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March 03 20202020-03-03 +1 copiesDecember 14 20112011-12-14Photograph of an evening musical performance on a stage draped with dark curtains. Seated on white cloths in a row, about a dozen musicians in white dhotis and shirts play drums including a tabla-style drum, a dholak and a wind instrument, with two potted palms at the stage edge. The front of the stage is marked with yellow lines. Audience members sit on the floor in white, pink, and yellow clothes, some in front of a video camera on a tripod. The scene is a ritual music performance at a festival.2007-12-27March 03 20202020-03-03Evening outdoor performance at an ashram pavilion: musicians sit on a mat playing traditional wind instruments. A woman in a grey-green sari with a red blouse plays a long wooden nadaswaram-style pipe beside two men in white dhotis and white shirts playing similar pipes. On the right, drummers in orange and maroon kurtas play drums with striped covers, and a man in white stands at the back beside a white pillar with colourful hanging cloths. A small black radio sits on the mat, and spectators sit behind the musicians. Several people wear white and sacred marks on their foreheads.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Evening photograph of a group of musicians seated on mats on a concrete floor under a roofed open pavilion. In the centre, a woman in a green sari with a red blouse plays a long wooden nadaswaram-style pipe, flanked by men in white dhotis and white shirts; one man plays a second pipe while others play dhol drums with wooden sticks. Red and orange triangular bunting hangs from the roof, and a colourful painted cloth banner with floral motifs is tied to a pole. Several onlookers sit in the background, including a man in an orange shirt and an older man in white. A few people sit at the far edge in the dim light.2007-12-30December 14 20112011-12-14September 01 20132013-09-01A group of young male musicians sit cross-legged on a striped multicoloured mat in front of a deep red curtain, playing traditional Indian drums. Many are bare-chested or wear orange and saffron dhotis and rudraksha malas. Large silver-toned drums and smaller yellow-bodied drums are arranged around them, with wooden drumsticks raised. Some players are seated in the back row, and a few younger boys sit in front. The scene resembles a drumming ensemble performing at a satsang or ritual event.2016-12-22Photo of a live musical performance in a bright hall with a white floor reflecting the scene. Four men in white dhotis and kurtas sit cross-legged on an orange cloth. Two play wind instruments: a long nagaswaram-style reed pipe on the left and a wooden flute-like instrument in the centre; a man with a tilak on his forehead and a beaded mala plays the centre pipe. Two drummers play double-headed drums, one on the left and one at the right. Women in orange and saffron saris sit on the floor in front of them, listening. A white fan, a keyboard amplifier with a striped cloth and a staircase railing are visible. No a person candidate is identifiable.2010-10-17December 30 20072007-12-30