Close-up photograph of a seated man wearing a leopard-print garment over orange-red cloth at the waist and legs. His hands rest on his lap holding a carved wooden snake figure with a curved body and raised head. A wooden stick lies beside his thigh. Blue and yellow panels and a dark garment are blurred in the background. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close-up photograph of a seated man wearing a leopard-print garment over orange-red cloth at the waist and legs. His hands rest on his lap holding a carved wooden snake figure with a curved body and raised head. A wooden stick lies beside his thigh. Blue and yellow panels and a dark garment are blurred in the background.

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Close photo of a seated person on a red cushioned seat, wearing a leopard-print silk top and saffron-orange lower garment. Both hands hold a curved ivory-toned horn-like instrument with dark wooden tips and a wooden rod, handling a carved bone or ivory piece. A dark backdrop and gold-edged red cloth surround the seat. Only the torso, arms and legs are visible; the face is not shown.

A seated man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears a leopard-print shawl over his shoulders and bare chest and orange-red cloth around his waist. He sits on a red velvet-covered platform, holding a small wooden flute-like instrument and looking down at it. Beside him rests a hand drum with a white skin and a wooden frame, and behind him hangs a maroon curtain with a microphone stand. A blue and yellow wall forms the backdrop on the left.

A seated man with long, dark, wavy hair and a leopard-print orange and black shawl over his shoulders holds a live white snake in both hands, looking down at it. He wears white vertical tilak lines on his forehead with a red dot at the centre, and a gold chain at his neck. A wooden peetha or throne-like seat with an orange cloth covering his lap is visible at the bottom, a microphone stand is at the right against a bright blue backdrop, and a gold trident-like finial sits behind his head. Physical person count is one. Identity is not established from appearance, so no probable label is applied.

A seated man with long dark hair wears a leopard-print shawl and holds a live snake, a pale-brown cobra-like serpent, in both hands while looking down at it. He has white ash markings and a red bindi on his forehead, and a gold necklace is visible at his neck. Behind him is a bright blue backdrop with a microphone stand, and a wooden stool or support and orange cloth are visible at the bottom. a person: the long swept hair, shawl and ceremonial gold ornaments match the depiction cues, but the page does not state he is present, so the identity is uncertain.

June 29 2009

June 29 2009

A smiling man with long, dark, wavy hair sits cross-legged against a blue and sandy-coloured painted backdrop. He wears a leopard-print shawl over bare shoulders, a coral-orange lower cloth, a red bindi and white horizontal forehead markings, and a gold chain at his neck. He holds a wooden staff with a curved white end across his lap. The person appears to be a seated presenter at a ceremony, with his body showing white ash markings on the arms.

June 29 2009

A seated man with long dark wavy hair, white forehead markings and a red bindi, eyes lowered in meditation. He wears a leopard-print yellow and black wrap draped over his shoulders, a gold chain at the neck, and white armbands on his upper arms. He holds a wooden instrument with a curved carved top in both hands over an orange cloth, against a blue backdrop with a warm yellow cloth behind him.

A seated man with long, voluminous dark curly hair sits on a low red-cushioned seat before dark maroon drapes on a stage. He wears a sleeveless leopard-print golden shawl over bare shoulders and orange cloth on his lap, with a white tilak and red dot on his forehead. He gently holds a carved wooden snake in both hands, looking down at it. A small wooden drum and a microphone on a stand are visible at the edge of the frame. Two white bandage patches are visible on his upper arm and forearm.

A photograph of a seated man on a red cushioned dais in front of a painted blue backdrop with golden mountain-like cloth panels. He wears a leopard-print shawl over the shoulders, orange-red dhoti, a white-marked forehead with a red bindi, and long dark hair. He holds a pale snake across his lap with both hands, eyes lowered. A golden trident stands behind him with an hourglass-shaped damaru tied to it with an orange cloth. A microphone stand is at right and a black kamandalu-style vessel and a white drum sit at lower left. One physical person is visible.

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