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Photograph of a group of Haridas street singers performing kirtans inside a gold-decorated temple shrine during Makara Sankranti celebrations at Sripuram. The central performer, wearing an orange shawl, a pink-and-white headcloth with a decorated brass pot (kalasha) balanced on his head, and a garland of pink and white flowers, plays a stringed instrument and sings. To his left, a man in a white dhoti and red-and-white checked shawl plays a drum, and to the right a man in a white kurta and orange printed shawl with a pink headcloth holds small cymbals and sings. Vaishnava forehead markings are visible. Behind them stands a deity murti in a shrine framed by gold pillars and marigold and red flower decorations. Four physical people are visible, including one partly cut off at the left edge.

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