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Find pictures of the kinds of birds, insects and scenes mentioned in the poem.
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| 1. teaching children music | |||
| 2. the film world | |||
| 3. migrating to the U.S.A | |||
| 4. playing at temples | |||
| 5. getting the Bharat Ratna | |||
| 6. the banks of the Ganga | |||
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