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December 24 20082008-12-24Outdoor festival gathering under a red and yellow canopy strung with orange triangular pennants, with a red carpet underfoot. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis stand in the foreground with their backs to the camera, one holding a stick. A large crowd of mostly white-clad devotees sits on the ground in rows. On a raised white and red platform at right, a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with long hair and a crown-like headdress presides. A kalasha-style ornament and a lit lamp stand on a pedestal at left, with a bull statue nearby. The photo is an event scene at a festival ground.2008-12-29August 24 20142014-08-24A photograph of a musical procession moving along a red carpet under a large white tent. In the foreground, men in white dhotis and white shirts play drums and a long wind instrument, with orange and red sashes and beaded necklaces. Behind them, a larger group of men in white, several in orange robes and saffron headwear, walks through the procession. Plantain leaves, white canopies with blue trim, and red and yellow draped curtains frame the scene, with red plastic chairs lining the left side.2015-01-13Outdoor ghat steps with a crowd seated on red stone. In the foreground a young man in white shirt and white dhoti plays a large brown-and-gold barrel drum with curved sticks, and beside him a man in white dhoti plays a long dark wind instrument resembling a nadaswaram or shehnai. Behind them a woman in an orange sari and rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits near brass vessels and flower offerings, with more devotees in white and pastel clothing around them. The scene suggests a ritual musical accompaniment on the riverside steps.2016-12-19December 09 20162016-12-09April 19 20162016-04-19Outdoor photograph of a drumming group seated on red-brick steps beside a metal railing. Several young drummers in orange and white clothing with rudraksha malas play large silver drums with wooden sticks; a young woman in a pink and green sari drums in the foreground. A shirtless man in white dhoti and a gold chain sits with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in orange robes holds a small hand cymbal. Other participants in orange robes and a man lifting a camera stand in the background, with a red flag at upper left and black stone pillars at the right.2016-12-03December 29 20082008-12-29A seated musical ensemble performs in a hall with a red carpet and devotees behind them. A man in a mustard-yellow shirt and white dhoti sings into a handheld microphone on a stand, with a sheet of lyrics on a music stand before him. To his right, a man in a brown shirt and white dhoti sits at a second microphone with a harmonium-style keyboard and sheet music. To the left, a man in a rust-brown shirt plays a keyboard or electronic instrument, and another man in white kurta and dhoti plays a tabla-style drum. Behind them, women in saris and men in white sit or stand among a larger congregation.2012-01-01Outdoor ritual gathering under large banyan trees at an ashram setting. A young man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, stands barefoot on a red-patterned rug holding a tall staff, the central figure before a seated crowd. Surrounding him, many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts sit on the sandy ground, some with rudraksha malas. Saffron-robed priests kneel at left and in the foreground near brass plates of offerings and a bell-shaped brass vessel, and a drummer in white stands at left. A garland of white and orange flowers hangs from the banyan trunk, and a large stone snake sculpture with red-painted decoration stands at right. Visible people number roughly thirty to forty.2006-07-12November 25 20152015-11-25