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A stage performance at the Dasara 2010 celebration. A large orange backdrop shows a smiling portrait of a man in an orange turban inside an oval frame, with silhouetted dancers and temple towers below the lettering. On the green-draped stage, a seated musician in a white kurta plays a drum on the left, while a figure in orange robes sits cross-legged at right beside a stringed instrument. Several women in pink, red and orange saris sit behind them with instruments. Below, a seated audience in white and yellow clothing watches, and a screen at right shows a deity image.

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October 16 20102010-10-16A photograph of a Dasara 2010 cultural programme on a stage with a green-skirted platform. A large orange backdrop shows a framed portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and robes, beside the word Dasara and silhouettes of a dancer and temple spires. Seated musicians perform in front of it: a man in white plays a drum at left, women in pink and rose saris play instruments, and a man in orange robes sits cross-legged at centre playing a stringed instrument. Audience members in white and yellow sit in rows in the foreground. A small screen at lower right shows a colourful image.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 10 20102010-10-10A photograph of a Dasara 2010 cultural performance on a stage with an orange backdrop. A large banner reads "Dhasara 2010" beside a circular portrait of a smiling man with a saffron turban and saffron robe, labelled as a banner portrait. Silhouettes of dancers and temple towers decorate the backdrop. On a green-covered stage, a seated male drummer in white plays a mridangam-style drum, while two women in saris sit with tanpuras and a woman in a pink sari sings into a microphone, with a woman in a rust-coloured top beside her. Women in white saris sit on the floor in the audience in front, and a monitor in the lower right shows a temple-related screen image.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 15 20102010-10-15 +1 copiesOctober 15 20102010-10-15A stage performance of women musicians in white and cream saris before a large orange banner reading "Dhasara 2010" in purple lettering. A circular portrait on the banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, labelled by the banner's event title rather than a name. On stage, one woman plays a frame drum at left, another plays a long stringed instrument (veena-style) seated on the floor, and a row of terracotta pots (ghatam-style) is played by a woman at centre, with two more singers at microphones on the right. Around ten to fifteen seated audience members in white, saffron and patterned clothing face the stage, many with dark hair pulled back, some with headscarves. A black silhouette of temple spires appears at the right edge of the banner.2010-10-15October 10 20102010-10-10October 15 20102010-10-15October 15 20102010-10-15Photograph of a seated audience of many women in white and cream saris with yellow shawls, sitting on the floor in rows in front of a stage. On the stage three performers sit: a woman in white playing a stringed instrument, a woman playing a tanpura-style instrument at centre, and a woman seated beside a row of terracotta pots. Behind them a large orange banner shows a circular portrait of a smiling figure in orange and a printed title reading Dhasara 2010, with dance silhouettes and temple towers. A flat-screen TV at right shows a figure seated on an ornate throne in blue.2010-10-15