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Outdoor evening photograph of a sandy games ground with spectators gathered around. Several figures in orange and saffron robes are mid-action in a wrestling or tussle game, one bending low with arms outstretched and another leaning in to grip. A bare-chested man in a red-orange cloth and a shaved-headed man in orange robes are among the players, while a crowd of people in orange, red and dark clothing watches from behind. Residential buildings with a golden dome and street lights frame the background at dusk. Context suggests a Janmashtami celebration at an ashram, but the scene itself shows only the game.

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August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14Outdoor photo at dusk of Krishna Janmashtami games in a sandy pit in an ashram courtyard. Two wrestling-style pairs grapple on the sand: in the foreground a figure in orange robes bends over a younger person in orange, and beside them another person in orange is pressed down onto the sand. A crowd of onlookers stands around the pit, many in orange robes and rudraksha malas; a bald figure in orange stands at the front right, a man in a grey t-shirt and a man in black track pants stand with folded arms, and a person in white dhoti and mala stands at the right edge. Red and beige apartment buildings with a golden dome rise behind a row of trees.2017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14