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A group of six musicians sit cross-legged on a stage with colourful striped and patterned cloths, performing in front of ornate gold-coloured carved wooden panels and pillars. Each seated performer sings or plays into a microphone on a stand, and the front row includes a young man in white kurta with red garland, playing a tabla drum. Several women wear red, orange and white saris and red garlands, one with a rudraksha-style mala. Carved wooden peacock figures sit in front of the mics. Audience members are partially visible at the bottom edge of the frame. No identifiable a person candidate is visible on stage.

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