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Plate 1.

Nisha Sharma as Bhiksuni Pur nima (left) and Sarita Giri as Geet Gaaune Bhiksuni in Agniko Katha (Fire in the Monastery) at Aarohan Gurukul in 2003.

(Photo: Courtesy of Sunil Pokharel)

Plate 2.

Devotees paying homage to Saint Anthony of Padua, who is locally known as Sādhu Āntoni, during his feast day celebrated at Panjora on Friday, 6 February 2009.

(Photo: Syed Jamil Ahmed)

Plate 3.

Anthony Rozario (Bhādu Āntoni) along with the musicians and choral singers of his troupe performing Sādhu Āntanir Gān under the cānduyā in the courtyard of Anthony Costa's homestead at Tiria village on 16 September 2008.

(Photo: Syed Jamil Ahmed)

Plate 4.

The prārthanā (prayer) in a performance of Sādhu Āntanir gān by Arun Richard Corraya and his troupe at the homestead of Edwin Palma in Charakhola village on 18 September 2008. The women in the background are the family members who had undertaken the vow to hold the performance.

(Photo: Syed Jamil Ahmed)

Plate 5.

The Guru instructs Buddhibali to rewrite history. Bahubali is in the background, right, in this November 2007 performance at Guwahati.

(Photo: Courtesy of Jana Natya Manch)

Plate 6.

The impatient Bahubali threatens to "break the heads of the opponents." Buddhibali in the foreground at Tripura, November 2007

(Photo: Courtesy of Jana Natya Manch)