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A live musical performance on a low stage in front of a backdrop of Varanasi imagery, including ghats along the river, a temple spire and a painted image of a goddess with orange flowers. From left, a young man in red kurta and white dhoti plays tabla, a man in white kurta plays a harmonium-like instrument, a young man in maroon kurta and jeans plays a sitar, a man in white kurta sits playing a guitar-style string instrument, and a standing young man in white kurta plays a keyboard. Microphone stands and cables are visible on the stage floor, and a second tabla rests at the right edge.

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