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Night photograph at an outdoor open-air stage lit in red. Two musicians in white clothes sit cross-legged on the floor: the one at left plays a large frame drum (thavil/mridangam-style), and the one at right plays a wind instrument (nadaswaram-style) with a small drum beside him. Behind them is a golden arched frame holding two deity murtis, one wearing a crown and the other with a tall headdress, with a seated audience in the background. A small hand drum and a blue Rodel speaker box sit at the lower right. a person is not visibly identified in the frame.2013-09-15September 15 20132013-09-15December 31 20182018-12-31 +1 copiesA photograph of a satsang musical ensemble seated on an orange cloth mat on a light tiled floor. A young man in a dark green shirt and white dhoti, with a wrist watch, points toward the left while holding a microphone. Beside him, a man in a white shirt, pink waist cloth and rudraksha-style mala sings into the same mic. Two black cylindrical wind instruments lie on the mat, and a man in a white shirt plays a maroon barrel drum with yellow bands. In the background a man in white with a yellow shawl sits on a chair beside a white curtain, and a man in a red shirt with a vertical tilak on his forehead sits at the right edge.2010-12-26A photograph of musicians seated on the floor of a room with orange-painted walls and a wooden table behind them. In the foreground, a man in a light beige shirt with an orange cloth draped over his shoulder plays a long black bamboo flute, with a visible tilak on his forehead and a white ID badge. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a drum with a red cloth wrap. A bald man in white clothes sits in the lower right foreground, and a small Radel amplifier and bags sit on the mat. A brass plate with flower petals rests on the table. Scene suggests a satsang musical session.2010-11-12A seated group of musicians performs on a woven mat strewn with rose petals in a hall with orange walls. On the left, a man in white shirt and white dhoti plays a barrel drum (dholak-style). In the center, a woman in a red sari and a man in a maroon shirt play long wooden nadaswaram-type pipes, while a man in white shirt and white dhoti plays another pipe. On the right, a man in a white kurta sits cross-legged playing a barrel drum. Behind them, a standing man in white dhoti and shawl stands near a wooden lectern. On the wall hangs a framed painting of a blue-skinned deity form with a trident, seated in meditation with a crescent moon in his hair, and a small portrait is mounted above. A tripod-mounted camera stands at left. A small black Radel speaker sits on the mat.2011-11-06Night procession outdoors beneath a dark tree. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a dark red shawl plays a frame drum (thavil-style) with sticks. A young man in white dhoti plays a long wooden wind instrument (nadaswaram-style). Behind them, a man raises a lit lamp or torch aloft. Women in orange saris with rudraksha malas and a man in white stand nearby, some with folded or raised hands. A Radel bag hangs on a man in blue shirt. Lights glow in the background.2015-05-01December 28 20112011-12-28Night outdoor gathering where people sit on mats and cloth on bare ground. On the right, a man in a white shirt plays a long wooden nadaswaram-style wind instrument with a metal bell, while a man in white dhoti and shirt behind him plays a drum. Two women in white clothing sit in front, one wearing a red-orange shawl and glasses, the other with beaded necklaces and a green lanyard. Bags and a folded cloth lie on the ground. Background is dark.2015-11-18Outdoor photo of a Rudra Abhishekam ritual gathering seated on red stone steps beside a hedge. In the foreground, a bare-chested drummer in white dhoti and saffron cloth plays a large barrel drum with a red cover, next to a second musician in white and a man in a red-orange shawl with a long brass horn (nagaswaram-style wind instrument). Women and men in white clothing and orange-saffron shawls sit on the steps behind them, with several participants in white saris and white kurtas, some wearing orange stoles. Black stone shivalingas or pillars line the step edges. No specific deity form is clearly identifiable beyond the Shiva-related setting.2016-12-02September 04 20162016-09-04December 03 20052005-12-03