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A stage performance of Carnatic-style music under a striped festoon canopy with a banner reading "நவராத்திரி 2012" (Navaratri 2012) showing two portraits. A woman in a red and gold sari sings into a microphone, seated on a red cloth. Around her, musicians play tabla drums, a harmonium and other instruments; one man in a red shirt plays tabla at left, and a man in white at right plays a keyboard. In the foreground, a sound mixing console and amplifiers are visible, with a technician seen from behind. Blue backdrop and speakers frame the stage.

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October 19 20122012-10-19Evening musical performance on a raised red-carpeted stage under a blue backdrop and colourful bunting. A banner reads நவராத்திரி 2012 (Navaratri 2012) beside a painted deity image. A bearded man in a rust-brown kurta holds a book and sings into a microphone, while a woman in a red and black sari sits beside him. Musicians in white and pink shirts play tabla and harmonium. A man in white clothes sits at the right edge. Audio mixers, amplifiers and speakers are in the foreground, with two seated spectators at left.2012-10-19A woman in a red and gold silk sari with a bindi sings into a microphone while seated cross-legged on a red stage. Two men flank her on the left and right, one in a red checked shirt playing a percussion instrument and one in a white shirt playing a keyboard, and a third man in a white shirt sits behind her. A blue backdrop hangs behind them with a banner reading Navarathri 2012 in Tamil, showing a smiling woman in an orange head wrap and a deity figure with a crown and gold ornaments. Gold bangles adorn her wrists.2012-10-20A female vocalist in a red sari with gold border sings at a microphone on a stage draped in blue fabric, seated on a red cloth. Gold bangles and a red bindi are visible. Two men flank her: one in a red-and-black checked shirt playing a small hand percussion instrument, and one in a white shirt at right seated beside a harmonium. A third man in white sits behind her. A banner above reads Navaratri 2012 in Tamil, with portraits of a smiling man in an orange turban with a red tilak and a figure in ornate gold ceremonial dress with raised hand. Green cables run across the stage floor.2012-10-20A musical performance on a raised stage under a decorative canopy with green, yellow, red and blue fringed valances. A man in a white kurta and white dhoti sings at a microphone stand, hands raised in gesture. Around him, five musicians in white shirts and dhotis play instruments: a seated man on the left plays tabla drums, another beside him plays a harmonium-style instrument, a man on the right plays a bamboo flute, and another at far right plays a keyboard or harmonium. A banner behind them reads Navaratri 2012 with a portrait of a saint and an image of a deity. Blue drapes form the backdrop and a red and gold cloth covers the stage floor.2012-10-18 +1 copiesOctober 22 20122012-10-22October 22 20122012-10-22A stage performance of devotional music under a blue backdrop with a banner reading "நவராத்திரி 2012" (Navaratri 2012), showing a smiling man in an orange turban and a deity figure in a red and gold ornamented costume. A bearded man in a black head wrap and brown kurta with beaded necklaces sings into a microphone while holding an open booklet. Beside him a woman in a red-and-black sari with gold jewellery and a forehead mark sings and gestures with one hand. Two men in white shirts sit behind them, one playing a harmonium on the right and another in the background, with a pair of microphones on stands in front.2012-10-19October 22 20122012-10-22October 19 20122012-10-19October 22 20122012-10-22A musical performance on a red-carpeted stage under a blue backdrop with a fringed white and multicoloured valance. A banner reading Navaratri 2012 shows a smiling figure in an orange headwrap beside a decorated deity image. A singer seated centre-right wears a white shirt and white dhoti with gold border, and sings into a microphone with raised hand gestures. To the left, a drummer in white and orange cloth plays a pair of tabla-type drums, another musician in white sits behind, and a harmonium player on the right in white plays a wind instrument. Water bottles and a bag sit on the stage.2012-10-18