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A bare-chested male dancer performs on a green stage in front of a white draped curtain, arms raised overhead with hands joined near his head in a classical Indian dance pose. He wears a gold-and-orange silk dhoti-style lower garment over dark trousers, a gold waist belt, ankle bells, gold armbands and bangles, and a beaded necklace with a red pendant. Microphones stand at the left edge of the stage and a large red stylised word is partly visible on the right backdrop.

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A single male dancer performs on a green stage mat in front of a pleated white curtain, with red-and-black lettering reading Anandots partly visible behind him. He is bare-chested and wears a purple and gold dhoti-style costume with a gold waist belt, layered white pearl necklaces, gold armbands and bangles, and ankle ornaments with bells. He lifts one arm high with the hand raised and the other arm extended, head tilted back in an expressive classical dance pose. No swami figure is visibly identifiable in this image.2009-12-24A dancer performs a backbend on the floor on a green stage mat before a white draped curtain, with red-and-gold lettering partly visible at the top. The performer, bare-chested, wears a black and orange-gold dhoti-style lower garment with a gold-patterned belt, a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, gold armlets and bangles, and ankle bells. One arm sweeps back while the other points forward with extended fingers, head tilted back in an expressive classical dance pose.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A photograph of a single male dancer performing on a stage with a green floor and a white draped curtain backdrop. Large red letters on the curtain read Anandotsav 20, with the year partly cut off. The dancer is bare-chested, wearing a gold waist belt, black and gold patterned dhoti-style lower garment, red and white beaded ornaments, a rudraksha-style mala with a large round pendant, gold armbands and ankle bells. He has a red tilak on his forehead and one arm raised overhead while the other extends outward in a classical dance pose. Stage lights sit at the front edge of the stage.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer in a classical Indian dance pose on a green stage in front of a white draped curtain with large red and orange lettering reading Anandotsa. He is bare-chested with a dark rudraksha-style mala and gold bangles on his arms and wrists, wearing black trousers with a yellow-orange drape and ornate gold-and-red ankle bells. His face has a red bindi and dark eyeliner, and one leg is raised as he holds the other arm extended overhead in a dance mudra. No other people are visible.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24A performer on a green stage stands on one leg in a dance pose, back leg lifted high behind him and gripped at the ankle, the other arm extended forward with a hand in a mudra. He is bare-chested with a long rudraksha-style bead mala and a large red-and-white pendant, wears gold armbands and bangles, and has a gold waist belt over a pleated saffron-yellow dhoti with a green-and-gold border over black leggings. Ankle bells are visible. Behind him a white draped curtain carries large red letters reading Anandotsav.2009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24December 24 20092009-12-24