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A stage performance at an indoor hall with a large backdrop banner showing a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, with the word Anandotsava in orange script. A man in a maroon and gold patterned kurta and orange turban stands centre stage speaking into a microphone, flanked by about a dozen young performers in colourful costumes, some in blue, green and red, with hands pressed in anjali. Two men in white and orange clothing stand at the left edge, one in an orange shirt and white dhoti. Audience members sit along the lower foreground beside a blue satin stage skirt, and a white canopy ceiling covers the hall.

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December 30 20092009-12-30A stage performance in progress before a large backdrop reading "Anandotsava" beside a portrait labelled with a banner headline. The backdrop shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe. On the stage, about ten performers stand in a row with hands folded in namaste: women in blue and green costumes, a man in green and red, a figure in orange, a white-robed man, a woman in an orange-yellow sari, and children in red and white outfits. At left, a performer in a patterned brown kurta holds a microphone, and musicians sit at the edge of the stage. Audience members in the foreground watch from below a blue skirted platform.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A dance performance on a stage with a green floor and light blue skirting during the Anandotsava festival. A large red banner behind the stage shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe with a red tilak on his forehead, beside the words "Ānandotsava" and "Ānandeśvara Devalaya Brahmotsava" with the year 2010. About ten dancers in colourful costumes with masks stand in a line, some in yellow, orange and green, while a female dancer in a pink and yellow sari with flower garlands performs at centre. On the right, a seated musical ensemble plays and a deity murti of Krishna stands on a pedestal. Audience members sit on the floor in the foreground, many in saris and salwar kameez, with floor lamps and potted plants on the stage edges.2009-12-29Girls 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.2009-12-29December 30 20092009-12-30A stage performance at an indoor hall with a white tented ceiling. Four dancers in green and teal costumes with long skirts stand in a line on a green-draped stage, with a fifth dancer in dark clothing at the right edge. Seated musicians on the left play instruments, including a drum and harmonium, on a blue satin-skirted platform. Behind the dancers is a large red banner with a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe, printed with the word Anandotsava and the year 2010. The audience sits in rows in the foreground, many in white, pink and red saris and kurtas, several with long braids.2009-12-30A stage performance under a large banner reading "Anandotsava Ānandeśvara Devālaya Brahmotsava 2010", with a portrait on the banner of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe. On the stage, a seated performer in a red and gold outfit and yellow turban sits on a dark chair, with two dancers in green and teal costumes with flower hair decorations kneeling in añjali poses on either side. Behind them, a figure in white sits near a small platform with plants. An audience of mostly seated people, many with long braided hair, watches from the foreground in front of a blue draped stage edge.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 29 20092009-12-29A stage performance at an outdoor-style hall with a large red and orange banner reading "Anandotsava" and "Ānandeśvara Devālaya Brahmotsava" and "2010", with a large smiling portrait of a man wearing an orange turban and orange robe. On the stage, a seated performer in a maroon and gold outfit sits on a wooden chair with a folded paper, flanked by two dancers in teal and green saris with white flower-decorated hair kneeling in namaste. Another dancer in a green and orange costume kneels at left beside a seated musician in white. Rows of seated audience members in white and colourful clothing face the stage, and a blue draped table skirts the platform. The banner portrait is a depiction, not a physical person present on stage.2009-12-30December 29 20092009-12-29