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Outdoor stage event with a red and white draped backdrop and a yellow banner bearing Kannada script. A bald, white-bearded man in orange robes speaks into a microphone on a stand at left. Beside him, a man in orange robes with a red-and-white tilak on his forehead and a pink-beaded necklace sits on a silver chair. At right, a young man with long hair, an orange turban and orange wrap, wearing a long rudraksha mala, sits with hands together. Behind them, several men in orange and saffron clothing sit or stand, and a flower garland is placed on the table at lower left. a person cues are not clearly met by any single figure, so the seated young man in orange turban and rudraksha mala is marked unsure.

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January 30 20102010-01-30A photograph of a seated stage gathering outdoors. On the left, a bald elderly man in an orange robe speaks into a microphone on a stand, a gold garland draped over his shoulders. Beside him, a man with white-and-red forehead markings and an orange shawl sits with hands folded, wearing a beaded necklace. On the right, a smiling man in an orange turban and orange sleeveless top wears long dark rudraksha beads and sits with hands clasped. Behind them, several men in orange and white stand or sit before a red curtain. A yellow banner with Kannada script hangs at upper left, and a white-draped table holds a flower-decorated item in the foreground.2010-01-30January 30 20102010-01-30A photograph of a seated group at an outdoor stage event with a red curtain and white drape behind them. Three orange-robed sannyasis sit on a metal-framed bench: on the left a bald man with white-marked forehead and saffron shawl, in the centre a man in saffron robes with a maroon-and-gold headpiece and a beaded white mala, and on the right a young man in a bright orange turban and orange robe with long dark hair and a dark rudraksha mala, smiling and turned toward the centre. A man in white with a gold-bordered shawl sits at the far left beside a microphone, and additional audience members are visible in the background. Whether the young man in the orange turban is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2010-01-30January 30 20102010-01-30Four saffron-robed men sit in a row on chrome-framed chairs in front of red and white draped curtains at an outdoor event. The man on the far left wears an orange shawl over orange robes and holds his hands clasped; the second man, bald and bearded, wears orange robes; the third wears an orange head wrap and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace; the man on the far right wears pink and orange robes with white tilak on his forehead. Others are partly visible behind them, some in orange and white. No candidate's appearance is distinctive enough to confirm a person's presence, so the figures are described by role only.2010-01-30Outdoor stage event under a canopy with red drapes and a yellow banner behind. Seated on metal chairs in the front row, a bearded man in saffron robes sits centre, flanked by a man in white dhoti and shawl with green-and-red border at left and a man with a tilak and orange-red turban and pearl garland at right. Saffron-robed monks stand and sit behind them, and a man in a white shirt stands at the back. A man in a white-and-green garment gestures toward the centre. A plate of red flowers sits on a white-covered table in front. A Kannada-language banner with the number 2010 is visible at left.2010-01-30Photograph of an outdoor stage event under a purple canopy with marigold garlands hung along the back. On the right, a man in saffron-orange robes, an orange turban and a rudraksha mala holds a microphone and speaks from an ornate red-and-white throne. Beside him, a bearded man in orange sits on a red-cushioned chair with a folded hand gesture. Further left, several men in orange robes sit on gilded chairs, one with long dark hair and another in an orange headwrap. A man in a white shirt stands in the background near the tent edge, and trees and onlookers fill the left side.2007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09Outdoor event with several saffron-robed monastics seated on ornate gold-and-red thrones with carved armrests. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair in an orange top sits with eyes closed. Beside them a shaved-headed monk in orange robes sits attentively. At right, a bearded monk with a red tilak on his forehead holds a handheld microphone up to a white-bearded, shaved-headed older man in orange robes and a golden necklace, who sits on a red throne and speaks. Marigold garlands hang behind them, with a purple cloth backdrop and trees and onlookers in the background.2007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09August 09 20072007-08-09