A drummer in a red shirt with a yellow-orange headband and sash plays a large green-rimmed barrel drum laced with white rope on a stage. A second performer in red, with a green stick, plays alongside him at right. Behind them stands an ornate gold-and-red throne with carved lion-like finials, and a figure in a red turban sits near the back. Tamil script is painted on the drumhead. - Nithyanandapedia

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A drummer in a red shirt with a yellow-orange headband and sash plays a large green-rimmed barrel drum laced with white rope on a stage. A second performer in red, with a green stick, plays alongside him at right. Behind them stands an ornate gold-and-red throne with carved lion-like finials, and a figure in a red turban sits near the back. Tamil script is painted on the drumhead.

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