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A temple procession scene with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing traditional instruments in a stone-paved courtyard. A boy in a yellow kurta plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style), an older man in white plays a small drum-like instrument, and a younger man in white holds a frame drum. Behind them a crowd of onlookers stands in the stone temple doorway, and a woman in a white sari is seen at the left edge beside a large orange and red decorated umbrella. White kolam rangoli patterns are drawn on the ground.2012-05-18Photo 11698534January 13 20152015-01-13 +1 copiesStreet procession in a busy Indian town with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing long brass wind instruments (nagaswaram-style horns) and drums. Two central players wear orange-and-yellow tassel cords and one has a red tilak on his forehead. A drummer in a checked shirt beats a dhol with a decorated cloth cover. Behind them, a multi-coloured temple chariot or ratha with a tiered tower stands near a gopuram-style temple structure, with signboards and flags along the street. Several men in white and a uniformed police officer are visible in the crowd. No identifiable a person figure is clearly present.2011-12-20Photo 11698570Photo 11698538 +1 copiesEvening 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.2007-12-30Photo 11684231May 18 20122012-05-18December 09 20052005-12-09 +1 copiesPhoto 11732329November 29 20162016-11-29 +1 copies