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A stage event at the Dhasara 2010 celebration, with a large orange backdrop showing a circular portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robes beside the purple text "Dhasara 2010", plus black silhouettes of a temple tower and a dancing figure. Yellow-and-red hanging lanterns frame the top. On a white-draped stage, several women in white saris sit playing a stringed instrument, a harmonium-style instrument and a percussion set, with a row of large terracotta pots in front of them. Seated in the foreground, many people in white clothing and orange-yellow shawls listen, including a woman in a purple outfit and a woman in green. A camera on a tripod and a shaven-headed man in white and yellow stand at the left edge.

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October 15 20102010-10-15A stage performance at a Dhasara 2010 event in a hall, with a large orange backdrop showing a circular portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, beside the printed title "Dhasara 2010" and temple silhouettes. On the stage, musicians in white saris perform: one plays a veena-style stringed instrument, another plays a tabla-type drum, a woman sits at a row of clay pots, and a singer stands at a microphone. Below, a seated audience of mostly women in white garments, plus some children and men, sits on mats facing the stage, with a reflective floor surface beneath them.2010-10-15October 15 20102010-10-15 +1 copiesA stage performance of Carnatic-style music at the Dhasara 2010 event. On the stage, several women in white saris sit on a green-edged white-draped platform: one plays a long stringed instrument (veena-like), another sits center with a row of large clay pots (ghatam-style percussion), and others play a tabla-type drum and sing into microphones. Behind them a large orange banner shows a smiling figure in an orange turban and saffron robe inside a circular portrait, beside the printed words 'Dhasara 2010' and a silhouette of a temple tower. Seated on white mats in front of the stage are a large audience of women and girls in white and pastel clothes, plus a few men in white, some with heads bowed.2010-10-15October 15 20102010-10-15 +1 copiesOctober 15 20102010-10-15 +1 copiesA stage performance at the Dhasara 2010 event. A large orange backdrop shows a circular portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron clothing, with the title Dhasara 2010 in purple lettering beside silhouettes of temple towers and a dancing figure over a sunset. On a green-covered stage, a seated violinist in a cream kurta plays at left, two women sing into microphones (one in a blue-green sari, the other in white), and a drummer in a green shirt plays a percussion instrument at right. Below, a large seated audience in white clothing sits on mats facing the stage, with some attendees in blue and white attire.2010-10-11October 15 20102010-10-15 +1 copiesOctober 15 20102010-10-15A 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 copiesA stage performance at a Dasara 2010 event. A banner behind the stage shows a circular portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, beside the text "Dhasara 2010" and silhouettes of a dancer and temple spires on an orange sunset background. On the green-draped stage, a drummer in white plays a tabla-style drum at left, while a musician in a rust-coloured robe sits on the floor playing a stringed instrument, with women in pink saris seated behind and beside them, one playing a long-necked string instrument. In the foreground, rows of women in white saris with yellow borders and yellow shawls sit clapping and listening. A video monitor at lower right shows a screen of deity figures on temple-style thrones. A large orange cloth lantern hangs at upper right.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA seated audience of devotees in white and yellow saris, orange and red shawls and some Western dress sits on mats before a stage at the Dhasara 2010 event. Performers on the green-carpeted stage include a drummer in a white shirt playing a red tabla-style drum, musicians in red kurtas, and a seated elder in white playing a long-necked stringed instrument. Behind them a large orange banner shows a smiling man with an orange turban and a circular portrait inset, along with dark silhouettes of a dancer and temple spires. The portrait is an inset image on the banner, not a physical person. The swamiji candidate is a printed portrait only, with an orange turban and an orange robe, so no in-person candidate is confirmed.2010-10-10