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Evening cultural performance on a stage with a green carpet and blue skirting, in front of a large red backdrop reading "Ānandotsava" with "2010" and a banner portrait of a man in orange and yellow robes with a white headband and a garland. Seven young female dancers in colourful classical costumes, pink, green, teal and magenta with gold borders and jewellery, strike poses with arms raised. A seated musician with a stringed instrument appears at the right edge.

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December 29 20092009-12-29Stage performance at the Ānandotsava event, a Hindu cultural programme. A central male dancer in a flowing orange shawl, yellow dhoti with pink trim, and white headband strikes an outstretched-arms pose. Around him, five female dancers in bright costumes of magenta, teal, and gold with braided hair and flower decorations accompany the performance. A large red banner behind the stage reads Ānandotsava and Ānandeśvara Dvājārohaṇa Brahmotsavam, with a partial portrait of a man in orange turban and red tilak at left. Green stage floor and blue skirting; a projector and audience heads are visible at the edges.2009-12-29A stage performance at the Ānandotsava Brahmotsava event. A male dancer in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a white head wrap stands centre, hands extended, flanked by female dancers in pink, magenta, teal and green silk costumes with gold borders, flowers in their hair and ankle bells. Musicians sit at the right edge. The backdrop is a red banner reading Ānandotsava and 2010. Green stage carpet and a light blue skirt frame the floor. Several dancers are mid-movement with palms pressed together in namaste.2009-12-29A stage performance at an evening cultural program beneath a large red banner reading "Ānandotsava" and "Ānandeśvara Devālaya Brahmotsava". Several young women in colourful traditional costumes, including magenta, green, teal and gold saris, dance in motion with flowers in their hair. A man in a white head wrap and an orange-yellow costume stands centrally with arms extended, dancing among them. A man seated at right plays a stringed instrument on a green-carpeted stage. Behind the dancers, a partial portrait of a smiling man in orange turban and robes appears on the banner.2009-12-29Stage performance at the Ānandotsava event on a green stage with a light blue skirting. A man in an orange saffron robe with yellow-orange cloth wrapped at the waist, and a white headband, stands center with hands folded in namaste while smiling. Around him, about eight young women in traditional Bharatanatyam-style dress in pink, magenta, yellow, teal and blue silk stand with palms pressed together in greeting. A red backdrop with a large portrait of a man in an orange turban and the event title and year is behind them, with a stage monitor at right and a few audience members visible at the bottom edge.2009-12-29December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30Girls in colourful traditional dance costumes perform on a green-carpeted stage draped with turquoise satin at an indoor Anandotsava event. Dancers wear pink, white, purple, teal and yellow skirts and blouses with flowers in their hair, several with hands folded in anjali mudra. Behind them a large red-orange banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban with a red bindi, beside the word Anandotsava, a subtitle reading Ananda Ishvara Paramashiva Brahmotsava, and a partial year. A small deity murti stands on a white pedestal at right beside potted plants. Seated audience members are visible in the foreground.2009-12-29Five women perform a synchronized Bharatanatyam dance on a green stage in front of a large red and pink banner reading Ānandotsava and Ānandeśvara Devālaya Brahmotsava. Dancers wear jewel-toned silk costumes in blue, red, green and teal with gold borders, gold jewellery, and white flower adornments in their hair. Each raises one arm high while bending into a dynamic pose, with potted plants at the edge of the stage.2009-12-30December 29 20092009-12-29A stage performance of Indian classical dance at an Anandotsava event. Five female dancers in teal, blue and gold costumes with flowers in their hair perform in a line on a green-draped stage, arms extended in dance poses. A musician in a patterned top sits at the left edge. Behind them a large banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban, with the word Anandotsava and the year 2010 partly visible. Seated audience members with their heads visible fill the foreground, watching the dancers.2009-12-30