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Festival stage decorated with marigold and white jasmine garlands draped along a white railing. Seated on the dais behind is a man in an orange robe with an orange turban, flanked by a second seated person in orange and another figure in red. Behind them hangs a large framed painting of a deity pair in a gold arch, and purple and yellow draped cloth fills the canopy background. Flower arrangements sit on the platform edge.

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December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph of an outdoor stage under a decorated tent canopy with maroon and gold patterns. A man in an orange turban and orange robes sits at a long cream satin-draped table garlanded with yellow marigolds and red roses, with a second person in white beside him. An orange and green flower arrangement and a water bottle sit on the table. To the right, a banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam carries a portrait of a figure in an orange turban, with a pile of red roses below it. The turban and orange robes are visible cues, but the seated man's identity cannot be established from appearance, so his role is described only as a seated man in orange.2006-12-13 +1 copiesDecember 31 20092009-12-31A stage event under a red and yellow canopy with a large white banner behind it. A large portrait of a young man in an orange turban and orange robes stands on the banner, with smaller framed portraits above. A man in a white dhoti and shirt speaks at a wooden podium draped with white and orange garlands, with a microphone. On the stage, a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on a gold-carved chair, and beside him another man in orange robes and a shawl sits on a gold throne with a garland on the table. An elderly man in white clothes sits on the right. A brass oil lamp, a tray of flowers and offerings sit on the blue-draped table in front, with a standing man in a white shirt and a young man in grey shirt and trousers nearby.2003-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 31 20092009-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31A stage event under a pink and yellow draped tent canopy, with a large backdrop portrait of a young man in an orange-saffron turban and a long-sleeved orange garment. A white-clad speaker stands at a flower-garlanded podium with a microphone on the left. Seated on gold-and-red thrones along a blue-skirted dais decorated with white and orange flower garlands are a figure in orange robes with a saffron turban and rudraksha mala, a second figure in orange robes with a shaved head, and an older man in white clothes and an orange-striped shawl. Plates of offerings sit on the lower left of the stage, with water bottles on the table. Standing nearby are men in green and white clothes, and a few other seated attendees.2003-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 30 20082008-12-30Two men in saffron-orange robes sit on a raised stage before a banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha, with a Kannada-script heading and a gold-framed Hindu deity painting behind them. The man on the left wears an orange turban and a rudraksha mala and has long hair; the bearded man beside him in saffron robes sits in front of a microphone and gestures toward the table. Both sit in ornate gold-carved chairs with red cushions. The table is draped with marigold and jasmine garlands, with water bottles and nameplates on it, and a yellow-draped lectern with a printed sign stands at the right. The scene reads as a formal seated event such as a discourse.2008-12-31A stage event under a pink and red draped canopy. A man in white clothes stands at a flower-wreathed podium speaking into a microphone. Behind the stage hangs a large banner showing a smiling figure in an orange turban and orange robes, with smaller portraits above. A seated figure in orange robes and a turban sits in the centre with rudraksha beads, flanked by a man in white and a bearded man in white. Another seated figure in orange robes sits in a gold and red throne-like chair. Water bottles and marigold-and-jasmine garlands decorate the long table, with brass trays and a lamp at the left edge. A man in a green shirt stands at the left, and a few other people sit or stand near the chairs.2003-01-01Outdoor stage event under a white tent at the Anandotsava celebration, with a large orange banner behind showing a row of portrait photographs of older men and a smiling woman in a left panel, and a deity mural on the right. Several people in saffron and orange robes sit on gold-trimmed chairs and a white-draped dais decorated with orange, yellow and pink floral garlands and red-and-white bunting. A man in saffron wrap stands on the left, a man in dark shirt bends forward near the centre, and a man in white kurta stands on the right. A tall brass oil lamp stands at the right edge of the stage, and a few flower arrangements sit on the table. Kannada banner text reads Anandotsava 2008 with a date of 30 December.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30 +1 copies