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A bald man in plain white dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala and red tilak on his forehead, lifts a barbell across his shoulders in an outdoor gym-style setup at a youth event. Around him, men in white shirts, white dhotis and yellow waist cloths and sashes stand watching, some with arms folded, and a cameraman films at left. White metal lifting stands frame the barbell. The man's face shows concentration and strain. The sash-wearing crowd suggests a youth day celebration.

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December 22 20102010-12-22Outdoor youth event on dry ground where a bare-chested man in white dhoti crouches beneath a barbell with plates, a white cloth on his shoulders, while a large crowd of young men and boys in white shirts and sashes watches and claps. A man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and a second saffron-clad sadhu stand among the spectators, and a camera operator films at left. Weights rest on a white rack and green mat in the foreground.2010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22A photograph of an outdoor youth event with a bare-chested, shaved-headed man in white dhoti and a white shawl across his shoulders, lifting a barbell with chrome weight plates on a white rack. He wears a rudraksha mala and a red-bordered cloth at his waist, and grips the bar behind his neck. Around him, a crowd of young men in white dhotis and kurtas, several wearing rudraksha malas, orange headbands and an orange shawl, stand watching and some are holding up hands or a microphone. The setting is open ground with a red-roofed building behind.2010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered around a white weightlifting bench with barbell and plates on a green mat. A bald man in white dhoti and shirt with a red-orange cloth draped over his shoulders and a red-orange sash is lifting the bar with a white towel over his shoulders, cheered on by people clapping and smiling. Several men wear white kurta or dhoti with yellow sashes and rudraksha beads; a woman in white sari with a yellow border stands at left, hands pressed together. A cameraman films at right while a man in white with an orange waist cloth watches. Dusty ground and a crowd of roughly thirty people behind.2010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22Outdoors on a dusty ground, a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis performs a physical exercise. In the foreground a smiling man in a white shirt and beige belt grips a silver barbell resting across his shoulders, while a second man in white stands at the left end of the bar and another man balances the opposite end on a white metal rack. Several men behind wear orange headbands, yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, and a man on the right wears a cream shirt and a cream dhoti with an orange border. A red-tiled roof and green trees stand in the background.2010-12-22