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A stage performance on a green-carpeted platform with a blue satin skirt. A man seated on a white cube wears an orange shawl, yellow dhoti, white headband and beaded anklets, his palms lifted toward a woman kneeling before him. She wears a navy and gold silk sari, gold jewellery, flowers in her hair and a white ribbon-like headpiece. Beside them stands a blue-skinned figure of a deity. Behind, musicians sit in yellow saris and blue shirts, one playing a stringed instrument and another a drum. A red banner with partial numerals and orange curtains form the backdrop.

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Evening cultural performance on a green-carpeted stage with a red backdrop showing partial digits '010'. A woman in a gold and deep blue silk sari with gold jewellery kneels with palms pressed together in namaskar. A young girl in a gold blouse and purple skirt, with flowers in her hair, plays a bamboo flute. Behind them a seated musician plays a stringed instrument, and a blue-skinned Krishna figure statue in yellow dhoti stands on a white-draped pedestal at right.2009-12-29A stage performance under a red banner with partial lettering and the numerals 2010, set against a cinderblock wall with a striped orange and white backdrop and potted plants. A standing young man, bare-chested with a white dhoti and an orange-gold waist cloth, stands with hands on hips and a sacred thread across his chest. Beside him a seated performer in a purple and gold shawl and white dhoti gestures with raised hands, while a kneeling performer in a green blouse and orange shawl faces him. Audience members sit in the dark foreground. Dramatic theatre rather than a ritual.2009-12-30A female classical dancer in a blue and gold costume with a gold-bordered orange blouse and a white flower in her braided hair bends forward on a stage to touch the chin of a blue-skinned deity murti of a child-form Krishna, wearing a gold crown, layered beaded necklaces and a yellow and red dhoti. Behind her, musicians perform: a seated man in white plays a veena-like stringed instrument at left, a man in a light blue shirt plays violin in the centre, and a woman in a yellow-green sari plays percussion at right. Orange and white drapes and a white-covered table frame the stage.2009-12-29December 30 20092009-12-30A female classical dancer in a navy blue and gold silk sari with a gold waist belt kneels on a green stage cloth, hands joined in namaskar, flowers in her braided hair. Beside her stands a painted blue-skinned deity murti with a crown and yellow dhoti, placed on a white-draped table. Behind them seated musicians play a veena and a violin, and a woman in a yellow sari sings into a microphone beside a mridangam. A stage performance of sacred arts.2009-12-29Evening cultural performance on a green stage with a white-draped table and orange curtains behind. A woman in a navy and gold dress with a flower-adorned braid crouches and gestures toward a young girl in a maroon top and checked plaid skirt who holds a golden flute to her lips. A bright blue painted Krishna deity murti with a gold crown and garlands stands on a white-draped pedestal to the right. Behind them, musicians sit with a violin and a stringed instrument, and a microphone stands by the stage.2009-12-29December 30 20092009-12-30December 29 20092009-12-29A classical Indian dance performance on a stage with a green floor and orange-and-white draped curtains. In the foreground a dancer in a navy and gold saree kneels with palms pressed together in namaste beside a standing blue-skinned Krishna figure in a gold crown, yellow dhoti and layered beaded necklaces, placed on a white-draped table. Behind her a second dancer in an orange and green saree stands with hands at her waist. To the right a woman in a green-gold saree sits at a microphone stand reading, and a violinist in a blue shirt plays. A drummer's mridangam is visible at the lower right. Watermarked archive photo from a December 2009 event.2009-12-29A stage performance at an evening cultural programme. A young woman in a green blouse with gold trim, lavender-grey pants and a red-and-brown beaded necklace stands at left, hands held together in a dance gesture with her eyes lowered. Beside her, a young man with a painted white forehead mark wears an ivory dhoti and a yellow-and-gold shawl, bare-chested, hands on his hips. Behind them, two women in orange and red saris sit watching, and orange and white draped fabric hangs on the back wall with potted plants at the stage edge. A red banner with partial lettering appears at left. The image shows a dance drama in progress.2009-12-30December 29 20092009-12-29December 30 20092009-12-30