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Outdoor tented event with a stage draped in white fabric and marigold garlands. Behind the stage hangs a long banner reading ANANDOTSAV 2008 and 31st December, with a portrait of a smiling man in saffron and a row of small circular portraits. On the stage, several robed figures sit on ornate golden chairs, including one in orange-red robes at the centre, behind a flower-decorated table. A figure in white stands at a lectern on the left. On the right, a standing man in white with an orange sash and a woman in white stand beside a yellow-draped platform and a framed deity image. A large audience sits on white plastic chairs facing the stage, many in white clothing.

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December 31 20082008-12-31Outdoor festival stage under a white tented canopy with string lights and marigold garlands on the posts. On a raised dais behind a golden-yellow and red draped table, several figures sit on ornate gold-backed chairs: some in white, others in saffron/orange robes. A large banner shows portrait photos and Kannada-script text. Seated audience members in white clothes and red plastic chairs face the stage, with a brass pot and floral arrangements at the foot of the stage.2008-12-31Large outdoor event under a white canopy with a stage at the front. Behind the stage is a long white banner with orange and gold lettering and a row of small portrait photos, with a larger framed portrait of a smiling figure in orange on the left. Several people sit on the stage at a decorated table draped with yellow and orange garlands, some in white and some in orange robes. A standing man in white with an orange shawl faces the stage at the right. Hundreds of seated attendees fill white plastic chairs in the foreground, many in white clothes, with a few in orange. A small sign on the left reads no photography or video recording prohibited.2008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 30 20082008-12-30Night event under a tarpaulin-covered pandal with a wide stage. A large yellow banner behind the stage reads an event title in Kannada with the date 30 December, and holds a row of small circular portrait photos across its top. A row of seated figures sits on gold-and-red thrones behind a draped table with garlands; the central seated figures wear saffron/orange robes. A man in a cream shirt and white dhoti sits at the end of the row, and another person in white stands at the far left of the stage. A standing man in a beige shirt with a red shawl stands at the foreground left near a microphone. A dense audience of seated people fills the foreground, with many heads visible. A golden kalasha-style lamp stands on the stage.2008-12-30A large crowd of devotees sits on white plastic chairs under a white tented pavilion during an outdoor event. On a stage at the far end, a man in white stands at a lectern with a microphone and camera stand, while a row of people sits behind a draped table decorated with yellow and orange garlands; among them, several figures wear saffron/orange robes. Behind the stage hangs a large banner with a Kannada-language heading and portrait photos along its top edge. Lamps and a brass kalasha-style lamp stand at the side of the stage, and a sign on a pole warns of photography and mobile phone restrictions. Strings of orange and yellow flowers wrap the tent poles. Several people in the front rows wear white and saffron clothing, and a woman in the foreground has a yellow flower in her hair.2008-12-31A large crowd of seated devotees fills plastic chairs under a white canopy tent at an outdoor event. On a raised stage at the front, a row of people sits on a decorated dais with a garlanded banner behind them, while a standing man in white clothing stands at a microphone stand on the right side of the stage. Several seated figures on the stage wear orange and saffron robes. Large portraits and a yellow and gold banner with Kannada script hang on the stage backdrop. Several people in the foreground wear white, and a few wear orange. A blue sign on a pole reads that photography and video recording are strictly prohibited.2008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31January 01 20062006-01-01Large white tented hall with a dense audience seated on white plastic chairs and red chairs, facing a raised stage. Several people in saffron and orange robes sit at a white-draped table on stage, flanked by others in white. Behind them hangs a banner with a row of portrait photos and a central figure in green, with Kannada text. Orange marigold garlands hang on tent poles and a purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2008-12-30