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A woman in black athletic clothes performs an aerial rope routine, hanging from a vertical rope with her bare feet lifted and a pale band wrapped around her legs. A second woman in a white sari with gold border stands below, one hand supporting the performer's leg, watching closely. The hall has a suspended ceiling, red curtains on the windows, and framed photographs on the pale wall, including one partly showing orange-robed sannyasi figures labelled with the word 'annyas' in its visible fragment.

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A performer in black athletic clothing hangs from a vertical white rope in an indoor hall, gripping it with both hands while wrapping one leg around it in an aerial pose. Two people in white sleeves reach up from the lower edge of the frame, supporting or spotting the performer. Behind them, red velvet curtains hang from windows and framed wall posters show saffron-robed sannyasis and temple scenes, with the word Sannyas and the phrase Taking Hinduism to the World visible. Ceiling fluorescent lights and a ceiling fan are overhead.2017-08-15A photograph inside a hall with a pale pink wall, red valance curtains and a suspended ceiling. A woman in black athletic clothes climbs a white rope suspended from a ceiling opening, her legs wrapped around it, while a second performer in black hangs upside down above her, gripping the rope through the square ceiling hatch. A woman in a white sari with gold trim holds and steadies the rope from below. Seated audience members, including a woman in an orange-red top with a bindi, watch from the lower edge of the frame. Framed photo collages hang on the wall behind them.2017-08-15 +1 copiesAugust 15 20172017-08-15Two young women perform an aerial rope routine in a hall with pink walls, red curtains and a drop ceiling. The upper performer hangs upside down from the rope, gripping it with her hands and feet, while the second performer in black clothing climbs with bands around her legs. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands below, holding the second performer's foot and gazing up. Framed photographs hang on the walls, and seated audience members in white and dark clothes watch from the foreground.2017-08-15 +1 copiesAugust 16 20172017-08-16A woman in black athletic clothing performs an inverted aerial rope routine, hanging upside down with her legs wrapped around a hanging rope and her hands gripping it lower down. A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at right holding the rope steady. A young girl in black top and beaded necklace with a red tilak watches in the foreground, and a seated audience in white and black clothing claps along. Red curtains and framed photographs line the hall wall behind them.2017-08-15 +1 copiesAugust 15 20172017-08-15August 15 20172017-08-15 +1 copiesA photograph in an indoor hall with pink walls and red curtains. A performer in black fitted clothing hangs upside down from a white rope, gripping it with hands and feet. A woman in a white sari with a gold border stands beside the rope, holding it steady. In the foreground a girl in black top and red bindi watches, and a seated audience in white and black clothing claps and watches. Framed photo collages hang on the walls.2017-08-15 +1 copiesIndoor photo of a rope gymnastics performance in a hall with pink walls, maroon curtains and framed photo collages labelled Sannyas. A woman in black athletic clothing hangs upside down from a long rope, legs raised, one hand gripping the rope. A woman in a white sari with a red blouse stands below, steadying the rope with one hand. Seated audience members in white and red clothing watch and clap, with some faces visible in the foreground.2017-08-15Indoor hall with pink walls and red curtains. A performer in black clothing, wrapped with a white rope, hangs upside down from a vertical rope while a woman in a white sari with gold border and gold bangles steadies her feet. Seated audience members in orange and red clothing watch from below, and framed photographs of saffron-robed sadhus line the wall. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.2017-08-15 +1 copiesA performer in a fitted black outfit hangs upside down from a white rope aerial silk, one leg hooked over the fabric and her body inverted above a seated woman in white who steadies her. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a gold border watches closely. A young girl in black with a red bindi and beaded necklace sits in front, and women in white and black audience clothing sit on chairs in a hall with red curtains and framed photos on the wall.2017-08-15 +1 copies