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A seated group performs devotional music in an indoor hall. A woman in the centre wears a cream and beige sari with a red shawl and sings into a handheld microphone. To the right, a shaved-headed person in an orange-saffron garment and a long beaded necklace plays a large hand drum, and a watch is visible on the wrist. Behind them, several people in white clothes with red shawls sit in rows, some playing tabla and other drums, with a small hand cymbal visible. The setting is a floor-level kirtan session with sheet music on the floor.

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August 24 20142014-08-24Indoor kirtan performance with a woman seated cross-legged on an orange cloth, singing into a handheld microphone. She wears a white sari with a gold-striped border, a red bindi, a rudraksha mala and bangles. Beside her a young man in a white kurta and a red rudraksha necklace plays a tabla, with a second drum at the right. Other young people in white clothes and red beaded necklaces sit behind, one with vertical tilak marks, and a young woman at right wears a white outfit. A white-framed window and pale wall form the backdrop, with a small cymbal visible near the singer.2014-08-24A devotional music session on a tiled floor with a seated woman in the centre singing into a handheld microphone, wearing a white sari with a gold-bordered pallu and a red-orange beaded mala. Around her, young people in white and red-orange garments and malas sit on orange cloth: a young man at left plays a tabla, another seated musician at right plays a large drum, and a young woman behind her in white holds an instrument. The setting is a plain room with glass-panelled doors and pale walls, with a microphone stand and cables on the floor.2014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24July 07 20142014-07-07 +1 copiesA seated group of women performs music on a striped mat in a hall. The central woman, smiling, wears a rust-orange sari-style garment and a rudraksha mala, and plays a wooden drum with white skin heads and rope tuning. Beside her, a woman in a rust-orange top and rudraksha beads sits at left, another in white with a brown wrap and beads sits behind, and a woman in a gold-and-white sari with beads sits at right. Gold ritual items are visible in the lower left foreground.2017-05-28Live musical performance photographed at a satsang. A woman in a rust-orange sari with a rudraksha mala sings into a microphone on the right, seated on a red mat. Two male tabla players sit beside her: a young man in white with a rust scarf plays the left tabla drum, and a middle-aged man in a white kurta with an orange shawl plays the right tabla. Microphones on stands sit in front, a small amplifier is at lower left, and a blurred audience and red banner appear behind.2014-09-09Close-up photograph of musicians performing on stage. In the foreground, a black microphone on a chrome stand is set before a pair of Indian drums: a small wooden tabla with a black center and a large orange-red drum with rope tuning and metal rings. Behind them, a musician in white clothing plays a long-necked stringed instrument with a blue-painted body and metal tuning pegs, while another person in white sits nearby. A small dove logo appears at the top left and a copyright notice at the lower right.2009-12-27Photograph of a devotional music session seated on a white-draped table in front of golden bamboo-style wall panels. In the foreground a young woman with a ponytail, white forehead markings, red-orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads sings into a handheld microphone. Beside her a woman in a white sari with a red-orange shawl sings into a stand microphone. Behind them a bald man in white with white forehead markings and an orange shawl sings, and further left men in white clothes and orange shawls play a tabla-style drum and sit at the musical setup. Other participants sit at the edge of the frame. Sheet music and a wooden stand are on the table.2014-12-25Young men in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on a light floor playing percussion, a kirtan-style ensemble. The nearest player, wearing a rudraksha bead necklace and wristbands, drums with his hands on a blue-and-red striped tabla-style drum set. A second player beside him strikes an orange-bodied drum, and others behind hold cymbals and drums, each with white vertical forehead marks.2014-09-10