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October 07 2013

2013-10-07 +1 copies

October 07 2013

2013-10-07 +1 copies

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 seated man in a brown kurta with a light embroidered placket sits cross-legged on a stage before a warm orange and yellow backdrop. He holds his hands near his face, fingers touching his lips, and a microphone on a metal stand is beside him. A man in a red patterned shirt at left plays a tabla-style drum, and a woman in a red and gold sari sits at right with her hand raised. A small red dot marks the man's forehead.

A man in an orange-red striped kurta with a small red tilak on his forehead plays a pair of tabla drums at a microphone stand. He sits forward with both hands on the drumheads, and an audience is blurred in the background. A water bottle sits at lower left, and framed devotional images hang on the wall behind. The photo appears to be a stage performance at a gathering. The man is a musician and there is no visible evidence he is a person.

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.

A man in a maroon kurta with a fine woven pattern and thin-framed glasses sits behind a large terracotta clay pot, a ghatam-style percussion instrument, on a green cloth-covered stage. A microphone stand is in front of him, and a red tilak mark is visible on his forehead. Behind him is a warm yellow-orange gradient backdrop. To the left, a person in a navy and gold patterned garment is partly visible, and to the right, a person in green and gold-bordered clothing with gold bangles is seated. A cable runs across the green table in the foreground.

A photograph of two men seated on a stage before a pink draped curtain, with a microphone on a stand in front of them. The man on the left, with shoulder-length dark hair and glasses, wears a red-orange embroidered kurta over white dhoti and a small red bindi, his eyes closed as he sits in meditative stillness. The man on the right, with short grey hair and a red bindi, wears a cream shirt with a visitor badge and a red thread on his wrist, seated before a white sheet of paper and a small device. A blue bag sits at the lower left. The page excerpt mentions a Mahashivratri satsang discourse, but the scene shows no visible Shivaratri ritual.

A photograph of a bearded man with long dark wavy hair and glasses, wearing a rust-orange kurta and white dhoti, seated cross-legged on a green stage mat while playing a large polished wooden tanpura-like instrument. A vertical orange-and-yellow curtain or banner hangs behind him, with a microphone stand at left and a blurred audience in the background. A small red tilak mark is visible on his forehead and a red thread on his ankle. The scene resembles a musical or satsang performance on stage.

October 06 2008

A seated man plays a large navy and gold embroidered tabla-style drum, its mounted microphone on a stand in front of him, on a green mat before a warm orange wall. He wears a maroon silk kurta over white dhoti-style trousers, has a red bindi on his forehead, and wears thin-rimmed glasses. A small round stone and a red object lie on the mat beside him. Only one person is visible.

October 16 2010