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A stage event under a white canopy with blue banner and yellow-and-red garland drapes, decorated with flower arrangements along the front. A large banner reads a Kannada birthday celebration heading with an oval portrait of a bald elderly man in orange robes. A saffron-robed man stands center stage with a long green garland being passed between officials in white dhotis and kurtas. Seated dignitaries in white and dark jackets line the stage; at the right, another saffron-clad figure with a staff sits among them. A brass oil lamp with flower garland stands at left.

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January 18 20072007-01-18January 18 20072007-01-18January 18 20072007-01-18January 18 20072007-01-18January 18 20072007-01-18A large outdoor stage under a white tent canopy hosts the 64th birthday celebration of Sri Balagangadharanatha Mahaswamiji. Behind the stage hangs a large orange banner with a portrait of Balagangadharanatha and Kannada text, flanked by two smaller portraits on red-and-yellow panels. A man in white stands at a white podium at left and speaks into a microphone. Seated on the stage in a row are several monks in saffron and orange robes, and a man in a white kurta and orange shawl sits among white-clad dignitaries. A man in a wheelchair and a seated elder in a brown jacket are also on stage. Flower arrangements in pink and yellow line the front of the dais, and a green plant border sits in the foreground. Crowds are seated in white chairs beyond the stage.2008-01-25A stage at a public function with a large white banner reading in Kannada 63rd birthday celebration (Jayanthi) of a Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Balagangadharanatha Mahaswamiji, and BGS Global Super Speciality Hospital, with a circular portrait of a saffron-robed monk at top. A person in saffron robes with a turban and back to the camera lights a large brass oil lamp (deepa) on a flower-decorated stage, with a garland of marigolds and white flowers draped around it. Seated on the stage behind are older men in white dhotis and kurtas and a vest, plus a bearded man in white. On the right a figure in white robes and a large red floral garland stands near a person in white. Flower arrangements and rows of small oil lamps line the front of the stage.2007-01-18January 18 20072007-01-18January 18 20072007-01-18January 18 20072007-01-18Outdoor evening stage event under a white tent canopy with a red-draped backdrop. Seated on a white-clothed dais, several saffron-robed monastics sit in a row, one in a long orange robe at the center, next to men in white kurta and dhoti-style clothing wearing rosettes, plus a figure in a grey-blue garment. A large banner shows a portrait of a bald, white-bearded elder with a tilaka-marked forehead, and a second, smaller banner shows a similar figure beside a temple-like image. Rows of brass oil lamps line the stage edge, with yellow, white and pink flowers beside them and potted plants at the front. Several standing attendants in white are visible at the left. A seated figure in saffron and a seated figure in orange stand out at the front of the dais.2008-01-25January 18 20072007-01-18