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A photograph of a musical performance indoors. A young woman in a pale pink sari with a gold blouse sits on a green cloth playing a long-necked stringed instrument, a veena, with gold-tipped ornamental carving, and wears pink-and-white beaded necklaces and drop earrings. Behind her an older woman in a pink sari with a red bindi and gold necklace plays a second veena. At left, a man in a white shirt plays a hand drum, a mridangam or similar percussion instrument. A small brass oil lamp sits on the cloth in front, and a tanpura-style instrument rests at lower right.

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October 16 20102010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA seated musical ensemble performs on a green-covered stage. A man in a white shirt and cream trousers plays a tabla-style drum at left. A young woman in a pink saree with a pearl necklace and a bindi holds a long-necked tanpura-style stringed instrument. Behind her an older woman in a pink saree and beaded necklace sits beside a second stringed instrument, and at right a woman in a pink-and-gold saree plays a veena. Dark wooden instruments and cables lie on the stage, and a red-and-orange backdrop is at left.2010-10-16October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA woman in a pink silk saree with a gold-bordered blouse sits cross-legged on a green cloth and plays a large wooden veena with her right hand plucking strings and her left hand on the fretboard. A bindi and gold earrings are visible, and a bangle is on her wrist. Behind her, another woman in a pink saree sits with a similar instrument, and the stringed instrument in the foreground rests on a gourd resonator. Microphones and cables lie on the cloth in front of the performers. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA women's veena ensemble performs on a green stage cloth in an ashram hall. A central woman in a pink silk saree with gold border and gold jewellery plays a large wooden veena, her left hand raised. Beside her, a woman in pink with a red bindi plays a veena with a carved dragon-head neck, and two more women in pink and gold sarees play veenas on the right. Hanging orange and patterned tassels decorate the wall behind them, and a small notice is pinned to the wall.2010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of women performing a classical music ensemble seated on a green cloth-covered stage. Four women wear pink and rose saris with gold jewelry; the central woman in a pink silk sari and gold blouse plays a long-necked veena with wooden resonator gourd, while others beside her hold veenas and sit in front of a plain wall with hanging decorative tassels in orange, blue and pink. Microphone cables run across the stage floor.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA woman in a hot pink silk sari with a gold-bordered blouse sits cross-legged on a green cloth-covered floor, playing a long-necked stringed instrument resembling a veena. Her rings and bangles are visible, and she wears a bindi and drop earrings. Behind her, another woman in pink plays a similar instrument, and a third musician with a bangle is partly visible at left. A microphone and cables lie in front, with a wooden hall and orange lamps in the background.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a woman in a bright pink silk saree playing a wooden stringed instrument, a tanpura or veena, seated cross-legged against a warm orange and yellow backdrop. She wears gold drop earrings, a gold necklace, a red bindi and bangles, and her fingers rest on the instrument's strings. Behind her another performer in pink is partly visible, and a person in an orange-brown garment sits at the left edge.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a musical performance on a stage with an orange-to-yellow backdrop bearing a dark silhouette of a temple tower. Seated on a green floor covering, a woman in a pink silk saree with gold jewellery plays a large stringed instrument, a tanpura-style lute, while a younger girl in a pink top and white dupatta with earrings sits beside her. Another woman in a pink saree sits in the background. At right, a bearded man with long dark hair wears a rust-orange kurta and white dhoti, seated with his back partly turned, playing a stringed instrument with a wooden resonator. Microphones stand on the floor and cables run across the green mat.2010-10-16 +1 copies