Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
A photograph of a folk performance on a bare-floored hall stage at night. Drummers in green shirts and red dhoti-style lower wraps play hand drums, with a standing man in a red shirt at left. Performers in yellow turbans, yellow sashes with green and red tassels, patterned orange tunics and black skirts kneel and stand in front of a long pole held horizontally across the stage. A dark curtain and a small deity murti on a white-draped altar with flower garlands sit at the back, beside a red-and-orange map-shaped backdrop. Several dancers are bare-chested with white body markings. The scene is a folk group performing a stick or pole routine during an event.

More like this

Open the gallery
June 15 20092009-06-15A stage performance in a hall with dark curtains and a small deity murti with garland on an altar at back. Performers in green kurta costumes with yellow sashes play frame drums and cymbals, one singing into a microphone. In front, performers in yellow headwear, yellow sashes, white face markings and bare chests lift a long wooden pole, while one man in a red shirt and red dhoti stands at the left and another in a yellow shirt and red-and-pink headcloth stands at right beside a tall decorated pole with garlands and sequins. The scene reads as a folk-style group dance and drum performance rather than a named ritual.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A photograph of a stage performance in an indoor hall with dark drapes and a white-tiled floor. In the foreground a man in a yellow-and-white patterned shirt and a red head cloth leaps mid-air while holding a drum. Behind him, six men stand in a line; several wear bright green shirts with red-and-maroon dhoti-style lower garments and play hand drums, while a man in a red shirt and dark dhoti stands at the right and another in red and saffron stands at the far right edge. A small deity murti or statue garlanded with a yellow-orange garland sits on a white-draped platform, with a hanging orange, white and green floral garland above it. Potted plants flank the stage.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15A photograph of a stage performance under a white tent canopy with dark curtains and gold scalloped valance. A large bamboo pole is carried on the shoulders of a row of performers in yellow turbans, black skirts and yellow sashes, one bare-chested. Atop the pole stands a performer in a yellow shirt and pink turban holding a tall garland-draped object of orange and white flowers, while a drummer in a green shirt and red dhoti plays a round drum on a raised platform. Other drummers in green and red play drums and a gong sits at the front. Hanging fabric banner with an elephant motif is visible at upper right, and a projection screen stands at right.2009-06-15June 15 20092009-06-15