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Four young men in traditional ashram dress play dhol-style drums outdoors in front of stacked stone blocks and palm trees. The drummers wear saffron/orange dhotis and shawls with gold borders, and the man on the right wears white. Several have white vertical tilaka marks on the forehead, rudraksha malas and beaded bands on their arms. They hold drumsticks and strike barrel drums with rope-laced skins. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.

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Three young male drummers play barrel drums outdoors on a concrete surface with palm trees and stacked stone blocks behind them. The drummer on the left wears orange clothing, glasses and a rudraksha mala and strikes a red-brown drum with a stick. The centre drummer wears orange garments, a rudraksha mala and red bangles and plays a drum with yellow cords. The drummer on the right wears white dhoti-style cloth with gold borders, a rudraksha mala and beaded bracelets and smiles while playing. A partially visible person stands behind them in white. No a person candidate is visible.2015-08-31July 07 20152015-07-07August 26th 20152015-08-26July 07 20152015-07-07September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesNight photo of five young men playing large barrel drums on an outdoor paved courtyard. Each drummer wears orange saffron dhoti-style garments with gold-striped borders and orange shawls, rudraksha beaded necklaces, and white forehead markings. They strike the drumheads with wooden sticks, with yellow-corded drum bodies in front. A red pole and small white structure stand at left, with foliage behind. Only the drummers are visible; no a person candidate is clearly identifiable, so no identity is claimed.2015-07-07Night 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 copiesNovember `4 2015 +1 copiesFive young male drummers perform outdoors on a concrete terrace with palm trees and a stone wall behind them under an overcast sky. Each plays a barrel drum with yellow rope lacing and red-maroon drum bags. The two central drummers wear orange dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies with rudraksha malas and red arm bands; the outer drummers wear white dhotis with gold borders and similar malas. Several have white horizontal forehead markings. The drummers are the only physical people visible and no portrait of a person appears in the frame.2015-08-31December 29 20102010-12-29Photo of a group of young boys playing traditional drums at a satsang-style gathering inside a hall. Several boys wear white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas; others wear orange saffron-coloured robes with gold trim. Foreground drummers strike large cylindrical drums with rope-laced red and brown shells, holding wooden sticks. One boy at right has white paste markings across his forehead with a red tilak and a rudraksha mala. Standing figures in orange robes stand behind the drummers, and a pillar and light-coloured wall fill the background.2015-08-26December 20 20102010-12-20