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A stage performance at an evening cultural event with a red and pink backdrop showing the partial word "nandotsava" and "Brahmotsava" text. Five female Bharatanatyam dancers in colourful silk costumes with gold belts, jewellery and flower hair ornaments pose with raised arms and hand gestures. A man stands centre-right, bare-chested under an orange-saffron shawl, wearing a long rudraksha mala, with long dark hair swept back, appearing to be a dance-troupe participant or performer. Green floor, potted ferns and a green backdrop frame the stage. Appearance-based identity of the man is uncertain, so he is described only by role.

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A photo of a stage dance performance under a red and pink backdrop reading "Anandotsava" and "Anandeśvara Devasthana Brahmotsava". Five dancers in classical Indian dress perform in a line on a green-and-blue stage. Two women in teal and blue saris with white flower hair ornaments extend their arms upward. Two girls in red and green costumes kneel and gesture with raised hands, and a dancer on the right in green and gold extends an arm. A young man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a rudraksha-style mala stands at the centre, his hands joined with a dancer's. Audience members are partly visible at the right edge.2009-12-30A stage performance on a green-carpeted stage in front of a red-and-pink backdrop with large script lettering reading "nandotsava" and smaller text "Iśvara Deva...Brahmotsava" and a "10" in the background. Five female dancers in colourful traditional Bharatanatyam costumes with gold jewellery and flowers in their hair surround a central figure. The central figure, a young man in an orange saffron dhoti-style garment with a bare upper body, orange-and-red rudraksha beads, stands with arms outstretched in a dance pose. Potted green plants line the back of the stage. Two dancers kneel at the sides and others stand in arched poses, performing a dance piece. Dancers total five visible physical people, plus the central man, so six people in the scene.2009-12-30A stage performance at the Anandeshvara event, with a large red-and-white backdrop reading 'Anandeshvara' and 'Nandeshvara Devi Brahm...' and '2010' partly visible. A central figure in an orange saffron dhoti-wrap, with long dark hair and a long rudraksha mala, stands with arms outstretched. Four female dancers in traditional Bharatanatyam costumes surround him: one in red kneels at left, two in teal-blue saris with gold borders stand behind, and one in green with gold trim kneels at right, all with floral hair ornaments and jewellery. Green stage flooring and potted plants frame the scene.2009-12-30A stage performance in front of a large red banner reading Ānandeśvara and Ānandeśvara Devi Brahma, with 2010 and Paramashivam partly visible. A central male performer in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl wears a red-and-white beaded mala and stands with hands in anjali. Three female dancers in blue and green costumes with gold waist belts, flower-decorated hair and jewellery surround him, with one dancer in red kneeling at left and another in green and orange at right, arms outstretched in a classical Indian dance pose. The stage has a green floor covering and potted plants at the base of the backdrop.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph of a classical Indian dance performance on a stage with a red-and-pink backdrop bearing the partially visible word "Nandotsava" and "Paramahamsa" fragments. Six female dancers in traditional silk saris and dance costumes with jasmine-decorated hair, gold jewellery and bangles perform. Center stage, a woman in a yellow-orange silk sari with a red blouse and a gold pendant holds hands with a dancer in turquoise and blue. Flanking dancers wear green, red, teal and blue costumes. The stage floor is green with potted plants behind.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30Five women perform a synchronized Bharatanatyam dance on a green stage in front of a large red and pink banner reading Ānandotsava and Ānandeśvara Devālaya Brahmotsava. Dancers wear jewel-toned silk costumes in blue, red, green and teal with gold borders, gold jewellery, and white flower adornments in their hair. Each raises one arm high while bending into a dynamic pose, with potted plants at the edge of the stage.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30