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Outdoor stage performance under a white tent with dancers in Yakshagana-style costume and green face paint. Four principal dancers in elaborate headdresses and colourful layered skirts (purple, teal, blue, and pale pink) strike poses on a red stage carpet scattered with leaves. Behind them, several women in white saris with green borders and gold trim dance. At left, a large banner portrait shows a smiling man in an orange turban and a smaller framed portrait appears above; the banner also carries Kannada text and a date. The printed portrait is a depiction, not a physical person present on stage.

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December 30 20072007-12-30Yakshagana-style performers on a red stage with a green backdrop, wearing elaborate painted headdresses, long blue, teal and peach satin costumes with gold trim and sashes, and green-painted faces. Behind them a large framed portrait shows a man with long hair and an orange turban, and a banner with Kannada script and small circular photos of seated figures in saffron and white. The text on the banner is partly visible; the performers are dancing mid-performance on a scattered-flower stage under a white tent ceiling.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30A stage performance on a red carpet during a festival, with several women in white dresses with gold borders and gold necklaces dancing with raised arms. Behind them, performers in colourful costumes with green painted faces and tall feathered headdresses, in red, yellow and pink, appear in a Yakshagana-style dance. A large framed painting of deities hangs on the back backdrop, and brass lamps sit in the foreground. A green banner behind the stage shows portrait photos and Kannada lettering.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30A stage performance of Yakshagana-style dancers in elaborate costumes and painted green faces with tall crowns, in bright pink, yellow, blue and red skirts and gold headdresses. Several performers in white dhoti-style costumes stand among them on a red-carpeted stage. Behind them a large banner shows a framed portrait of a smiling man wearing a red turban and green garment, with small circular photos above and Kannada script. Brass kalashas and lamps line the stage edge, and a white draped canopy hangs overhead. Several dancers appear in the frame, with a larger group of performers visible.2007-12-30A stage performance under a white tented canopy with a red-carpeted platform. Several performers in elaborate Yakshagana-style costumes with green painted faces, large colourful headdresses and bright pink, blue, yellow and orange skirts stand in a row at the sides. In the centre, women in white saris stand with hands together. Brass candlesticks and brass elephant figures frame the front of the stage, and a red patterned cushion sits centrally. Behind the stage hangs a green banner with a row of small circular portraits, and a framed portrait of a man in an orange turban appears at left, with a framed deity image at right. A large painted banner reads an event title with a 2008 date.2007-12-30A stage performance on a red carpet in front of an ornate gold-leaf backdrop with carved arches and elephant reliefs. A central male dancer in a white and red costume with a flower garland, red headband with a feather, black sleeves and a red and gold skirt raises his hands in a dance pose. To his left, a young dancer in a turquoise skirt and green blouse with orange trim stands near the edge, and another dancer in a turquoise dress is partly visible at the far left. To his right, a woman in a pink-red skirt and green and blue embellished blouse with jewellery smiles and dances.2017-09-21 +1 copiesA staged dance performance on a red carpeted stage in front of an ornate gold-carved backdrop with lattice panels and elephant reliefs. A dancer on the left wears a turquoise and teal flowing gown and holds its fabric outward. In the centre, a female dancer in a red and purple lehenga with a green blouse and flower in her hair reaches toward a male dancer on the right, who wears a black top with a red sash, a white dhoti-style lower garment, a red headband and a long white and red flower garland. Scattered petals lie on the stage.2017-09-21June 22 20092009-06-22Three performers in comic old-man makeup with white beards and bare chests stand on a stage performing a dance, flanked by brass oil lamps. The left performer wears green-and-black striped dhoti-style trousers, the centre performer wears orange-gold trousers with a white-and-pink necklace, and the right performer wears red trousers. A large banner behind them shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" wearing a red turban and orange robe, framed in gold, with small circular portraits of other figures above and the Kannada text for Ananda Utsava 2008 and the Dhyanapeetha anniversary on the right. A white tent canopy covers the stage.2007-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30