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Women musicians perform on stage against a warm orange-yellow backdrop. In the centre, a woman in a pink sari with a long dark braid and gold earrings plays a veena, its wooden neck resting on a painted decorated gourd body, her fingers plucking the strings. On the right, another woman in a pink sari plays a second veena, and a partly visible woman in pink and green stands at the left edge. No swami is visible in the frame.

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October 16 20102010-10-16A photograph of three women in pink and rose-coloured saris playing veena-style stringed instruments in a row against a warm orange and peach draped backdrop. The woman in the centre wears a pink sari, pearl necklace, dangling earrings and has her hair in a long side braid, looking to the side. The women at left and right are blurred in the foreground, one with hair in a low bun and gold jewellery, the other wearing a pink sari with bangles. Wooden instruments with carved golden heads and gourd bodies are visible. The scene suggests a cultural music performance; no a person candidate is visible.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of women musicians performing on a stage with an orange-to-black backdrop. In the foreground-centre a woman in a hot pink and orange silk sari with a red flower in her hair sits cross-legged on a green stage floor, playing a wooden veena with a large gourd resonator. Behind her another woman in a pink top and gold necklace plays a similar stringed instrument with a carved dragon-head design. A partially visible woman in pink silk sits at the left edge. Right edge shows a white wall.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a musical performance at an indoor event. Two women sit side by side playing long-necked stringed instruments that resemble veenas, with carved wooden necks and ornamented heads. The woman on the left wears a golden blouse with a pink saree, pearl necklace and drop earrings. The woman on the right wears a pink saree, a red bindi, gold and beaded necklaces and bangles, and looks down at her instrument. Another instrument with a dark gourd-like resonator and a drum-like instrument are visible at the front, with a green cloth covering the table and a small oil lamp in front. A third performer's hand is visible at the edge.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA woman in a pink and gold silk sari sits cross-legged on a green stage floor playing a large wooden veena with a green gourd resonator. Behind her, other women in pink and white saris play similar stringed instruments, and a sunset orange backdrop with a dark silhouette on the right frames the stage. The image carries a and a Nithyanandapedia source notice in the lower right2010-10-16A 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 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 women seated on a green cloth performing a musical programme with long-necked string instruments. The central woman wears a pink silk saffron-bordered sari with a gold-toned blouse, drop earrings and bangles, and bends her head to play the wooden instrument resting on her lap. A woman in a pink sari sits behind her playing another veena, and a woman in pink sits at the far left. Several orange and yellow fabric hangings and a wall notice are visible in the background, and a small microphone sits on the cloth in front of the players.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA seated woman in a pink silk saree with a light gold border plays a long wooden veena with carved dragon-head ends on a green cloth stage. She wears a red bindi, a nose stud, pink beaded earrings and a bangle. Beside her, another woman in a pink saree with a red bindi watches, and a large brown and green gourd resonators of the veena rest at the bottom. A microphone stand stands in front, with blurred listeners behind.2010-10-16 +1 copiesThree women sit cross-legged on a green stage mat playing veena instruments during a musical performance. The two women on either side wear pink silk saris with gold borders, gold jewellery and bindis, and pluck the long wooden veena strings with their right hands while supporting the instruments' gourd resonators. 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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 copies