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December 11 2011

Night photo of a temple drum and wind ensemble on red-painted stone steps. A musician in white dhoti and shirt, with a gold-trimmed belt and gold-coloured garland, plays a long brass horn held high. Beside him another white-clad player blows a wooden pipe, and a drummer in a black shirt sits in front beating a large drum with a red cloth cover. Several other drummers in white dhotis and orange or yellow shirts stand and play along the steps, with a metal railing behind them. The scene is lit by the dark night background and the copyright and source text appears at lower right.

December 11 2011

Night procession with musicians in front of a small decorated palanquin or ratha bearing a deity murti framed by a gold-and-red canopy. Two drummers on the left play large double-headed drums with red and orange covers and gold-trimmed rims; the front drummer wears a white shirt, orange shawl, and a tilak on his forehead. Behind them, nagaswaram-style wind players in white dhotis with gold borders play long pipes, one with a bell-shaped end, and a man in white holds a small drum. Devotees in white and colourful saris stand behind them on a dark paved ground.

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Musicians sit on red stone steps in white ritual dress. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a long dark wind instrument, a nadaswaram, with a yellow cord hanging from it. Beside him a second man in white holds a drum with a red covering and metal rims, a melam-style percussion drum. Behind them, seated women and men wear white saris and white garments, with hands folded in prayer, and brass vessels and a lamp sit on the steps. The setting appears to be a riverside ghat with a metal railing.

Photograph of musicians seated on red-brick temple steps. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a long wooden shehnai-style wind instrument with a brass bell, a yellow cord hanging from it. Beside him a younger man in white dhoti and shirt plays a large two-headed drum with a red cloth wrap and brass rims. Behind them, several people in white dhotis sit on the steps, one with hands pressed in anjali. A metal railing and red cloth hang at the left edge. No visible a person candidate; there is no clear appearance match in the scene.

Outdoor temple procession on a dirt ground with red-and-white tiered steps behind. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts play traditional instruments: a man at left plays a double-reed nadaswaram-style wind instrument beside a small drum, a man in front blows a long wind instrument, and a man at right in a rust-coloured shirt holds a frame drum slung across his shoulder. Other men in white dhotis with orange shawls stand behind them, and a child stands at far left. Trees and a distant building fill the background under a pale sky.

Outdoor scene on red stone steps. A man in the foreground wearing a white shirt, white dhoti with a red border and a yellow-cord necklace plays a long dark wooden shehnai-style wind instrument with a flared bell. Beside him a younger man in white clothes with a yellow-cord necklace holds a red-and-silver wrapped drum called a mridangam or thavil. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and shirts sit on the steps, one with hands folded in prayer, and a metal railing with red and orange cloth stands at left. The attire suggests a ritual musical performance.

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Night street procession of musicians in white ritual dress. In the foreground a drummer on the left plays a barrel drum with yellow lacing and wears white shirt and dhoti. In the centre a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange border walks with arms raised. On the right a man with a white forehead marking plays a brass horn-like instrument and wears a white shirt, white dhoti and a gold pendant. Another drummer stands behind. Bright light glows from a vehicle at left, and a few onlookers in the background include a man in orange shirt. The street is paved with stone and lit by shop signs.

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