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Three musicians sit cross-legged on a woven straw mat playing long wooden nadaswaram-style pipes in a red-walled courtyard. The player on the left wears a white shirt and white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a red shawl across his lap, with a beaded mala around his neck. The middle player wears a maroon checked shirt, white dhoti and a forehead tilak, with an orange-beaded necklace. The right player wears a maroon shirt and white dhoti with an orange garland. A drummer's hands are visible at the lower left and a red-draped drum stands at the right. Behind them are a doorway with orange curtains and a potted plant.

November 29 2011

Three men sit cross-legged on an orange cloth outdoors, playing long wooden nadaswaram-style wind instruments with bell-shaped ends. The man on the left wears a white shirt and white dhoti with a red tilak on his forehead and a gold wristwatch. The seated man in the centre wears a grey shirt and white dhoti with a red wristband. The man on the right wears a grey-brown shirt and white dhoti with a red tilak. Orange and yellow tassels hang from the instruments. A small black bag and a metal jug sit nearby, with red pillars and plants behind them.

Three musicians seated on a cloth-covered mat perform at an evening event. Two play long brass nadaswaram-style horns with flared bells, while the third, on the right, plays a drum set with a cloth bag. All wear white shirts and white dhotis; the two horn players wear yellow-gold beaded garlands. Behind them, a white banner and a crowd of onlookers in white and light shirts fill the background.

Outdoor photo of a group of musicians seated on an orange cloth on a paved courtyard under a open-sided shelter. Four men play traditional wind instruments: two in white dhotis and white shirts, and two in dark grey shirts with white dhotis, one with an orange sash, playing long-bore nadaswaram-style horns. Two drummers sit at left and right in white clothes with dhols, one wearing a wooden drum with yellow straps and a white shirt. A man in a striped shirt sits behind them on a low wall among green plants, and a further seated person appears at the far left edge. A dirt path, orange boundary wall and palm tree stand in the background.

December 23 2009

December 23 2010

Two musicians sit cross-legged on an orange cloth on a stone floor in a temple hall with red and white striped pillars and an orange wall. The man on the left wears a white checked shirt and white dhoti and plays a large barrel drum with a wooden frame and a bronze-toned body. The man on the right wears a red kurta and white dhoti and holds a long wooden wind instrument with brass fittings. A blurred figure in white and orange robes sits in the foreground at the edge of the frame. A framed picture hangs on the upper right wall.

June 09 2009

A dirt path beside a white building with a dark green hedge behind it shows four people playing traditional instruments. On the left, a young boy in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a red cloth over his shoulder, plays a red-and-gold drum held against his hip. In the centre, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a gold-bracelet wrist plays a long wooden pipe (nadaswaram-style). On the right, a man in white shirt and dhoti holds a drum with a red shoulder cloth, and a woman in a purple sari with gold border stands behind him.

December 17 2011

A group of six musicians sit cross-legged on an orange cloth spread on a paved courtyard under a covered veranda. Two men on the left play large barrel drums, one with a yellow-strapped drum and a wooden pillar beside him. Three men in the centre and right play wind instruments, including a long pipe and a nadaswaram-style reed instrument, one man wearing a white dhoti and shirt, others in grey or dark shirts with white dhotis. A man on the far right in a grey shirt looks on, and a potted plant and flowering shrubs sit beside an orange building in the background.