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A photograph of a bearded man with voluminous dark curly hair playing a large wooden tabla-style drum (dhol/mridangam-type) set on a chair with a red cushion. He wears a loose white kurta with a small badge on the chest, a wristwatch, and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace, with a red tilak on his forehead. His eyes are closed and he is smiling as he drums with both palms. Behind him is a plain pale wall with an electrical box and cable. a person cues are the long curly hair, beard and beads, but the appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm, so this is marked unsure.

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A man in a white kurta sits at a stage performing on a pair of tabla drums, playing with a wooden stick and right hand while looking down. He wears a red rudraksha bead mala and a red vertical mark on his forehead, and a lanyard badge reading "Ananda" hangs around his neck along with a small locket. Metal mic stands and a microphone are in front of him, with orange and white striped drapery behind. A blue and orange drum is visible in the foreground.2009-12-27October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesOctober 08 20082008-10-08A young man in a white kurta sits cross-legged on a stage playing a red and gold mridangam drum with a microphone clipped beside it. Behind him a large orange and red banner shows draped saffron cloth. A partially visible person in a dark brown garment sits at the right edge. A small purple bird logo appears at the top left corner.2009-12-26 +1 copiesA man in a white cotton kurta sits cross-legged on a green-draped stage, playing a large green-covered tabla drum with his right hand. Microphones on stands and cables lie in front of him. Behind him hangs an orange and red backdrop with a dark silhouette of a dancing figure. A blue cloth bag and a small bottle sit on the stage at right.2010-10-16 +1 copiesDecember 25 20092009-12-25October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesA photo of a musical performance on a red carpeted stage in front of a blue backdrop. Three men sit cross-legged in white clothes. Two play tabla drums. The man on the right, with curly dark hair and a red tilak mark on his forehead, wears a white kurta and a white dhoti with a gold border, and sings or speaks into a microphone while gesturing with his right hand. The man on the left wears glasses, a white kurta and a rudraksha-style necklace. The seated man in the middle wears a white shirt and plays a tabla. Microphones and cables are visible at the front.2012-10-18A man seated in front of a red velvet curtain plays a mridangam-style drum wrapped in an orange and green patterned cover. He wears a dark brown and black printed long-sleeved kurta and has a moustache. A microphone stand is positioned at the drum, and a white air-conditioning unit and a water bottle sit in the background. The setting appears to be a concert or performance space.2014-06-01A photograph of two men in white ritual clothes performing music in a bare room with white walls and red curtains. A standing bearded man in a white kurta and dhoti with red border plays a tabla-style drum with sticks beside a microphone stand. A seated man in white with an orange-red cord around his neck sings into a handheld microphone while playing a white electronic keyboard. A mixing console, a computer monitor and cables sit on a desk to the right, and a dark bag is on the floor at left.2003-03-16A seated male musician in a white kurta plays a large green-covered mridangam-style drum laid horizontally on a green cloth-covered stage. He wears yellow cloth on his lap and a bangle on his wrist, looking to his left. Microphones on stands sit beside the drum, and cables run across the stage floor. Behind him, a large orange and red backdrop shows a black silhouette of a dancing or striking figure. A blue cloth and a small object sit at the right edge of the stage. The scene appears to be a stage performance with musical accompaniment.2010-10-16 +1 copies