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Two women perform a stick dance on an indoor stage in front of a blue backdrop. The woman in the foreground wears a green saree with a gold-patterned border and a red bindi, and raises two red-and-yellow dance sticks while smiling. Behind her, a second woman in a maroon saree with gold border and eyeglasses also holds up yellow sticks. A red curtain hangs at the left edge of the stage.

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October 23 20122012-10-23October 23 20122012-10-23Four women perform a stick dance on a stage with a purple backdrop and a gold scalloped valance. The woman at centre right wears a red sari with gold and white embroidery and holds a yellow stick raised overhead, smiling. Beside her, a woman in an orange-and-maroon sari with gold border holds a stick, and to the left a woman in a white sari with red border holds green and pink sticks. At far right, a woman in a green sari with gold motifs dances. A framed portrait of a deity hangs on the wall at upper right. The photo is a credit-watermarked archive image.2012-10-23Photo of a group of women and girls in colourful silk saris dancing in a hall with tiled floor and ceiling lights, raising long coloured sticks overhead in a dandiya-style stick dance. Saris are green, orange, red, pink and purple, with gold jewellery, bangles and a large pendant on one dancer in an orange sari. Behind them stand white-clad participants, and framed decorative panels and pillars line the walls. a person is not clearly visible in the image.2016-10-03October 23 20122012-10-23A group of women and girls dance in a hall during a Navaratri celebration, raising thin decorated sticks overhead with both arms. Most wear saris or long skirts in orange, red, teal and white, with gold borders. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari with gold trim and another in a cream sari with a magenta-and-gold shawl lift their sticks. Behind them, rows of dancers in orange, maroon and green stand on a glossy tiled floor under ceiling lights, with a framed picture on the back wall and maroon curtains at the left edge.2016-10-03October 03 20162016-10-03October 03 20162016-10-03October 23 20122012-10-23A large group of women dances in a long, wide marble-floored hall during a Navaratri celebration. Many dancers hold up colourful striped dandiya sticks in both hands, some raised overhead, in lines moving through the room. The women wear saris and salwar kameez in orange, red, teal, green, purple and cream, with gold jewellery, bangles and beaded necklaces. Behind them, ornate golden decorations and bright hanging ornaments fill the background.2016-10-03October 03 20162016-10-03October 23 20122012-10-23