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Photograph of a musical performance on a red-draped stage. In the foreground a bald, bearded man in a maroon shirt and white dhoti plays a large round clay pot-drum (ghatam-style) with his hands. Beside him a young boy in a maroon kurta sits cross-legged, holding a long-necked stringed instrument. A microphone on a stand is in front of them, and a person in white sits at a sound mixing board at the right. Blue draped fabric and a bamboo mat form the backdrop.

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October 08 20082008-10-08A man with long dark wavy hair and a trimmed beard, wearing rimless glasses and a rust-brown kurta, sits cross-legged on a green stage playing a large wooden pot-shaped instrument. A microphone on a stand is in front, and a seated musician in pink is visible at the left edge. An audience sits in rows behind, with orange banners and a white wall in the background.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA man seated cross-legged on a green stage floor plays a large wooden instrument resembling a tanpura or gourd-shaped drum, held against his body while a microphone stand sits at his side. He wears a rust-orange kurta with white dhoti, has a long swept-back hair, dark beard, glasses and a red tilak on his forehead. A veena and a green pot rest at left, and a pink cloth is visible. Behind him a seated audience in orange and blue saris and kurtas watches. Orange lanterns hang on the wall.2010-10-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a musical performance on a green floor mat. In the foreground, a man in a green and orange striped kurta sits cross-legged, playing a green-covered mridangam-style drum held on a stand with a microphone. Behind him, a man in a teal kurta sits beside a large terracotta pot drum, also with a microphone. At the left edge, a partially visible person in white clothing sits. An orange cabinet and white wall form the background. No a person candidate is visible.2010-10-11October 08 20082008-10-08A man with shoulder-length dark hair sits cross-legged on a red stage, playing a wooden tanpura-style stringed instrument with an orange-brown body. He wears a white kurta and white dhoti, a white tilak on his forehead and a red dot at the centre, and a gold bracelet on his wrist. Two microphones on stands are positioned in front of him. A person in a red checked shirt is partially visible at the right edge of the frame. The background is a dim hall with dark red seating. No readable signs are visible. The man's appearance is not sufficiently distinctive to confirm a specific identity, so the a person field is unsure.2010-12-26A photograph of two men seated on a red mat with microphones on stands in front of them, on a red cloth-covered stage with scattered yellow flowers. On the left, a man in a white kurta with a white tilak on his forehead and long hair plays a large clay pot drum (ghatam) held against his body. On the right, a man in a pink-and-gold striped silk kurta and cream dhoti, cross-legged, holds a hand to his chin while speaking into a microphone and holding paper pages. A person's arm is visible at the far left edge. The setting appears to be a satsang or discourse hall with a dim background.2010-12-26A photograph of three men seated on a red stage with flower petals scattered on it, performing before microphones. On the left, a man in a red-and-white checked kurta and white dhoti gestures toward a microphone and smiles. In the centre, a man in white clothes with a white forehead mark and long hair in a braid plays an earthen pot-shaped percussion instrument, a ghata, and smiles broadly. On the right, a man in a pink-orange silk kurta with a cream dhoti rests his hand on his chin while holding sheets of paper. Behind them are wooden cabinets, a wall with orange hangings, and a distant audience area.2010-12-26A photograph of a musical performance on a red carpeted stage. In the foreground, a young man in a blue kurta and white dhoti sits cross-legged, playing a tabla-style hand drum with a dark mesh-like face and a microphone in front of it. To the right, a man in a dark navy kurta and white dhoti sits at a microphone, hand raised as if keeping rhythm. Behind them, another seated musician in a light shirt is partly visible, and a golden carved pillar stands in the background. A metal jug and steel tumblers sit on the floor in front.2017-09-27December 24 20092009-12-24 +1 copiesDecember 23 20092009-12-23Two young men sit cross-legged on a red floor mat performing music in a temple-style hall. The man on the left wears a blue collarless shirt and white dhoti and plays a barrel-shaped mridangam drum in front of a microphone on a stand. The man on the right wears a dark navy kurta and white dhoti, seated at a microphone, gesturing with his hand. A third man in a light shirt sits in the background, and an older man in white sits at the left edge. Steel tumblers and a metal jug sit on the mat in front. Behind them is a golden carved pillar and a wooden panelled wall. Visible text reads2017-09-27