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A young man in a plain white shirt sits cross-legged on a concrete floor, playing a large wooden drum with a red velvet cover and brass rims bound with yellow straps. He has a red tilak mark on his forehead and a dark beaded necklace. Behind him, a striped woven mat lies on the ground and another person in white dhoti sits at the right edge, with others in colourful saris seated in the background. Evening light suggests a satsang or bhajan gathering.

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A seated musician plays a large brown wooden mridangam drum, its body wrapped in a brown patterned cloth with yellow straps, placed on a folded cloth on a paved floor. He wears a white short-sleeved shirt with a lanyard, white dhoti, and a red wrist thread, tapping the drum with a stick in his right hand. Beside him, a long wooden instrument with a red cloth lies on the ground, and a small tool rests at left. A red pillar frames the sunlit courtyard. No a person is visible.2011-12-17A photograph of a temple musician ensemble performing in an indoor hall. In the foreground, a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a large two-headed drum (thavil) with a red and gold trim, held at his side, looking toward the camera. Behind him, a player in a red shirt and saffron-orange dhoti with a red tilak on his forehead plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram) with a bell-shaped end. Another drummer in white dhoti sits at left, and a man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and horizontal sacred ash marks on his forehead stands at right beside a draped red and gold cloth on a stand. Several other people in white dhotis stand in the background, some with hands joined. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2010-12-20A seated man in a plain white kurta and dhoti plays a red and yellow mridangam drum on a stand with a microphone, in front of a large orange draped backdrop. A second person in a dark shirt sits at the right edge, partially visible. A black bowl rests on the orange mat in front of the drummer, and a small red cloth sits at the left. This appears to be a musical accompaniment setting, such as satsang or bhajan music, on an orange stage.2009-12-24 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18December 24 20092009-12-24 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18June 04 20132013-06-04 +1 copiesA man sits cross-legged on a red floor mat playing a large mridangam drum, its brown leather head and metal rims visible, with his hands on the drum and his gaze turned to the side. He wears a white collared shirt, white dhoti and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him hangs a printed backdrop of a sepia temple carving, and to the left are a steel tumbler on a wooden stool and a bundle of marigolds and white flowers.2013-11-02June 22 20092009-06-22A young boy in white clothes sits cross-legged on red steps, playing a large frame drum with a wooden rim and metal bands. He wears a white tilak on his forehead and an orange thread on his wrist. Behind him, blurred devotees in white and red saris and white shirts sit in the open air beneath blue sky and tall white and red flagpoles.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18October 11 20132013-10-11