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A photograph of a musical performance on a raised blue-skirted stage under a white tent ceiling. Seated musicians in white kurtas play a dholak-style drum, a harmonium-type instrument, tabla and other percussion, while a drummer behind a full drum kit wears white. A blue stage backdrop reads Anandotsav 2009 with glittering trim, and a yellow-and-blue painted pillar with elephant motifs stands at left. A woman in an orange sari sits among the musicians. A large seated audience of women and girls in white, orange and red saris and salwar kameez faces the stage, with some smiling. The visible people are a seated group of musicians and an audience of roughly thirty to forty.

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December 27 20082008-12-27A stage performance at an Anandotsav 2009 event under a white tent, with a blue draped backdrop reading "Anandotsav 2009" in gold letters. Seven or eight musicians sit on a patterned carpet in white and orange clothing: one plays a large dholak drum, another a tabla-style drum, a singer holds a microphone, and a drum kit is set up at the right. A man in white stands at the back right beside the drums. A tall decorative banner with elephant motifs stands at the left. Audience members, mostly women in white, orange and red saris, sit on the floor in front of the stage. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person, so no appearance-based candidate is claimed.2008-12-27A photograph of a musical performance on a raised stage inside a tent-like hall. A blue draped backdrop displays the gold lettering "Anandotsav 2009". On the stage, several musicians in white clothing play tabla, a dholak-style drum, a harmonium, a sitar-like string instrument and a drum kit, while a seated vocalist in an orange-toned sari sings. Along the stage edge, women in saris sit beside floor cushions. A large audience of women and girls in colourful salwar kameez and saris sits on the floor facing the stage, many with braided hair. A decorative painted pillar with geometric and animal motifs stands at the left.2008-12-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a stage performance in a hall with a bright blue draped backdrop bearing the gold-lettered word "Anandotsav 2009". Seven musicians in white clothes sit cross-legged on a floor stage: at left a player with a large drum, a player with a stringed instrument, a seated man in white playing a pair of tabla-style drums, a man in white singing into a microphone, a woman in an orange sari playing a harmonium, and a violinist in white. At the right a drummer in white stands behind a full drum kit with cymbals. Below the stage, a large audience of young women and girls sits on the floor, many in orange and red saris and salwar kameez. A blue banner with decorative motifs hangs at the upper left.2008-12-27December 27 20082008-12-27December 27 20082008-12-27December 27 20082008-12-27A photograph of a crowded indoor hall with a large audience of mostly women seated on the floor, many in white and pastel saris and salwar kameez, some wearing glasses, with hands pressed together in devotion. On a raised carpeted stage draped in blue fabric with yellow lettering reading Anandotsav 2009, several musicians perform: a man in a grey shirt plays a violin, a man in a white kurta sits at a harmonium-style instrument, and a man in a pink shirt sings at a microphone while another plays a small drum. Blue and yellow decorative panels frame the stage, and a backdrop of sound equipment is visible at the top.2008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28A photograph of a large seated audience inside a white tent-like hall, mostly women and girls in white, cream and blue saris and dresses, sitting on the floor with long braided hair. A raised stage draped in royal blue cloth holds musicians playing a stringed instrument and a drum, with a man in a pink top seated among them. Behind the stage, a decorated golden deity murti sits in a shrine-like display with a crown and colourful backdrop. Above the stage a banner reads Paramotsav 2009 in yellow letters on blue fabric. Tall ornamented pillars with painted animal motifs hang from the ceiling.2008-12-28A stage performance at the Anandotsav 2010 event, with a red sign reading "Anandotsav 2010" displayed on a white curtain behind the performers. Six musicians sit on a green and orange-draped stage with a turquoise satin skirt. On the right, a man in an orange kurta and white dhoti plays a stringed instrument, while a woman in a green sari sings at a central microphone flanked by seated percussionists and a harmonium. Several audience members in white and purple sit on the floor in the foreground, some with hands raised in appreciation.2009-12-23