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Night-time outdoor photo of a group of drummers performing on a hexagonal paved courtyard beneath a shelter with hanging decorative lamps and a striped pillar. Several shirtless young men in saffron-orange lower garments with gold borders play large metal drums and round frame drums, some with rudraksha malas around their necks. Two men in white dhotis and cream-colored clothing stand nearby, one with a hand raised. Trees and a parked car frame the background.

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Night photograph of a courtyard where five young drummers perform a percussion procession. Four bare-chested drummers in saffron-orange dhotis with gold-bordered hems play round drums with pink sticks, wearing rudraksha malas, white forehead markings and turbans or hair swept back. One drummer in white dhoti stands among them, and a fifth drummer wearing a silver-coloured drum is on the right edge. Behind them, two men in orange and cream clothing stand with hands folded near a red pillar, with a hanging decorative cloth and flowering plumeria trees in the background.2016-10-21Night outdoor scene of a drumming procession at a temple-style ceremony. Several young male drummers in saffron-orange dhotis and sashes with gold borders play large drums; the drum on the left has a leopard-print skin and yellow tassels, and the foreground drummers wear rudraksha malas and gold necklaces. One drummer on the right wears white dhoti with gold border and a long mala, and a shaved-headed man in the background has white tripundra marks on his forehead. Bare feet on a pale concrete floor, with a red-walled building and dark foliage behind. The page title refers to a Pidari-Amman puja, but this is a drumming group in saffron and white clothing. +2 copiesNight procession on a dirt road beside a red brick wall. A group of about ten men play drums and wind instruments. Several wear white dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies, with rudraksha malas and red armbands. Others wear saffron-orange cloth wrapped at the waist and draped over the body. One player blows a long brass horn, and others beat large frame drums with sticks and hand-held drums. The setting is dim, lit by ambient light, and the scene suggests a temple-style drumming procession.2015-11-15November `4 2015 +1 copiesNight photograph of a drumming group in orange and saffron dhotis with gold borders performing on a paved stone courtyard. Several men play large drums: a red-and-gold barrel drum held by the left and right performers, a green drum held by a man in the back, and a small round frame drum held by the central dancer, who wears rudraksha malas. A white-clad drummer on the right, with a white headband and white dhoti, plays a red drum. A bright flashlight or floodlight from the upper centre lights the scene against dark foliage.2016-01-02November 15 20152015-11-15July 07 20152015-07-07A night-time outdoor performance under a corrugated metal roof beside leafy trees. Five men perform drumming and cymbal music. On the left, a smiling young man with curly hair, bare-chested with a rudraksha-style necklace, wears a purple and gold-bordered dhoti and clashes brass cymbals. Next to him, a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with a gold border and a garland plays a small hand drum. A third man in an orange dhoti with a gold waist sash and a beaded necklace plays a large silver-bodied drum. Behind him, a man with a white forehead band wears a white dhoti and plays a drum. On the far right, a man with long dreadlocks in an orange dhoti and a gold-bordered sash plays a drum with a stick. Other people have garlands and forehead markings.2016-11-06November 06 20162016-11-06November 25 20152015-11-25November `4 2015 +2 copiesNight photograph of a temple-style musical procession on a sandy open ground in front of a reddish multi-storey building with windows. Roughly a dozen young male musicians in saffron-orange and white dhoti-style garments with gold-coloured borders stand in a loose line and semicircle. Several play long curved brass horns (kombu-style) raised high, others beat barrel drums (thavil/mridangam-type) hung from neck straps, and a group at right plays rows of tuned wooden percussion with maroon cloths hanging beneath. Some musicians wear white headbands and sacred thread or bead necklaces. No a person candidate is visible.2015-09-09