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A performer stands on a green stage mat in front of a white draped curtain with large red lettering reading Anandasav 2010. He is bare-chested and wears a black and gold-yellow dhoti-style lower garment with a gold waist belt, ankle bells, and a long rudraksha-style bead necklace. His face is painted with a red bindi and his short hair is styled upward. One arm is raised to the head in a classical dance pose while the other hand rests at the waist, with a gold armlet on the upper arm.

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A male dancer performs barefoot on a green stage floor in front of a white draped curtain bearing red and brown letters reading Ananda Utsav 2010. He wears a bare chest, a multi-strand white pearl necklace, a gold belt, gold armbands and bangles, and a purple and gold dhoti with gold-bordered pleats and ankle bells. His arms are extended outward in a classical dance pose, and he has a tilak on his forehead and dark eye makeup. A dark speaker sits at the lower edge of the stage. Caption text reads 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam2009-12-24A photograph of a single performer kneeling on a green stage in front of a white draped curtain with large red lettering reading Anandotsav 2010. The performer is bare-chested, wearing a gold-and-orange dhoti with a dark decorative band, a beaded rudraksha-style mala with a red central pendant, gold armbands and bangles, and a short dark hairstyle. Both arms are raised with hands held in expressive mudras, a dance or ritual posture. A dark speaker-like box sits at the lower edge of the stage. The stage backdrop is clearly a staged performance rather than a discourse or meditation session.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer on a green stage dances in a classical Indian pose, bare-chested, with arms extended and one leg lifted. He wears a saffron and black dhoti-style garment with patterned borders, layered beaded necklaces, a rudraksha mala with a red pendant, bangles, and anklets, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a white curtain bears the red lettering "Anando".2009-12-24A male dancer performs on a green stage mat before a white draped curtain with large red lettering reading Anandotsav 20. He sits low in a dynamic pose with one leg extended and the other bent, one arm raised with fingers in a mudra and the other arm extended toward his foot. He is bare-chested, wearing a black lower garment with a gold-and-orange sash at the waist, multiple bangles and armbands, a beaded rudraksha-style mala with a red pendant, and a forehead tilak. His face is painted with red eyeshadow and lip colour. Hands are decorated with henna.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer in a classical Indian dance pose on a green stage in front of a white draped curtain with large red and orange lettering reading Anandotsa. He is bare-chested with a dark rudraksha-style mala and gold bangles on his arms and wrists, wearing black trousers with a yellow-orange drape and ornate gold-and-red ankle bells. His face has a red bindi and dark eyeliner, and one leg is raised as he holds the other arm extended overhead in a dance mudra. No other people are visible.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer stands barefoot on a green-covered stage, arms raised overhead with hands joined above the head in a dance pose. He is bare-chested, wearing a gold waistband, dark trousers and a yellow-and-gold draped dhoti-style lower garment with a patterned border, ankle bells, bangles, and a red-stoned pendant on a beaded necklace, with a dot on the forehead. Behind him a white curtain carries red letters reading Anandotsav 2010. A stage light sits at the lower right. No clear visual cues establish the performer's identity, so the a person field is unsure.2009-12-24A performer on a green stage mat stands on one leg in a dance pose, arms extended with one hand pointing upward. He is bare-chested, wearing a gold-trimmed yellow and black dhoti-style lower garment with ankle bells, a gold waist belt, a red-stoned pendant necklace and rudraksha-style beads, gold armlets and bangles, and a red bindi. Behind him a white drape bears large red letters reading Anandotsav. Presentation cues suggest a person performing a stage dance, though identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2009-12-24