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A 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.

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October 01 20142014-10-01November 24 20142014-11-24A 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 devotional music performance on a stage draped in red cloth, in front of an ornate gold-leaf panel carved with lions and floral scrollwork. Five people sit on the stage at microphones on stands. On the left, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a paper in hand sings. Next, a woman in a red-and-gold sari with bangles sings with her hand raised. A woman in a maroon sari with rudraksha beads and glasses sits at a central microphone. Further right, a man in a white dhoti and shawl with a red-and-gold trim plays a tambourine-style hand drum. Another woman in orange wears a rudraksha mala at the far right edge. Several sheets of paper lie on the stage. The scene reads as a satsang with chanting or singing.2014-12-05Six 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.2014-10-02November 24 20142014-11-24Six women seated cross-legged on a red draped stage perform devotional singing before an ornate gold-carved wall lit with rows of small oil lamps. Four singers in deep maroon and rust saris with rudraksha malas front the frame, several at microphones on stands with paper song sheets on low wooden book stands; one holds a red tambourine. Two women in saffron-orange saris sit behind them, one with a long rudraksha mala. The setting suggests a nithya kirtan session. No a person candidate is visible.2014-10-04A 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.2014-10-02Five women in orange and rust-red saris sit cross-legged on a red cloth-covered stage before a gold-embossed backdrop of lions and floral reliefs. Each has a microphone on a stand in front of her; they are singing. The woman at centre wears a white-and-red forehead mark and rudraksha mala, with a bangle on her wrist. At far right, a woman holds a red tambourine. Two women wear round glasses, one in a pale orange sari and one in a rust sari. Several hold sheets of paper on music stands.2014-10-27 +1 copiesSeven people sit cross-legged on a red stage draped in red cloth, singing devotional kirtan into microphone stands in front of a gold-painted wall with carved panels and strings of lights. On the far left a shaved-headed man in a maroon and red-brown robe with rudraksha malas plays a hand instrument and sings. Beside him a woman in cream clothes and a woman in saffron-orange sari sit, and several women in orange, maroon and rust-coloured saris with rudraksha malas and sandalwood forehead marks sing with sheet music on the stage. A small red harmonium-style instrument sits at the far right beside a woman in maroon. Loose papers rest on the stage floor.2014-10-05November 07 20142014-11-07