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August 05 2014

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August 05 20142014-08-05A group of young male drummers and horn players in saffron-orange and red dhoti-style garments performs outdoors on a paved courtyard. Several wear rudraksha malas and white or ash forehead markings, and one drummer beats a large drum while others play smaller double-headed drums. A player on the right holds a long brass horn, and a figure in the background works at a table with a laptop beneath palm trees and greenery.2014-10-05Five young men with shaved heads, dressed in saffron-orange tunics and wearing rudraksha malas, sit on a sandy ground playing large hand drums (mridangam-style barrel drums with laced skins). A seated boy in a dark grey shirt and dark wrap also wears a rudraksha mala and watches. Red steps and flowering shrubs with orange blossoms form the background, with a white cloth at the left edge.2014-08-07Several young male devotees in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sit cross-legged on the floor playing percussion. The foreground player on the left plays a orange dholak drum, while the central player holds a small teal hand drum. Behind them more musicians sit, and at right blue and red striped tabla-style drums stand in a row. Each player wears a white sandalwood tilak across the forehead.2014-09-12September 21 20172017-09-21November 16 20152015-11-16A photograph of young men and boys in saffron-orange robes playing large barrel drums with wooden sticks, their bare torsos and shaved heads marked with white tilak. Their necks and arms are hung with rudraksha malas and wrist beads. Behind and beside them, a crowd of girls and young women in red and maroon saris with gold borders, with white forehead markings and rudraksha malas, stand watching. The setting is an outdoor area with green foliage and an ochre wall.2014-06-19November 26 20142014-11-26September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesSeptember 12 20142014-09-12A group of young boys in saffron-orange dhotis and matching orange turbans stand outdoors on a stone-paved courtyard at night, holding round frame drums with pink sticks. Several are bare-chested with rudraksha malas, sandalwood or vibhuti marks on their foreheads and white-painted arms. Lamps and trees are visible in the background. The group appears to be playing drums for a procession or ritual.2017-09-07Outdoor procession on a dirt courtyard in front of a low red-brick building with a tin roof and palm trees. In the foreground a man in orange robes and red-and-white striped waistcloth carries a brass kalasha pot topped with green leaves, a coconut and flowers, with white stripes painted on his arms and bare chest. Behind him, five orange-clad drummers wearing rudraksha malas and white forehead markings play large barrel drums, and one blows a conch shell. Lower on the left, a standing figure holds a white-clad hand, and a large framed banner on the wall shows a painted portrait of a saffron-turbaned sannyasi with a white beard, labelled Nithyananda Annadaana. Two people in white clothing stand in the background.2014-08-05