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A photograph of a cultural music performance on an orange-red backdrop with white flowers. In the foreground a man with glasses and hair tied in a bun sits cross-legged in white clothes, holding wooden drumsticks over a small drum. Behind him a seated musician in white kurta with a pendant necklace plays a harmonium, and another man in white stands playing a stringed instrument. A folded purple and orange cloth lies on the floor and small music books rest near the front.

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Several men in white traditional clothes perform music on a stage with an orange-red backdrop bearing the large numerals 2010 and white flowers. The man in front wears glasses, a red tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala, and plays a stringed instrument with wooden sticks in a seated position. Behind him a second man in white plays a similar instrument, and a third man in white plays a harmonium on the right. A purple and yellow cloth covers the performers' floor area.2009-12-27A photograph of three men seated on a raised stage at night, performing music. The man at right in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a white electronic pad with drumsticks; the man in the centre in white clothes plays a black Korg keyboard; a third man at left in white sits behind a small keyboard. A water bottle sits on a case, with cables, a microphone stand and a blue cloth on the equipment. Behind them hang orange draped curtains and a few people stand in the dim background.2010-02-16A photograph of a musical performance on an orange cloth-covered floor. A man on the left in a white kurta with rudraksha beads plays a tabla drum set. In the centre, a man in a white kurta with rudraksha mala and wire-rimmed glasses sits cross-legged behind a red-brown Roland keyboard on a stand, with cables running across the floor. In the foreground at right, the back of another person in white clothing with long dark hair is visible. A beaded curtain and a dark curtain form the backdrop.2009-12-21A seated man plays a Roland electronic drum pad on a stand, holding drumsticks in both hands. He wears a white kurta, a rudraksha mala with red-brown beads, and glasses, with a red bindi on his forehead. He sits cross-legged on a mat on a stage, with a navy curtain behind him and a partially visible musician in white at the right edge. A percussion instrument is partly visible at the left.2009-12-21December 16 20112011-12-16Two male musicians sit cross-legged on an orange cloth performing tabla, a pair of hand drums with wooden-stick tuning and a larger bass drum, at a stage with a teal backdrop hung with strands of beads. Both wear white kurta-style clothing and rudraksha malas. The musician on the right holds two wooden drumsticks and plays the larger drum, while the one on the left plays the smaller drum with his hands. A microphone on a stand and a music stand with a notation sheet are in front of them, and a white equipment box sits at the lower right.2009-12-21January 20 20102010-01-20December 21 20092009-12-21Two men in plain white kurta-style shirts perform music on a stage with orange and red drapes behind them. The man in front centre holds a wooden stick over a blue-painted instrument and wears a red tilak on his forehead and a dark beaded mala around his neck. The man at left, also in white, wears a red forehead mark and a mala. In the foreground are tabla-style hand drums with microphones on stands. The scene appears to be a devotional musical performance.2009-12-27Photograph of two men performing music on a red carpeted stage. The man on the left wears a white shirt and white dhoti with gold border, singing into a handheld microphone with a music stand in front of him. The man on the right sits cross-legged in a green silk kurta and green-and-gold dhoti, with a rudraksha-style mala, a tilak on his forehead and glasses, singing into a stand microphone while gesturing with his right hand. A tabla drum is partly visible at left, and a loudspeaker and blurred figures stand in the hall behind. No swami candidate is identifiable by appearance here.2011-12-16Two men in plain white kurta-style shirts and dark beaded malas sit cross-legged on a green cloth-covered stage playing percussion. The man on the left plays a small drum with a clay pot-shaped base and a tabla-like drum, while the man on the right plays a pair of tabla drums with dark covers. Microphones on stands sit before each drummer. Behind them a red-draped stage has red pillars, flower arrangements and a small speaker, with several people in white dhotis and shirts standing near the edge. Cables run across the green floor.2010-01-20December 30 20092009-12-30