Vrindavan Courtyard
An old sandstone courtyard under the Milky Way.
Being built. You can already dance in it.
Up front by the band, with the crowd around you and the circle clapping behind.
The place
An old courtyard of sandstone under the Milky Way: cusped arcades on carved pillars, chhatris on the corners, torches and rows of diyas, brass lanterns with fans of peacock feathers, peacocks on the parapets, kadamba trees, and beyond the band a mandir with its spire traced in festival lights, a marigold toran and a brass bell in its porch.
- The sound
- Stone all round: quick, bright slaps off the arcades either side, the open sky taking the rest.