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A photograph of a musical performance on a red stage with a red skirted platform in front. Seven young performers sit cross-legged on the floor behind microphone stands, in front of an ornate gold carved wall with figures, animal reliefs and small string lights. From left: a girl in a cream and maroon sari with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, a boy in a dark embroidered top, a girl in a green and yellow sari, a boy playing a orange drum-like instrument, a girl in an orange sari with gold jewellery and forehead ornament playing a harmonium-style instrument, a boy beside a wooden instrument, and a girl in a green and maroon sari with a sandalwood-marked forehead. Sheet music rests on a stand before them. The scene looks like a devotional music recital or satsang singing.

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Six young women and men sit cross-legged on a red cloth-covered stage in front of an ornate gold-carved temple-style backdrop lit with small string lights. Each performer sits before a microphone stand. Several wear sarees, including a cream-and-gold saree, a green saree with red-checked lower garment, and an orange saree with red border; others wear dark embellished tops. Women wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and bindis, and one wears a jasmine-style hair ornament. A performer in the centre plays an orange barrel drum, and a performer on the right sits beside a stringed instrument. The group appears to be performing devotional music together.2014-10-02Seven young performers sit on a red stage cloth in front of an ornate gold-toned temple-style backdrop with carved figures and small string lights. Four are singing into standing microphones, with female singers in white and yellow saree, green saree, and orange saree with a red border, plus a dark-green saree wearing rudraksha-style beads. Three boys in dark embellished shirts sit behind them, one playing a drum and another a harmonium-style instrument. Musical performance.2014-10-02A group of seven young performers sits cross-legged on a red-draped stage, singing and playing music in front of an ornate gold-embossed wall with carved figures and lamp-lit panels. Each performer has a microphone on a stand. Two performers hold percussion instruments: a barrel-shaped drum in the centre and a rectangular instrument at right. The woman centre-right wears an orange sari with a red border and a gold forehead ornament, and the singer second from left wears a green and yellow sari. Others wear white, green, and dark red saris, and boys wear dark embroidered vests. Printed copyright text appears at lower right.2014-10-02Six young performers sit cross-legged on a red stage cloth in front of a gilded wall carved with lions, floral scrolls and figures, lit by small bulbs. Each singer or musician sits at a microphone stand. Women in saris and rudraksha malas sing, including one in an orange sari and one in a green and yellow sari, while men in dark embellished tops play a mridangam-style drum and a stringed instrument. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows a devotional music performance.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02Six young performers sit cross-legged on a red stage draped in red cloth, singing and playing music into microphone stands in front of an ornate gold-carved temple-style backdrop with relief figures and lamp strings. From left: a woman in a white and gold sari with a black beaded necklace, a young man in a dark embroidered top, a woman in a green sari, a young man in a dark embroidered top playing a barrel drum, a woman in an orange and gold sari playing a hand drum, and a young man playing a harmonium, with a woman in a green and red sari at the far right. Sheet music rests on a stand before them. Several wear tilak marks and beaded necklaces.2014-10-02November 24 20142014-11-24November 24 20142014-11-24A photograph of a devotional music session on a stage with a red draped table and ornate gold carved panels behind. Seven performers sit in a row singing into microphones. Several on the left wear rust-red robes with rudraksha malas, one with a white forehead mark. A woman in a dark red sari holds a red tambourine and sings. A woman in an orange robe with glasses and a girl in a blue dress sing at the centre. A man in white kurta and dhoti sits on the far right with his hands folded, the only one in white. No one is identified as a person and no candidate is visible.2014-11-24A group of devotees sits cross-legged on a red draped stage before a gold-carved backdrop with repeated animal and floral reliefs, singing into microphones at music stands. A woman in a maroon sari holds a red tambourine, and a girl in a blue dress sings beside them. Several singers wear saffron and orange shawls, rudraksha malas and white vibhuti or tilak marks, while a man in cream kurta sits at the right. The scene reads as satsang devotional singing; no individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2014-11-24A photograph of four young performers seated on a red-draped stage before an ornate gold-carved wall with lit bulbs. On the left, a young man in a striped yellow-and-black shirt sits with hands pressed in anjali. Next, a young man in orange dhoti and shawl plays an acoustic guitar. In the centre, a woman in a pink sari with a bindi and a beaded necklace holds a hand in a mudra near a microphone. To her right, a woman in a golden-yellow sari and jewellery sits with palms joined, and at the far right a girl in a blue dress with pink leggings sits with hands in anjali. Colourful striped cushions sit behind them and microphones stand before them.2014-10-01A group of young women in saffron-orange and maroon saris sit on a multicolored striped cloth-covered stage, singing into microphones with rudraksha malas around their necks and white forehead markings. One woman in maroon plays a small red tambourine, and another gestures with her hand while singing. Two small metal figures stand on the stage in front. Behind them is an ornate golden carved wooden screen with lattice panels and a carved bird and figure. The scene appears to be a devotional kirtan performance. Six women are visible.2014-09-05