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A group of young girls in traditional South Indian dance costumes perform on a green stage floor before a red backdrop with large script lettering. Several dancers wear green, pink, magenta, purple and teal silk outfits with gold borders, flower garlands in their hair, and jewellery. A small girl in the centre wears a green blouse and white skirt with a gold border and reaches out to the other dancers. The stage shows a floral arrangement and a partly visible backdrop with Sanskrit-style lettering.

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Three young women perform a classical Indian dance on a stage in front of a red backdrop bearing the large words "Ananda" and "Utsav" and partial text reading "Ānandeśvara Devālaya" and "Paramahamsa". The dancer on the left wears a green choli and gold-bordered skirt with a white flower in her hair and arms raised. The centre dancer wears a bright pink costume with gold trim, a white flower in her hair and a long necklace, her hands in mudras. The dancer on the right wears a teal costume with gold border and holds her hands in a mudra near her chest. Potted ferns line the stage floor.2009-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29A group of six young women perform a synchronized Bharatanatyam dance on a green-carpeted stage in front of a large red banner reading "Ānandotsava" with "Ānandeśvara Devālaya Brahmotsava" and "2009" visible. The dancers wear colourful silk costumes in magenta, teal, pink, and green with gold borders, gold jewellery, and flowers in their hair, with arms extended in a choreographed pose. A small figure of a deity murti stands near the dancers on a white draped table, and a man in a light blue shirt sits at the right edge of the stage. Audience members' heads are visible at the bottom of the frame, and a stage monitor sits in the foreground. Several potted ferns and white flower arrangements decorate the stage edges.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 30 20092009-12-30November 02 20132013-11-02Three young female dancers perform a classical Indian dance on a green-covered stage. They wear saris and costume jewellery: the left dancer in magenta and green with a green-and-gold border, the centre dancer in red and pink with gold trim, and the right dancer in deep teal with gold border. Their arms are raised in mudra-like poses, with flowers in their hair and necklaces. Behind them a large backdrop shows a smiling man in orange robes and an orange head wrap, with the large printed phrase Ananda and the caption Ānandeśvara Devālaya in orange lettering. Potted plants flank the stage. The man on the backdrop is a printed portrait, not a physical person present.2009-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29A photograph of a classical Indian dance performance on a stage with a red-and-pink backdrop bearing the partially visible word "Nandotsava" and "Paramahamsa" fragments. Six female dancers in traditional silk saris and dance costumes with jasmine-decorated hair, gold jewellery and bangles perform. Center stage, a woman in a yellow-orange silk sari with a red blouse and a gold pendant holds hands with a dancer in turquoise and blue. Flanking dancers wear green, red, teal and blue costumes. The stage floor is green with potted plants behind.2009-12-30