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A young woman stands barefoot on a red stage in a white kurta and white trousers with a blue sash, performing a multi-armed tableau in front of a green banner. Several additional arms with hennaed hands extend from behind her, giving the effect of a many-armed deity form, while she holds a long gold-banded spear with a silver tip across her body and another spear rises beside her head. Behind her, circular portraits of several religious figures in saffron and white robes line the top of the banner, alongside smaller framed photographs of older men. The banner carries Kannada text, a dove logo, and a red and purple heading. The stage is draped with white fabric and a red patterned carpet covers the floor.

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December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30A stage performance under a white tented ceiling. Eight young women in white kurta-style tops and white pants perform a synchronized dance in a line, each wearing a sash or vest in blue, red, green or yellow. Behind them is a long banner in red and green with Kannada text announcing Ananda Utsava 2008 and a five-day anniversary celebration, flanked by a framed painting of a figure in an orange turban on the left and a framed painting of a deity pair on a golden chariot-like throne on the right, with a row of small circular portraits above the text. A red-and-maroon patterned throne-like seat sits centrally on the stage, flanked by six brass oil lamps on pedestals.2007-12-30A stage performance under a white tent: seven young women in white salwar-style outfits with coloured sashes (blue, yellow-green, red) perform a group dance in a line on a red-carpeted stage. Behind them hangs a green banner in Kannada script with a row of circular portraits and a large framed painting of a deity pair with a bull at right. A large framed portrait at left shows a figure in a saffron turban. Brass oil lamps and a red patterned cloth-covered seat sit at the front of the stage.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.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30A photograph of a stage performance by young women in white kurta-style outfits with orange and green scarves, dancing on a red carpet before a green backdrop. Several girls wear orange scarves and others green, and their hands are on their hips or raised as they move in formation. Two gold-coloured brass pots stand in the foreground on a draped white table. Behind them a banner shows circular portrait photos of several men, some in orange or saffron robes, and Kannada script. A man in white with an orange shawl stands at the left edge. Six girls are visible dancing and additional performers are partly visible.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30A stage performance at an evening event under a white tented canopy. A troupe of about a dozen young women in saris, alternating red-orange and teal-blue with gold borders, dance in a line. At the centre stands a performer in a reddish-brown costume holding a trident, in front of a painted flame backdrop. Behind them a green banner shows a framed portrait of a man in an orange turban, a row of small circular portraits, and a framed painting of a deity murti. Brass kalasha-style vases and an ornate red cushioned seat sit on the red-carpeted stage.2007-12-30