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Children perform a costumed dance drama on a polished floor in a hall with a draped white ceiling and decorative hanging tassels. Foreground: a boy in a white kurta and red waist sash with a green-and-gold costume, holding a sword, leaps forward; a child in saffron-orange robes with a matching turban stands beside a girl in black and white. Left: two more children in orange and magenta costumes move across the stage. Seated audience in chairs watches in the background, including women in yellow, red and pink saris. A framed picture hangs on the far wall. No identifiable a person appearance is visible among the performers or audience.

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A indoor hall with a polished white floor where children in colourful costumes perform a dance. In the foreground, a boy in orange dhoti and orange turban and a girl in an orange sari-style outfit with orange headscarf run forward, while a girl in white with a silver tiara and a boy in cream kurta with green sash dance nearby. A man at left wears a red-and-orange costume with a headpiece. Seated audience in plastic chairs watches, including a man in a pink shirt and women in saris. Tall striped decorative pillars with orange tassels hang from the ceiling, and a small framed picture and altar area appear at the back.2010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21Children perform a dance in a large tented hall with a white ceiling, colourful woven pillar panels and a dark red curtain at the right. Six boys in white dhotis and kurtas, and one in a red-orange kurta, dance on a light tiled floor with arms raised. Seated on the left, a figure in an orange robe sits on a patterned zebra-print throne decorated with flower arrangements, with several seated devotees in white and orange nearby. Other people stand in white at the back. A brass lamp stands at the right edge.2008-10-09A dimly lit stage performance seen from the audience, with seated spectators in white and dark clothing in the foreground. On stage, a group of performers in saffron-orange robes and white saris and dhotis move in a procession-like tableau; several women wear garlands and white shawls, and a man in a white turban stands near a white-draped table at the right. A dark curtain and white stage pillars frame the scene.2006-12-27A photograph of a stage performance inside a white-draped tent hall with ceiling fans and a green carpeted stage. Two young women in green and pink saris dance with sticks while a young boy in an orange turban and a boy in an orange-and-yellow outfit join in, and a woman in a teal and gold sari stands at the right edge. Seated audience members in white clothing sit along the left front. At the back, a decorated stage holds a golden deity murti and flower garlands, and a seated figure in orange sits on a throne-like chair; a large portrait on the right wall shows a smiling man in an orange turban. Colourful balloons and garlands decorate the right side.2010-11-21A photograph of a line of about ten people standing on a bare tiled stage in a hall, facing the camera at a cultural programme. Most wear white dhotis or kurtas with gold or yellow shawls, and garlands of flowers and beaded necklaces. One figure at the right end wears an ornate gold crown and an orange-and-gold shawl. Others wear green, purple and pink garments, and a woman in a pink saree stands at left. A dark red curtain backdrop, white ceiling fans and plastic chairs are visible. No individual is clearly identified as a person from appearance cues.2009-10-17Indoor hall with a white tented ceiling and decorative hanging banners with diamond patterns and tassels. Seated audience in white and orange clothing sits on the floor on the left, many children in front. In the centre, dancers in orange and maroon costumes and white dhotis perform in an open floor space, one holding a stick-like prop. At the back, a figure in orange sits on a decorated raised seat with flowers beside it, with draped fabric panels on the walls. Lamps and stage lights illuminate the scene.2008-10-09A group of children and teenagers in traditional festival costume stand in a line on a tiled hall floor, hands pressed together in namaskar or holding small offerings. A boy at left wears an orange-and-yellow dhoti-style outfit with a gold necklace and a yellow-orange scarf over his shoulder. Beside him a younger child wears a yellow head wrap and orange garment with rudraksha beads. Another boy in white has a white head cloth and rudraksha mala. Older youths wear white dhotis, red and green garments and white turbans. Small brass and steel bowls with oil lamps sit on the floor in front, and adults in white and red stand behind them in a hall with red curtains and framed pictures on the walls.2011-08-22October 09 20082008-10-09Indoor hall at an ashram with a stage at left and a large ornate red-and-gold throne at centre-right, a dark maroon curtain behind, and hanging yellow-and-blue patterned banners with elephant motifs. In the foreground, several people in saffron/orange robes carry long bamboo staffs and walk across a blue mat with a yellow border line. Two people in white stand at right with hands folded in namaste toward the procession. A figure in white and orange stands near the throne, and a brass deity murti sits on a pedestal at left, with white-clad attendants on the stage. Photo shows a monastic training activity.2006-08-17December 21 20102010-12-21A stage performance in a hall with dark red curtains and cloth-draped pillars. A line of about fourteen costumed performers stands across the stage in front of a central bust or portrait on a pedestal. They wear orange and saffron robes, white dhotis and shawls, a bare-chested figure at far left wears only a white loincloth, and women wear pink, green and blue saris with gold crowns and trishul-style staffs. A performer in white with a white turban stands near the centre. Audience members, some young children, sit in the foreground watching.2007-10-14