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Stage event at a festival with a large banner behind reading in Kannada 'Jayanti Brahmotsava 2008' and 'Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha' with four framed portraits of men across the top. Saffron-robed sannyasis stand and move across a stage carpeted in red, with marigold and white flower garlands draped along the dais edge. A man in saffron, a shawl over his shoulder and long hair swept back, bends forward while a second saffron-robed monk in an orange head cloth places his hand on him and garlands him. Behind them, ornate gold thrones with red cushions stand, and a bearded sannyasi in ochre sits to the right. A monk on the left carries a brass tray, and a bald monk in saffron walks at the right edge. A white-clad man claps near the left throne. Water bottles sit on the table.

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