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A photograph of a group of young men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies playing barrel-shaped drums with rope tension, indoors at a temple-style hall. The central man has a full dark beard, wears a white dhoti and a white shawl with red-and-cream borders, and a wristwatch. Several drummers wear rudraksha or gold-toned chains; one drummer behind has a red-and-cream cloth. A seated devotee at the lower right holds hands in anjali, wearing an orange-red shawl. Behind them hang a yellow-and-gold cloth and a dark beaded toran, and a white pole and fan stand near the wall. The page links this to a Guru Purnima event, but the image itself shows drumming.

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