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Outdoor photo of a Rudra Abhishekam ritual gathering seated on red stone steps beside a hedge. In the foreground, a bare-chested drummer in white dhoti and saffron cloth plays a large barrel drum with a red cover, next to a second musician in white and a man in a red-orange shawl with a long brass horn (nagaswaram-style wind instrument). Women and men in white clothing and orange-saffron shawls sit on the steps behind them, with several participants in white saris and white kurtas, some wearing orange stoles. Black stone shivalingas or pillars line the step edges. No specific deity form is clearly identifiable beyond the Shiva-related setting.

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December 02 20162016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02Outdoor scene on red stone steps where several people sit in white traditional clothing. In the foreground, a musician in a white shirt and dhoti plays a long brass wind instrument. Behind them, seated women in white saris bordered with gold and a man in an orange shawl and white dhoti watch, and a bare-chested man with his hands pressed together sits higher up. A blue bag and plastic containers lie on the steps, with a chain-link fence and red banner at the left edge.2016-12-09February 01 20152015-02-01December 20 20102010-12-20December 09 20162016-12-09September 04 20162016-09-04December 09 20162016-12-09January 31 20152015-01-31Musicians sit on red stone steps in white ritual dress. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a long dark wind instrument, a nadaswaram, with a yellow cord hanging from it. Beside him a second man in white holds a drum with a red covering and metal rims, a melam-style percussion drum. Behind them, seated women and men wear white saris and white garments, with hands folded in prayer, and brass vessels and a lamp sit on the steps. The setting appears to be a riverside ghat with a metal railing.2016-12-09Photograph of musicians seated on red-brick temple steps. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a long wooden shehnai-style wind instrument with a brass bell, a yellow cord hanging from it. Beside him a younger man in white dhoti and shirt plays a large two-headed drum with a red cloth wrap and brass rims. Behind them, several people in white dhotis sit on the steps, one with hands pressed in anjali. A metal railing and red cloth hang at the left edge. No visible a person candidate; there is no clear appearance match in the scene.2016-12-09A photograph of musicians seated on the floor of a room with orange-painted walls and a wooden table behind them. In the foreground, a man in a light beige shirt with an orange cloth draped over his shoulder plays a long black bamboo flute, with a visible tilak on his forehead and a white ID badge. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a drum with a red cloth wrap. A bald man in white clothes sits in the lower right foreground, and a small Radel amplifier and bags sit on the mat. A brass plate with flower petals rests on the table. Scene suggests a satsang musical session.2010-11-12