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A 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.

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October 16 20102010-10-16Women 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.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 photograph of women musicians performing on a stage with an orange-to-black backdrop. 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