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Photo of a stage event at the Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaaveshа gathering. A smiling man in a dark red robe and long gold-and-beaded mala, wearing a ceremonial gold necklace, raises a curved golden staff with bead strands overhead. Beside him, a man in a saffron-orange and red shawl with gold border stands smiling, and a bald man in a saffron robe sits in a golden chair. Behind them a large orange banner shows a painted portrait of a smiling man with a saffron turban and red tilak, plus a painted deity figure. Plastic water bottles sit on a side table, and a man in white dhoti and shawl with a yellow tilak stands at the left edge.

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November 01 20142014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01A stage event with an orange banner reading Akhila Karnataka Dhaarmika Santara Samaavesha, with Kannada text above it naming Sri Nithyanandeshwara Devasthanam Trust. On the banner's left is a large portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban with a red bindi, and at right is a pink backdrop with framed deity images. In the foreground a man in a saffron-orange silk garment with gold patterning drapes an orange shawl and turns toward a bare-chested man in rust-red dhoti and saffron-red cloth wearing a long beaded gold-toned mala and smiling. Seated behind them are robed saffron-clad men on orange-upholstered chairs, one in white dhoti with gold bangle, and a bottle of water sits on a side table.2014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01A photograph of a formal felicitation at a stage backdrop reading Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaavesha. A standing man with short hair, red-brown robe and a long gold-beaded garland, with a red tilak on his forehead, holds his hands near the head of an older man in a pale pink turban and an orange-gold brocade shawl with a garland. The older man bows with his hands folded. At right, another robed figure in orange holds an orange cloth. Behind them are orange-upholstered chairs and a backdrop with deity images and a red cloth. A seated man in white on the left has a tilak and a red thread.2014-11-01A photograph of a stage event at the Akhila Karnataka Dharmika Santara Samaaveesha. A man in a saffron-yellow turban-style cap and a gold-and-red brocade shawl bows toward a standing man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with a gold chain, who smiles and holds up a long garland of orange and dark rudraksha beads. Seated behind them are saffron-robed sannyasis and a bare-chested figure with a long braid on the right. A large orange banner behind shows a smiling portrait of a man in an orange turban and a backdrop with a deity image. A shaved-headed man in a saffron robe sits at the back.2014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01November 01 20142014-11-01A photo of a formal event at a stage backdrop with a large orange banner reading in Kannada and English 'Akhila Karnataka Dhaarmika Santara Samaveesha'. A man in a red-orange silk shawl with gold zari border and a matching orange turban is bowing forward, while a smiling woman in a rust-red sleeveless garment with a gold-bordered dhoti and a long gold-beaded necklace reaches out to adorn him. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow tilak stands behind them. The backdrop shows portraits of a man in an orange turban and a painted deity murti in red and orange. Gold-carved wooden chairs and an orange armchair fill the room.2014-11-01