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Outdoor event under a corrugated metal shelter with a raised stage at left. Several performers in matching yellow shirts and red trousers stand in a row on the stage playing drums and other instruments. A tall decorated pole wrapped in colourful patterned cloth with bunches of green leaves and fronds stands in the centre. A man in the foreground at right, with grey hair and a white garland, wears an orange-yellow garment and faces the stage. Other onlookers in white shirts and dhotis stand near the back. Green leaves and palm fronds hang from wires above the stage, and a small drummer in yellow carries a drum near the pole.

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July 16 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16Outdoor festival stage under a corrugated metal and cloth canopy at a Salem event. On the left, drummers in yellow shirts and red dhotis play drums on a raised platform, one striking a large barrel drum on a tripod. Behind them hangs a large backdrop portrait of a robed figure with a shaved head, labelled with a partially visible name. Strings of green leaves and marigold-like decorations hang from the canopy, and a tall painted wooden pole with floral and geometric motifs stands in the centre. A man in a yellow top with a white garland is seen from behind at right, watching the stage.2006-07-16Outdoor photo at dusk of a stage area under a corrugated metal canopy, with a decorated bamboo pole wrapped in red, green and yellow patterned cloth and green leaves at centre. On the left, a row of about eight performers in white dhoti-style costumes with red sashes and tall conical red-and-white headdresses stand in a line near a pink-draped stage backdrop. At right edge, a partly visible man in a saffron/orange garment and curly long hair looks toward the pole. Strings of mango leaves and palm fronds hang across the scene, and a few other people stand in the background.2006-07-16Outdoor yagna pandal at a Sapthayagam event, with a pink-and-white cloth canopy hung with mango-leaf and marigold-like strings and a large leafy branch beside a decorated pillar wrapped in red, yellow and blue patterned cloth. A large portrait printed on a screen behind a metal sheet fence shows a bald figure in white and colourful robes with a shawl, labelled Nithyananda. Standing in front, a man in white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl holds a bell-like object, while others in white and light shirts stand nearby. In the foreground right, a man in an orange robe with a white garland, seen partly from behind, faces the stage. Paddy stalks and a wooden pole frame the scene under an overcast sky.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16Outdoor photo of a large yagna pavilion with a white cloth canopy trimmed with green mango-leaf strings and hanging flower garlands, supported by tall decorated pillars wrapped in colourful patterns. Beneath it, a row of men in white dhotis with red-orange cloths perform rhythmic bent-forward movements at a raised platform, with others in white and a figure in red headwear nearby. In the right foreground, a man in an orange robe and white flower garland is seen from behind. Trees and a corrugated roof frame the scene.2006-07-16 +1 copiesNight photograph of an open-sided pandal decorated with hanging white flower strands, green mango leaves and banana-leaf festoons under a corrugated metal roof. A stage at the back is draped with pink and purple cloth and a circular floral-garland decoration, with a large portrait panel bearing the word a person. A bare-chested drummer plays on the right, and several men in white dhotis stand on the stage and at the left edge. In the foreground, a long-haired person in an orange robe and white flower garland faces the camera, with a white-shirted photographer beside them and white-clad devotees along the lower left. Tube lights hang on a pole at the right.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16Outdoor evening stage event under a decorated canopy hung with green leaf garlands and yellow paper streamers, with bamboo poles and potted palms around it. On the raised platform, several performers in white dhotis and kurtas stand beside an ornate figure with a peacock-feather fan and teal costume, and a deity figure with a deer-like head in white and red. A man in white kurta and dhoti stands at right. In the foreground, the back of a long-haired person in saffron-orange robes with a white flower garland is seen from behind, watching the stage. A decorated pillar with floral and bird motifs stands at left.2006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16