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Three performers in comic old-man makeup with white beards and bare chests stand on a stage performing a dance, flanked by brass oil lamps. The left performer wears green-and-black striped dhoti-style trousers, the centre performer wears orange-gold trousers with a white-and-pink necklace, and the right performer wears red trousers. A large banner behind them shows a portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" wearing a red turban and orange robe, framed in gold, with small circular portraits of other figures above and the Kannada text for Ananda Utsava 2008 and the Dhyanapeetha anniversary on the right. A white tent canopy covers the stage.

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Two performers in masks stand on a red stage in a stage performance. The left performer wears a grey-faced mask with a white beard, bare-chested with a gold-orange dhoti and gold armband, arms extended. The right performer wears a pale mask with white hair, bare-chested in a red dhoti with an armband, also with arms outstretched. Behind them a large banner shows Kannada text and portraits of several men in circular frames, and a framed deity murti image adorned with flower garlands and silver ornaments sits at right. Two brass kalasha-style pots stand on the stage in front.2007-12-30A photograph of a stage performance under a white tent canopy. Two dancers in bright pink costumes with gold trim and red sashes perform with raised arms and hand gestures, while a third performer in a white kurta with a red waist sash kneels on the red stage carpet. Gold urn-shaped vessels stand in the foreground on a white draped table. A large green banner behind the stage shows a framed portrait of a man in an orange-red turban and dark robe on the left, and a framed painting of a deity on the right, with small circular portraits along the top. Kannada text is printed across the banner.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30A stage performance under a white draped tent canopy with a banner backdrop in Kannada script. A central figure in saffron-orange robes, with a sash and a shaved-head appearance, stands among young performers in white and orange and green costumes; several boys in white shirts and dark trousers stand with hands folded in namaste. Girls in green and white saris kneel and gesture at the sides. Brass kalasha-style vases line the red-carpeted stage, a dark carpeted seat sits at the front, and a framed painting of a deity murti with a crown and arms adorns the right side of the banner. The banner shows circular portraits of several figures above the printed event title.2007-12-30A stage performance under a white draped tent canopy with a green-and-white banner reading in Kannada and English about Ananda Utsava 2008 and a 31 January date. Two framed portraits flank the banner: on the left a man in a red-and-green turban in profile, on the right a painted deity scene. Around fifteen young performers in white kurtas and pants stand in two rows wearing orange and green scarves, clapping and gesturing. Near the centre, a figure in an orange robe and orange head wrap bends over a seated boy in white and grey while another boy in a white shirt sits cross-legged beside them. Brass kalasha-style pots line the front of the stage with a dark patterned bolster-style seat in the middle.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30