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Drummers perform in a decorated hall with banana-leaf style plants, colourful panels and orange bunting overhead. In the foreground, two young men wearing orange or yellow cloth and beaded necklaces play large barrel drums with sticks. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts walk along a woven mat runner, some carrying drums and others looking on. Several people hold small identity cards on lanyards. The setting resembles a temple or ashram procession.

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Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with palm trees and a brick-paved floor. Four men in front play large barrel drums (thavil/mridangam-style). The foremost drummer wears a white shirt and white dhoti, the second an orange-brown checked shirt and white dhoti, the third a blue striped shirt with dark dhoti, and the rightmost a red-and-white striped shirt with white dhoti. Behind them a group of devotees, including women in pink and blue saris, stands near a decorated black Nandi bull with a red garland and an orange kalasha-like pillar. Some visitors wear lanyards.2012-01-01December 09 20162016-12-09Photograph inside a large tent-like hall during a festive gathering. In the foreground, a group of drummers in traditional white dhotis, some bare-chested with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, play large barrel drums and hold drumsticks, arranged in a close circle over a striped mat. Behind them, a dense crowd of mostly men in white clothing sits and stands along rows of white chairs. Hanging yellow and orange decorative banners with geometric patterns line the ceiling, and a screen is mounted on the back wall. No figure in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no a person candidate is recorded.2008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17Street procession scene with several drummers playing hand drums (thappu/melam-style) on a road. In the foreground, a shirtless young man in a pink lungi with a multicoloured shawl and a bright orange sash plays a drum, and a shirtless man in a yellow-and-green sash and orange cloth plays another drum with a stick. To the right, men in white dhotis and white shirts play drums. Behind them, a crowd in white clothes stands along the roadside, with a bus visible in the background. A man in a checked shirt stands at the left edge.2010-02-18December 29 20082008-12-29January 06 20132013-01-06A row of young male drummers in white dhotis and brown shoulder cloths performs at a festival tent, playing wooden-stick drums with rope-tensioned heads. Several wear rudraksha-style bead necklaces and some are bare-chested. Behind them stand additional men in white, and a seated man in white with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala appears at the lower right. Tent poles with hanging decorative bands and a colourful striped mat are visible.2008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17July 17 20082008-07-17A street-level photograph of a procession at an ashram-style compound with orange and yellow walls and a tiled roof. In the foreground, two drummers in white shirts and white dhotis wear red and maroon shawls over their shoulders and beat large barrel drums, one with a red cloth wrap and gold trim. Behind them, a man in a yellow-and-gold shirt plays a long wind instrument, and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a brass horn. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts walk through a red iron gate, and two ornate multicoloured umbrellas are raised over the crowd. A man in white holds a camera, and a wall poster shows a saffron-robed figure. A satellite dish sits on the roof above.2012-05-18December 09 20162016-12-09