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A performer on a stage in a classical Indian dance pose, arms extended, one leg lifted, bare-chested with a dark-and-gold dhoti-style costume with a gold waist belt and ankle bells. He wears a multi-strand beaded necklace with a red pendant, bangles, and a forehead marking. Behind him hangs a white curtain with large red lettering partly visible, reading as an event banner. A green stage floor is visible below.

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December 24 20092009-12-24A performer on a green-carpeted stage in a classical Indian dance pose, standing on one leg with the other knee raised and hands in mudra gestures. He is bare-chested, wearing a black and gold dhoti-style lower garment with a yellow pleated drape, gold armlets, bangles, a beaded necklace and a red-stoned pendant, with a tilak on his forehead and kohl-lined eyes. A white pleated curtain behind him displays large red lettering reading Anandotsav 2, and a small stage light sits at the lower right.2009-12-24A 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 20092009-12-24A 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.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A photograph of a single male dancer performing on a stage with a green floor and a white draped curtain backdrop. Large red letters on the curtain read Anandotsav 20, with the year partly cut off. The dancer is bare-chested, wearing a gold waist belt, black and gold patterned dhoti-style lower garment, red and white beaded ornaments, a rudraksha-style mala with a large round pendant, gold armbands and ankle bells. He has a red tilak on his forehead and one arm raised overhead while the other extends outward in a classical dance pose. Stage lights sit at the front edge of the stage.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer on a stage in a bare-chested dance pose, arms raised overhead with hands in a mudra, standing in a deep bent-knee stance. He wears a yellow and black dhoti-style costume with an ornate gold waist belt, bangles on the wrists and arms, a long rudraksha mala with a red stone pendant, and a red forehead mark with bold stage make-up. Behind him hangs a white curtain with large red painted letters reading 'Ramotsava' partially visible. A single figure is present; this is a stage performance, not a verified identification of any individual.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24