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Outdoor ritual scene on red-brick steps beside white railings. In the foreground, a boy with bare torso and white body markings sits playing a drum, next to a girl in an orange skirt and bare torso who also plays a large white drum with sticks. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and white garments sit in a row holding pink-tipped sticks and bronze pots, while dark stone shivalingams stand on pedestals along the steps. Orange-clad figures are visible at the upper right. Visible people are numerous, so the count range is 21-100 range of people; the exact count is uncertain.

December 06 2016

A photograph of a group of young boys seated on red stone steps lined with black shivalinga-style stone forms, playing percussion. In the foreground a boy beats a large drum with a stick. Several boys wear orange dhotis, bare chests, rudraksha malas and white tripundra forehead marks; one plays cymbals and another plays a drum with pink-tipped sticks. Behind them, figures in white clothes sit on the steps, and a boy in red shorts stands at left. The scene suggests a temple ritual ensemble performing music.

December 09 2016

Photograph of young boys in a procession drumming on handheld drums. Several shirtless boys wear saffron-orange dhotis and long rudraksha mala necklaces, with white sacred ash markings on their foreheads and bodies. The boys in the foreground play round drums with pink and blue drumsticks, while a blurred brass horn is visible at the left edge. Behind them, an orange canopy with beaded fringe and adults in white garments move through the procession. The a person candidate is not clearly visible.

August 08 2017

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Four young men in saffron-orange robes perform drumming in a bare, pale-walled hall on a glossy floor. The nearest drummer, seated in front, strikes a large drum with a stick and wears a white forehead band; behind him another drummer plays a second drum, and a third youth beside him holds a drumstick and a long pink-and-white cloth is draped over another drum. Rudraksha malas hang around their necks and white ash marks their arms. Brass lamps, flower petals and a small oil lamp sit on the floor in front. No candidate for a person is visible in this image.

Two young boys walk barefoot along a stone-paved path in a procession, each playing a round drum slung at the waist with pink sticks. The boy on the left wears an orange dhoti and a sacred white marking on his forehead, with a pendant necklace; the boy on the right wears a gold-green dhoti and a rudraksha mala. Behind them, people in orange and white clothing carry umbrellas in yellow and orange, and a red boundary wall lines the path under hazy morning light.

Several drummers sit on red steps playing large drums in an outdoor procession or ceremony. A young boy on the left wears white dhoti and a white forehead mark and plays a drum with a stick. In the centre, a shirtless young man with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marking plays a drum wearing an orange cloth. Beside him, a player in orange and another with a white forehead line play drums. A shirtless man sits in the background on the upper steps.

February 03 2017

A group of young drummers and musicians sit on red stone steps during an outdoor ceremony. Several wear orange dhotis or saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas, bare-chested, playing metal-rimmed frame drums and a large drum with wooden sticks. Behind them a young man in white dhoti blows a long brass horn, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti stands with palms pressed in anjali. A woman in an orange sari plays a drum on the upper right, with more seated players in white and orange beside her.

A group of young men in orange saffron garments sit in rows on a paved ground before a red-painted wall. Many wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and white ash markings on their foreheads and bodies. Several hold thin pink sticks and play small metal percussion instruments set on the ground in front of them. On the right a large drum with a striped cover is played by a seated musician. Concrete posts and a tree stand behind the wall.