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Elavarasi Duraipandian Chenthoorpandian pins a nettichutti on her daughter Shree Harshitha Rajavetrivel Kanagaraj before her bharatanatyam performance in ‘Abhilasha,’ which means longing, at Cubberly Theatre in Palo Atlo, Calif. on May 19, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Alta, red paint, is used to decorate dancer Jyotsna Vaidee’s hands before her bharatnatyam performance in ‘Abhilasha,’ which means longing, at Cubberly Theatre in Palo Alto, Calif. on May 19, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Anika Vittal waits for her dance make-up to be blended before her bharatnatyam performance in ‘Abhilasha,’ which means longing, at Cubberly Theatre in Palo Alto, Calif. on May 19, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Dancer Jyotsna Vaidee takes a selfie before her bharatnatyam performance in ‘Abhilasha,’ which means longing, at Cubberly Theatre in Palo Alto, Calif. on May 19, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Rasgulla waits to be bought and eaten at an Indian sweet store and restaurant in San Jose, Calif. on May 20, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Gary cleans the tables at Santana Dharma Kendra in San Jose, Calif. on May 20, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Musicians Keshavan Srivatsan, Soumyasri Rangan and Govinda Rangan sit onstage before their LOcal Talent UnderScored (LOTUS Silicon Valley) concert as Vidwan Mohan Rangan, Soumyasri Rangan’s guru and father, checks the microphone at Sanatana Dharma Kendra in San Jose, Calif. on May 20, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Kamakshi Vijayan, 3, plays with her mom’s phone during a carnatic concert at Sanatana Dharma Kendra in San Jose, Calif. on May 20, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Mridangam artist Ganakalashree Vidwan H.S. Sudhindra emphasizes a point with his hands while conversing with friends after his student Govinda Rangan performed in a carnatic music concert at Sanatana Dharma Kendra in San Jose, Calif. on May 20, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.

Sree Sripathy joined India Currents as a staff photographer and CatchLight Local Fellow as part of CatchLight's California Local Visual Desk program in June 2022. Reach out with story ideas or comments...