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A stage backdrop with an orange gradient features a circular portrait labelled with a name on the left, showing a smiling man in an orange turban with a red bindi and orange garments. Above the stage centre hangs a yellow and red flag with a green emblem. Flower-petal lettering in orange, green and red spells Kannada script beneath the flag, and a purple stylised 2010 sits at right. Black silhouettes of a dancer and a temple spire frame the sides. A seated man in a white shirt and dark trousers sits at a table with microphones in front of the backdrop.

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November 21 20102010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21 +1 copiesA stage performance of seated musicians and singers in front of an orange backdrop with a circular portrait in the top left corner. A man in a white striped shirt plays a pair of drums while a young girl beside him plays a small drum. Five women sit cross-legged singing into microphones, wearing silk saris in red, maroon, blue and green with gold jewellery and forehead ornaments. Above them hangs a yellow and red flag, and marigold and marigolds-style floral letters spell out words on the backdrop, with a black silhouette of a temple tower on the right. Yellow and red bunting lines the stage edge. The circular portrait shows a smiling figure in saffron-orange robes and a saffron turban, which cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21A stage performance at an evening event with a row of musicians and dancers seated on a green-covered stage edged with yellow, red and white bunting. A man in a white shirt plays a tabla-style drum at left, while women in red, orange and gold saris and a girl in pink sit with a male singer in a gold-patterned kurta at right. Behind them a large orange backdrop shows a framed portrait labelled with a name, a yellow-and-red flag, marigold garlands, a temple silhouette and a dancing figure silhouette. A man in orange robes and a turban stands at far right beside the stage. An orange and gold cloth hangs from the top of the frame. Audience members sit in the foreground.2010-11-21A photograph of a stage programme with a decorated orange backdrop. A circular framed portrait at upper left shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe with a red bindi, labelled as a portrait not a live person. Below it, a yellow and red flag hangs centrally, with balloons at the top corners and marigold garlands. Floral letters spell out a word beneath the flag, with '2010' at upper right and silhouettes of a temple tower and a dancer at the sides. Seven women sit cross-legged on a green stage in saris and jewellery, some in red, orange, green and yellow, singing or playing hand percussion, with a man in white at left playing a drum pair and a man in orange at right playing a stringed instrument. A boy in cream clothes sits at the right edge. Microphones stand before the performers.2010-11-21A stage performance in a hall with a large orange backdrop showing a circular portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe, with a yellow and red flag above and a garland reading 2010. A row of about twelve performers in colourful costumes stands on a green-carpeted stage: some wear orange and yellow turbans, others white kurtas, black jackets and bright dresses, and several hold instruments such as drums and a long wooden instrument. Below, a white-skirted stage edge with yellow and red bunting, and audience members in white and coloured clothing sit with their hands raised in applause.2010-11-21A stage performance at a hall with an orange and yellow backdrop reading 2010, decorated with marigold garlands, balloons and a silhouette of a temple tower. A circular portrait on the backdrop shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, labelled as a portrait, not a physical person. A yellow and red flag hangs centrally. Six performers stand and kneel on green stage matting: a girl in magenta and a girl in green saris holding small lamps, a boy in teal kurta and white dhoti, a boy in grey kurta, a woman in yellow sari kneeling with hands together, and a figure in gold and orange costume with a crown bowing. Red and white bunting edges the stage.2010-11-21December 31 20092009-12-31A stage event with a seated sannyasi in saffron robes and an orange turban on an orange upholstered throne-style chair, wearing a rudraksha mala. Beside him stands a large brass oil lamp with a flame. A large banner behind shows a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron clothing, labelled "Nithyananda" and the Kannada heading "ಉದ್ಘಾಟನಾ ಸಮಾರಂಭ" (inauguration ceremony). Seated rows of men in white shirts, dhotis and white kurtas, some with hands raised to their faces, fill the stage. A man in a yellow shawl and white clothing stands at the right edge, and a shaven-headed man in saffron stands near the centre. The seated figure's identity is uncertain from appearance alone; the banner portrait is a printed depiction.2010-09-20