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Photograph inside a temple hall with a polished red-speckled granite floor. In the foreground, two musicians in white and orange-tan clothes play long wind instruments, and a drummer in white sits cross-legged beside a barrel drum with a gold-patterned band and a green drum beside him. Behind them, many seated devotees in white and colourful saris sit on the floor facing the shrine, with a palm frond and colourful garlanded pillars nearby. A deity murti stands in a shrine alcove at the back, adorned with garlands, as part of a temple abhishekam and alankaram ceremony.

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January 24 20062006-01-24October 01 20062006-10-01October 01 20062006-10-01A temple procession scene with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing traditional instruments in a stone-paved courtyard. A boy in a yellow kurta plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style), an older man in white plays a small drum-like instrument, and a younger man in white holds a frame drum. Behind them a crowd of onlookers stands in the stone temple doorway, and a woman in a white sari is seen at the left edge beside a large orange and red decorated umbrella. White kolam rangoli patterns are drawn on the ground.2012-05-18 +1 copiesDecember 14 20112011-12-14December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesDecember 26 20072007-12-26Photograph inside a white temple hall with ornate ceiling moldings and ceiling fans. Dozens of seated devotees sit on a polished floor in white dhotis, white saris and colourful salwar kameez, facing a central deity murti decorated with garlands and a colourful cloth backdrop. Two tall palm fronds stand beside the shrine, and a tall brass lamp stand with multiple oil lamps rises at the right. A priest in white stands near the shrine entrance. A drummer in white sits in the lower left foreground with a drum. Garlands of green leaves hang along the walls.2006-01-23 +1 copiesA photograph of a musical performance in a hall with white metal truss frame and lattice wooden windows. Four men in white dhoti and shirt play traditional instruments: two men on the right play long wind pipes (nadaswaram-type) with one wearing a red tilak on the forehead, a man in the centre holds small hand cymbals, and a man at right plays a large round frame drum. At left a drummer in white dhoti plays a barrel drum with yellow straps, and a seated woman in white watches. Audience heads are visible in the lower edge. A yellow cloth hangs from the ceiling frame.2009-06-22June 22 20092009-06-22Photo of a live musical performance in a bright hall with a white floor reflecting the scene. Four men in white dhotis and kurtas sit cross-legged on an orange cloth. Two play wind instruments: a long nagaswaram-style reed pipe on the left and a wooden flute-like instrument in the centre; a man with a tilak on his forehead and a beaded mala plays the centre pipe. Two drummers play double-headed drums, one on the left and one at the right. Women in orange and saffron saris sit on the floor in front of them, listening. A white fan, a keyboard amplifier with a striped cloth and a staircase railing are visible. No a person candidate is identifiable.2010-10-17June 01 20092009-06-01