron-robed sannyasi with a shaved head and rudraksha mala, and a younger man in a red-orange robe with a garland of yellow flowers. Brass oil lamps and potted plants sit on the stage, and a deity murti with a red turban appears on a backdrop behind them. A blurred figure in white gestures in the foreground at a microphone.2014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01A stage event at the Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaavesha. A large orange backdrop carries the event title in English and Kannada, with a portrait of a man in an orange turban and red bindi on the left and a painted deity figure with a tall crown and red turban on the right. Three people sit on the stage: a man in white dhoti and shirt on the left, a central figure in saffron robes seated in an orange armchair, and a figure in orange robes on the right beside a garland-draped kalasha-style stand. In the foreground a man in white with a grey head is speaking into a microphone at a lectern. Water bottles and potted plants sit on the stage.2014-11-01Photograph of a stage event at an Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaavesha gathering, with a large orange banner behind bearing Kannada and English text. Three people sit on the stage: on the left a man in white dhoti and shirt with yellow tilak sits on a red-cushioned wooden chair; in the centre a seated man wears an orange-saffron robe and shawl with rudraksha beads and an orange turban, seated in front of a large orange-and-gold deity murti wearing a red crown; on the right a young man wears an orange-red robe and a rudraksha mala, seated beside a brass lamp with a garland of yellow flowers. In the foreground a man in white clothes with a raised hand faces the stage in front of a microphone. A pot-plant and water bottles sit on the stage.2014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01A stage at a Karnataka religious gathering with seated sannyasis in orange and saffron robes and turbans in a row of wooden chairs. A seated man in orange robes and a headwear speaks into a microphone while a small brass oil lamp sits at the lower right on the stage edge. Behind them a large orange banner shows a portrait of a man in an orange turban with a red tilak and Kannada script reading Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaveesha. A white-clad man with a tilak and a seated man in a red-gold shawl sit nearby.2014-11-01A photograph of an event stage backed by an orange banner reading Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaavesha, with Kannada script above it. A man in a white dhoti and shawl sits at left on the red-carpeted stage. Two saffron-robed seated figures sit on an orange throne-like chair in front of a red backdrop with a decorated deity murti. The figure at centre has a grey-streaked head and orange-saffron robes; the figure at right wears a saffron robe and has long hair, with a kalasha-topped lamp stand and a brass oil lamp beside them. In the foreground, a grey-haired man in white raises his hand while speaking into a microphone. A banner at left shows a smiling man in an orange turban with a red bindi. a person is the saffron-robed figure at right, with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha-style saffron robe; he sits on the orange chair and is a candidate only by appearance.2014-11-01Photograph of a stage event with several seated men and women in saffron and orange robes and turbans. Centre-right, a man in saffron robes with a microphone sits in an orange armchair, gesturing with one hand near his forehead. Beside him a woman in a red-orange robe sits with hands folded. Seated centre, a man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border sits with arms crossed. Behind them a large orange banner shows a portrait of a saffron-turbaned man with a red tilak, labelled in Kannada and English as Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Samaveesha. A brass lamp stands at the lower right on the stage edge. Potted green plants and a dark red curtain frame the stage.2014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01