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Indoor stage event before deep red curtains. A shirtless performer with hair tied up hangs from long rope rigging in mid-air, wearing black track pants with white stripes. Below, a woman in black sits cross-legged in a meditative pose with palms pressed together overhead, next to a bronze lion statue. Behind her, several seated attendees in black tops and saffron or maroon shawls watch, some with vibhuti marks on their foreheads. On the left, a shirtless seated man sits beside an ornate white carved throne with a leopard-print cushion, and a brass trident stands nearby. The scene reads as an aerial performance within a KAILASA-style programme.

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May 02 20182018-05-02Photograph of a rope acrobatics performance on a stage with deep red drapes. A shirtless man with long blond dreadlocks hangs upside down from a rope, gripping it with both hands and bending his legs. In the foreground, a woman in a black top and black trousers with a red bindi sits cross-legged on a mat with her palm raised beside a brass lion statue. Behind her, two seated people in black tops, one wearing a red shawl, watch the acrobat. A brass trident stands at the left edge of the stage and small brass oil lamps sit at the front.2018-05-02May 02 20182018-05-02May 02 20182018-05-02May 02 20182018-05-02May 02 20182018-05-02May 02 20182018-05-02May 02 20182018-05-02May 02 20182018-05-02A shirtless man with short light hair hangs from a rope suspended from the ceiling, lifting himself with both arms while his legs are bent and raised, wearing black track pants with white stripes. On a raised stage before deep red curtains, a seated woman in a black top with a red bindi touches her face, and a row of women in black tops and red shawls sit or kneel on a blue mat watching. A brass trident stands at left and a brass lion statue sits in the foreground. No a person candidate is visibly identifiable in the scene.2018-05-02A stage event before a red velvet curtain. An ornate silver throne with lion-armrest supports and a large portrait-style image of a robed figure with gold necklaces sits on a red carpet, flanked by a gold lion and a trident. A woman in black clothing with a red bindi kneels on a blue mat, hands raised above her head, supporting an aerial performer in black and red who hangs upside down from a silk cloth. A shirtless man with a topknot kneels beside the throne, and several seated people in dark clothing watch from the right. A portrait on the throne is a depiction and no in-person a person candidate is clearly visible.2018-05-02Performers in black athletic clothing and red sashes give an aerial acrobatics display on a stage in front of deep red curtains. A woman hangs upside down from an aerial silk, legs extended, while another performer bends backward in a deep arch with one arm raised. Several women stand nearby, some holding the silk, and a man crouches among them. A silver ornate throne with a leopard-print cushion stands at left, beside a brass trident and a brass lion figure on the floor. A blue mat lies below the aerial performers.2018-05-02