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Outdoor ritual scene on red-brick steps beside white railings. In the foreground, a boy with bare torso and white body markings sits playing a drum, next to a girl in an orange skirt and bare torso who also plays a large white drum with sticks. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and white garments sit in a row holding pink-tipped sticks and bronze pots, while dark stone shivalingams stand on pedestals along the steps. Orange-clad figures are visible at the upper right. Visible people are numerous, so the count range is 21-100 range of people; the exact count is uncertain.

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December 09 20162016-12-09December 06 20162016-12-06A night-time temple scene of boys and young men seated on stone steps playing drums and cymbals. In the foreground a boy in a saffron-orange dhoti and angavastram with a wrapped waist cord strikes a drum with a stick, and a smaller boy in a yellow-orange dhoti beside him holds a drum. To the left, several young boys in white dhotis with gold borders sit in a row. Behind them, adults in white and colourful clothing play brass vessels and instruments, with a pink sash visible. Steel railings and red seats frame the background.2016-12-06A photograph of a group of young boys seated on red stone steps lined with black shivalinga-style stone forms, playing percussion. In the foreground a boy beats a large drum with a stick. Several boys wear orange dhotis, bare chests, rudraksha malas and white tripundra forehead marks; one plays cymbals and another plays a drum with pink-tipped sticks. Behind them, figures in white clothes sit on the steps, and a boy in red shorts stands at left. The scene suggests a temple ritual ensemble performing music.2016-12-02Outdoor photo of a ritual drumming group seated on red-and-grey stone steps beside a row of black stone shivalingams and a metal railing. Several young boys and girls play large white drums and snare drums with sticks; one girl wears an orange skirt and gold-trimmed blouse, a boy wears white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and a child in orange sits at the left edge. Behind them, adults in white dhotis and white shawls play long brass horns and cymbals, with white and orange-clad devotees further back. Several figures have white sandalwood or ash markings on their skin.2016-12-09 +1 copiesJune 26 20172017-06-26A group of young drummers and musicians sit on red stone steps during an outdoor ceremony. Several wear orange dhotis or saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas, bare-chested, playing metal-rimmed frame drums and a large drum with wooden sticks. Behind them a young man in white dhoti blows a long brass horn, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti stands with palms pressed in anjali. A woman in an orange sari plays a drum on the upper right, with more seated players in white and orange beside her.2016-12-03Several drummers sit on red steps playing large drums in an outdoor procession or ceremony. A young boy on the left wears white dhoti and a white forehead mark and plays a drum with a stick. In the centre, a shirtless young man with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marking plays a drum wearing an orange cloth. Beside him, a player in orange and another with a white forehead line play drums. A shirtless man sits in the background on the upper steps.2016-11-22December 03 20162016-12-03October 31 20162016-10-31 +1 copiesAugust 26th 20152015-08-26Photograph of young boys in a procession drumming on handheld drums. Several shirtless boys wear saffron-orange dhotis and long rudraksha mala necklaces, with white sacred ash markings on their foreheads and bodies. The boys in the foreground play round drums with pink and blue drumsticks, while a blurred brass horn is visible at the left edge. Behind them, an orange canopy with beaded fringe and adults in white garments move through the procession. The a person candidate is not clearly visible.2015-05-13