Artistes of the Shree Devi Bhagvati Dashavatar Natya Mandal put on make-up ahead of their performance in Dashavatar, a traditional theatre art form that has an 800-year history.

The term Dashavatar refers to the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu. All 10 artistes in the play are Mumbai-based and have day jobs as managers, electricians, and accountants but all come from the same Munge village in Deogad district of the Konkan.