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A group of women in matching rust-red saris with gold borders sit on a red floor mat performing devotional chanting. The central woman holds a microphone to her mouth and reads from a paper in her other hand, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant. Others beside her wear beaded rudraksha necklaces, bindi, and white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads. A wooden door and a partially visible painted temple-style backdrop appear behind them, with a mic stand in the foreground.

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November 02 20132013-11-02November 11 20142014-11-11September 30 20142014-09-30A photograph of a devotional chanting session in a gilded hall. In the centre, a woman in a rust-red sari with gold border and rudraksha mala sings into a microphone while holding small brass cymbals. Behind her, a bald man with white forehead marks and glasses wears an orange-and-red shawl and rudraksha beads, and a woman on the right in a deep red sari with gold border sings with a white and red forehead mark. At left, a figure in an orange sari with red border and rudraksha garland sits beside the stand. Ornate gold carved panels form the background.2014-11-26A group of young women in orange and maroon robes sit cross-legged behind several microphone stands, chanting from a printed sheet at lower left. The woman at center wears a deep red sari with a gold border, a rudraksha mala, a red bindi and small earrings, and gestures with her hands while speaking into the mic. The women on either side wear orange saris with pink borders and rudraksha malas, one with white forehead markings and one wearing glasses. A red curtain hangs behind them.2014-08-27 +1 copiesAugust 27 20142014-08-27 +1 copiesOctober 06 20142014-10-06Photograph of a seated woman singing into a microphone on a stand, holding small hand cymbals (talam) in her right hand. She wears a rust-red sari with a gold border and rudraksha mala beads across her chest, with a red kumkum dot and white vibhuti lines on her forehead. Behind her a man in a rust-red robe with a gold-edged orange shawl and rudraksha mala sings with his mouth open; a woman in orange is at left and another in red at right. The background is an ornate gold-leaf carved panel.2014-11-11November 02 20132013-11-02September 30 20142014-09-30A group of women in matching rust-red saris with gold borders sit on a red-draped stage singing before microphones on stands. Several wear rudraksha malas, and some have vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. In the centre, a woman holds a folded paper, and a small wooden book stand sits in front of her. Behind them, an ornate gold-carved wall with floral and scroll reliefs forms the backdrop. No person in the scene is identifiable as a person from appearance.2014-11-18September 30 20142014-09-30