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Six 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.

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A 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 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.2014-10-02A 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.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.2014-10-02Six 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 20142014-10-02November 24 20142014-11-24A 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 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 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.2014-11-24November 24 20142014-11-24November 04 20142014-11-04 +1 copies