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December 17 2011

A photograph of a temple musician ensemble performing in an indoor hall. In the foreground, a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a large two-headed drum (thavil) with a red and gold trim, held at his side, looking toward the camera. Behind him, a player in a red shirt and saffron-orange dhoti with a red tilak on his forehead plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram) with a bell-shaped end. Another drummer in white dhoti sits at left, and a man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and horizontal sacred ash marks on his forehead stands at right beside a draped red and gold cloth on a stand. Several other people in white dhotis stand in the background, some with hands joined. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

A young man in a plain white shirt sits cross-legged on a concrete floor, playing a large wooden drum with a red velvet cover and brass rims bound with yellow straps. He has a red tilak mark on his forehead and a dark beaded necklace. Behind him, a striped woven mat lies on the ground and another person in white dhoti sits at the right edge, with others in colourful saris seated in the background. Evening light suggests a satsang or bhajan gathering.

Two musicians sit cross-legged on an orange cloth on a stone floor in a temple hall with red and white striped pillars and an orange wall. The man on the left wears a white checked shirt and white dhoti and plays a large barrel drum with a wooden frame and a bronze-toned body. The man on the right wears a red kurta and white dhoti and holds a long wooden wind instrument with brass fittings. A blurred figure in white and orange robes sits in the foreground at the edge of the frame. A framed picture hangs on the upper right wall.

August 24 2014

A man in a white kurta sits playing a pair of drums on a stage during a cultural performance. He wears a red-maroon rudraksha mala and a round pendant, has a red tilak on his forehead, and a visitor-style badge hangs on his chest. His hands strike a wooden drum (mridangam-style) with a stick, and a microphone stand is positioned in front of him. Beside him, another person in white plays a drum. Potted palms and a dark backdrop with a stage edge are visible behind.

A man sits cross-legged on a red floor mat playing a large mridangam drum, its brown leather head and metal rims visible, with his hands on the drum and his gaze turned to the side. He wears a white collared shirt, white dhoti and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him hangs a printed backdrop of a sepia temple carving, and to the left are a steel tumbler on a wooden stool and a bundle of marigolds and white flowers.

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Two men in white clothes play traditional instruments on a red-brick stepped terrace lined with clay pots of green plants. The man on the left, wearing a red bindi, a yellow-and-orange beaded necklace and gold bangles, plays a long wooden horn-shaped wind instrument called a nadaswaram or horn. The man on the right, with white vibhuti stripes and a red mark on his forehead, plays a large brass-rimmed frame drum. Strings of pink and white paper decorations hang at the top left, and a figure in orange clothing is partly visible at the upper edge.

A photograph of a seated male musician in a plain white short-sleeved shirt and white dhoti, playing a red-and-brown mridangam drum held across his lap. He has a red bindi and a moustache and looks toward the camera. Behind him a second musician in red kurta holds a tanpura-style stringed instrument. The green stage cloth, orange-and-red hanging lanterns and blurred audience suggest a satsang gathering. No identifiable a person is clearly visible.