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A young woman in an orange top and orange trousers hangs upside down while gripping a vertical white pole, performing an aerial pole display in an ornate hall. Below her, a young person in orange reaches up, and several onlookers watch, including a seated older man in orange robes at left and a woman in a dark top beside a gold throne-like chair. Red curtains hang on the walls and framed photographs of saffron-robed sadhus line the back wall. Small decorated murti figures in purple and gold stand on a pedestal at right.

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August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesA young performer in an orange-saffron two-piece outfit with a white sash and a white tilak on the forehead climbs and balances on a long white rope held overhead, with long dark hair in a braid falling down the back. A red-curtained hall with framed photographs of a Kumbh Mela-style river gathering on the walls sits behind. Below, statues of deities in purple and gold garments stand on a golden decorated platform, and a seated figure appears at the lower left edge.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesIndoor stage performance in a hall with red curtains and framed photo panels on the walls, showing a group of acrobats in matching orange outfits. Two performers are balanced in an aerial stack, one upside down on the shoulders of another, while a standing performer in orange kurta-style clothing supports them with arms raised. A woman in a white and gold sari stands at the left, reaching toward the group. Several people in orange and red robes, one with a rudraksha mala, watch from the left side. Gold and red deity murtis and ornate figures sit on pedestals along the back, and photographers in the audience hold cameras at the lower right.2017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesAugust 26 20172017-08-26August 26 20172017-08-26 +1 copiesA young woman in an orange top and orange trousers performs a pole-climbing acrobatic move, hanging inverted from a vertical pole with her legs extended and a long white cloth trailing from her ankle. Her long dark hair hangs down. In the foreground, a woman with short grey hair in an orange robe and rudraksha mala stands at left, and a seated woman in white is at lower right near a camera operator. Behind the performer, a row of decorated wooden murti figures in purple and gold garments with flower garlands sits on a gold-trimmed stage, and a golden throne-like chair with red cushion stands at lower left. Framed photographs of the Kumbh Mela 2007 line the cream walls, below red drapes.2017-08-26 +1 copies