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Photograph of an acrobatic display in a hall with a low ceiling and colourful decorated pillars. Two young women in orange tunics and leggings perform a balancing act on a hanging rope, one draped over the other. Below them a young man in a black shirt and black trousers lifts a performer upward, holding her feet with his arm extended. Behind them, seated audience members in orange turbans and white clothing watch, with a golden deity murti visible at the lower left.

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May 28 20132013-05-28May 28 20132013-05-28 +1 copiesMay 28 20132013-05-28 +1 copiesMay 28 20132013-05-28 +1 copiesMay 28 20132013-05-28 +1 copiesMay 28 20132013-05-28 +1 copiesMay 28 20132013-05-28 +1 copiesMay 28 20132013-05-28 +1 copiesTwo performers in matching saffron-orange outfits perform an aerial acrobatic act suspended from a hanging rope in a tented hall. The upper performer, with hair in a bun and a pink-red sash, stretches one arm outward while balanced on the shoulders of the lower performer, who is inverted and gripping the rope. Below, a man in a white shirt with black stripes steadies the act from the floor. Tall decorated pillars with bright geometric patterns in red, yellow, blue and green frame the scene, and a framed picture hangs on the wall behind. A few onlookers sit at the bottom edge.2013-05-28 +1 copiesPhotograph of a mallakhamba-style aerial display inside a hall decorated with tall painted cylindrical pillars in yellow, blue, red and green. Two performers in orange sadhu-style garments are suspended mid-air on a hanging rope; the upper performer, a young woman with hair in a bun, holds the lower performer's legs while the lower performer, barefoot, is lifted off the floor. A man in a white shirt with grey vertical stripes steadies them from below with outstretched arms, and a woman in a sari stands beside him. Seated and standing devotees in orange and saffron head wraps watch at the lower right, and a framed portrait hangs on the back wall.2013-05-28 +1 copiesMay 28 20132013-05-28 +1 copiesMay 28 20132013-05-28 +1 copies