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A street-level photograph of a procession at an ashram-style compound with orange and yellow walls and a tiled roof. In the foreground, two drummers in white shirts and white dhotis wear red and maroon shawls over their shoulders and beat large barrel drums, one with a red cloth wrap and gold trim. Behind them, a man in a yellow-and-gold shirt plays a long wind instrument, and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a brass horn. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts walk through a red iron gate, and two ornate multicoloured umbrellas are raised over the crowd. A man in white holds a camera, and a wall poster shows a saffron-robed figure. A satellite dish sits on the roof above.

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A photograph of a procession on a dirt road in front of a gated entrance with orange-walled gatehouses. Several musicians in white dhotis and shirts play drums and wind instruments, some with traditional drums slung at the waist. Behind them, colourful ornate umbrellas with fringed canopies are raised, and a group of men and women in white ritual clothing stand and walk nearby. Trees and a yellow vehicle appear in the background.2009-12-23July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 22 20092009-06-22A street scene outside a house in Tamil Nadu during a welcoming procession. Three drummers stand in front, playing long curved wind instruments (nadaswaram-style pipes) and large hand drums with yellow-banded frames. The drummer on the left wears a white dhoti and a green-and-red shawl; the central piper wears a white shirt and white dhoti; the right drummer wears a pink shirt and white dhoti with an orange cloth. Behind them, a group of devotees in white and saffron clothes, including women in sarees, stands along the lane. A striped pastel canopy shades a doorway with a deity image and garlands, and a woman holds a brass tray of offerings.2014-06-27A temple procession scene with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing traditional instruments in a stone-paved courtyard. A boy in a yellow kurta plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style), an older man in white plays a small drum-like instrument, and a younger man in white holds a frame drum. Behind them a crowd of onlookers stands in the stone temple doorway, and a woman in a white sari is seen at the left edge beside a large orange and red decorated umbrella. White kolam rangoli patterns are drawn on the ground.2012-05-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a traditional Indian musical procession in a covered corridor of a white building. Men in white dhotis and shirts play instruments: the central player blows a long brass nadaswaram-style horn with an orange-yellow sash and rudraksha-style neck tassels, another man beside him plays a similar horn, and two men on the left and right carry double-headed drums (thavil) slung over their shoulders, one with a woven orange strap and one with a green-and-gold rim. Several other men in white stand in the background. A small orange and white garland decoration hangs over a red-framed doorway, and potted palms and a blue plastic chair sit near the entrance.2009-06-22July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18December 23 20092009-12-23April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesDecember 11 20112011-12-11May 18 20122012-05-18