A man in white shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged on a red sack outdoors, playing a nadaswaram-style wind instrument with a flared bell while his right hand strikes a large brown-and-chrome drum with rubber finger caps. A red pillar, grey stone wall and a black plastic chair appear in the background. Scattered grains lie on the concrete ground. - Nithyanandapedia

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A man in white shirt and white dhoti sits cross-legged on a red sack outdoors, playing a nadaswaram-style wind instrument with a flared bell while his right hand strikes a large brown-and-chrome drum with rubber finger caps. A red pillar, grey stone wall and a black plastic chair appear in the background. Scattered grains lie on the concrete ground.

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