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A stage performance of devotional music before a red curtain, with an audience seated in the foreground. Five performers sit on a red-carpeted platform: a man on the left in an orange kurta plays a barrel-shaped drum (mridangam or tabla-style), a young boy in orange plays a long-necked stringed instrument (tanpura), a central man in yellow robes and a white shawl sings into a microphone, a woman in yellow sari plays another tanpura, and an older man in yellow robes and white shawl sits at the right. A red floral arrangement stands on a wooden stand at left, and a speaker is visible at right. Audience members in the foreground face the stage.

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A stage performance of devotional music before an audience, with audience members' heads in the foreground. Five performers sit on a red cloth-covered platform in front of dark maroon curtains and a white brick wall with a potted plant. Left, a man in orange kurta plays a tabla-style drum pair. Behind him, a woman in orange plays a long-necked stringed instrument (tanpura). In the centre, a man in a yellow kurta with a white shawl sings into a microphone, with a small harmonium-type instrument before him. Beside him, a woman in orange sits at a microphone. At far right, a grey-haired man in a yellow kurta sings or chants into a microphone beside a black Radel-branded instrument box. A white cup sits on the stage. The scene reads as a kirtan or satsang concert with music.2008-05-12May 12 20082008-05-12Photo 11688171May 12 20082008-05-12A photograph of a seated musical performance on a stage with a green floor covering and an orange-to-yellow sunset backdrop with a dark silhouette of a temple tower. Far left, a man in a maroon kurta with folded hands sits beside a tabla-style drum on a stand. Next, a man in a maroon patterned kurta holds his hands in namaste near a clay pot-shaped percussion instrument. Center, a woman in a green and gold saree with a bindi and gold bangles sits with eyes closed and hands folded, singing into a microphone. Beside her, another woman in a green saree with gold jewelry and hair in a bun sits with hands folded in prayer near a microphone. At far right, a bespectacled older man in a cream shirt and white dhoti plays a violin. The scene is a devotional music performance.2010-10-13A photo of a live musical performance on a stage with a green floor covering and white skirting. Four musicians sit cross-legged. On the far left, a man in a maroon kurta plays a tabla drum. Next, a young man in a maroon kurta sits with his palms pressed together in namaste beside a large brown tanpura. Two women in green blouses and dark saris with gold borders sing into microphones. On the far right, an older man in a cream kurta and white dhoti with glasses plays a violin. Behind them is a backdrop with a sunset-orange gradient and black silhouettes of temple towers. A Radel amplifier sits on stage.2010-10-13A musical performance on a stage with an orange and yellow sunset backdrop and a black silhouette of temple spires. Five musicians sit on a green stage cloth before microphones. On the left, a man in a maroon shirt and glasses plays a barrel-shaped hand drum. Next to him, a young man in a maroon kurta claps his hands behind a tanpura-like drone instrument. At center, a woman in a dark green sari with gold border sings into a microphone. Beside her, another woman in a green blouse and dark sari with gold border sits with hands folded. On the right, an older man in a white kurta and glasses plays a violin. A small table with a radel sign is at front.2010-10-13Photo of a concert stage with a deep maroon curtain at a seated audience hall. On stage, a man in orange robes plays a mridangam-style drum, while a seated musician in yellow robes with a white shawl sings into a microphone beside a boy holding a long-necked stringed instrument, and a woman in yellow plays a tanpura. A floral arrangement of red and pink flowers sits on a wooden lectern at left. Audience members in the foreground face the stage, including a person in an orange shawl. Visible people number roughly twenty.2008-05-12Photo 11705666 +1 copiesOctober 14 20102010-10-14Photo 11691224May 12 20082008-05-12