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Night photograph of a street procession with musicians playing traditional instruments on a paved courtyard. At left, a drummer in white dhoti and shirt with a white and gold shoulder cloth plays a large barrel drum with red trim. In the centre, a man in a white shirt and gold-patterned dhoti plays a long wooden nadaswaram-style pipe. At right, a musician in a bright yellow-gold kurta and white dhoti plays a second pipe, with a vertical tilak on his forehead. Behind them, a crowd of men in white dhotis, shirts and casual clothes watches, while string lights and a glowing spiral light column decorate the trees and walls.2016-12-09Night outdoor procession scene on a paved courtyard with string lights and trees. Four men in white dhotis and shirts play traditional instruments: a drummer at left holds a drum with red trim, and three wind players at centre and right blow long horns, the rightmost in a white shirt with gold-bordered dhoti and a red-and-gold cord. The centre player wears a gold-yellow shirt and a patterned lower cloth. Behind them, a crowd of men and women watches, several women in colourful saris, and a red pillar and string-lit trees frame the scene.2016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09Outdoor scene on a red earth ground with palms, shrubs and a banana plant behind. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts play traditional instruments: the central man blows a long brass horn, a man on the right plays a long wooden nadaswaram-style pipe with an orange-tasselled bell, and drummers on the left and right beat double-headed drums. Behind them, women in white saris with coloured borders and a man in a saffron-orange robe stand among a group of devotees, with a camera operator at the right edge. The group appears to be part of a procession or music ensemble.2010-01-01December 09 20162016-12-09Night outdoor event with a raised orange-draped platform where three musicians sit cross-legged. Two men on the left play long brass nagaswaram-style horns with bulbous bells, one wearing a white shirt and dhoti with gold-tasselled cloth, the other in white with a gold necklace. A third man at right in a white shirt and dhoti plays a large double-headed barrel drum with leather heads. Behind them a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis stands beside a white draped barrier, with string lights overhead and an orange garland-decorated pole at right. A red book lies on the platform. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2012-01-08Night photograph of a street or open ground with a group of musicians performing. A seated drummer plays a barrel drum with dark wrapping on the left, and three men beside him play long wind instruments resembling nadaswaram, held horizontally. Men in white dhoti and shirt stand and walk in the background, and two people sit in the foreground, one in an orange-brown shirt. A man standing on the right wears a white shirt and dhoti with a small photo badge on his chest. A white cloth and a small metal vessel lie on a blue mat.2006-12-30December 23 20162016-12-23Night outdoor procession at a temple-style ground with a crowd of devotees. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt beats a large frame drum (thappu-style) with a stick, and beside him a drummer in white plays a double-headed drum with maroon and white banding. In the centre a man in white dhoti with a red cloth sash and a garland-like adornment plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram/horn-style). Several women in orange and white saris stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and rows of white-clad devotees line the path. Two round ceremonial standards with emblems hang from poles on the right, and a green light glows in the background.2010-12-20June 10 20092009-06-10Night procession on a dirt path at an ashram, led by men in white dhotis and shawls playing traditional instruments: a man in the centre plays a long wind instrument, a man on the left beats a large double-headed drum, and another man on the right plays a nadaswaram-style pipe. Behind them a palanquin-style ratha lit by lamps carries a decorated deity murti under a canopy, with trishula staffs and a red ceremonial umbrella raised. Children and women in saffron and blue saris follow, and a man in white on the far right holds a trishula. Trees and a low wall frame the scene. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2013-01-01