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Three dancers perform bharatanatyam-style choreography on a green-carpeted stage in front of a large red banner reading Ānandotsava and Ānandeśvara Devālaya Brahmotsavam. A printed portrait on the banner shows a smiling man with an orange-saffron turban and a red bindi, labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda. The dancer at centre wears a yellow dhoti with a magenta-red vest and ankle bells; the dancer on the left wears a navy and orange-gold costume with a pendant necklace, and the dancer on the right wears an orange and green sari with a braid and white flower. A blue-skinned deity murti stands on a side pedestal. Audience members in the foreground watch from below the stage.

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December 29 20092009-12-29Three dancers perform on a stage during an evening cultural programme. The central dancer, a man in a magenta top and yellow dhoti-style trousers with bells at the ankles, strikes a pose with one leg raised and palms forward. Dancers on either side wear blue and orange costumes with bells, flower adornments in their hair and beaded necklaces. Behind them a large banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban with a red bindi and orange robes, with large pink lettering reading Anandotsa and a subtitle about an Anandeshwara Devalaya Brahmotsava. Potted ferns and a white-draped table sit on stage, with a blue stage skirt below and an audience silhouetted in the foreground.2009-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29A stage performance of Bharatanatyam-style dance under a banner reading Ānandotsava, Ānandeshvara Devālaya Brahmotsava, with 2010 partly visible. Three dancers perform in front of potted ferns and plants. 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