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April 17 20182018-04-17A photograph of a ceremonial drumming performance inside an ashram hall with pink walls and a wooden door. Several young performers in saffron-orange robes and matching orange turbans play round white hand drums, some with sticks raised. The central performer with long dark hair holds a drumstick and a small cymbal-like instrument, and another blows a brass trumpet. Rudraksha malas hang on their chests and sandalwood or ash marks decorate their foreheads. Seated on the floor at left are men in white dhotis and shawls with gold borders, one wearing a gold chain. A framed photograph hangs above the wall, and a dhol-style drum sits at the back.2018-04-17A procession of young men in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl drums on round hand drums through a tiled hall, with rudraksha malas and white face markings. One drummer at the front right wears a long rudraksha mala and a bangle, and an orange turban is visible on a drummer in the middle. Behind them women in orange and a woman in a teal and purple sari carry offering trays with flowers and fruit. Seated devotees in white clothes line the left edge. Framed paintings hang on the pale pink walls and a wooden instrument stands at the right.2018-04-17August 28 20152015-08-28Indoor hall with cream walls, ceiling lights and framed posters of a saffron-clad figure with long hair on the walls. In the foreground a line of young men and boys in orange-saffron robes and orange turbans play frame drums, several with bare chests and rudraksha malas; one boy in front holds a drum with a stick. Other people in white dhotis stand with hands folded at right, and a woman in orange robes stands at left beside a row of gold stanchions with orange carpets. The scene looks like a drum procession or ritual musical welcome in an ashram-style hall.2017-11-17November 17 20172017-11-17A photograph of a procession inside a marble-floored hall. Young men in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with orange turbans and rudraksha malas play long brass horns and trumpets, while others beat white drums. Brass stanchions with orange cloth line the path. Behind them, men in white kurtas stand with hands folded in anjali, and framed photographs hang on the wall.2017-11-17 +1 copiesA large hall with cream tiled floor and framed pictures on the walls shows a group of young men in orange and saffron dhotis and tunics, many with red headbands and long hair, kneeling and bending forward with raised arms in an energetic group performance. Several seated and standing people in white dhotis and kurtas, some with red or white shawls, watch from behind. A shirtless man in white dhoti stands near the centre, and a person in a teal shirt stands at right. Red and green draped cloth hangs on the right wall beside a decorated altar area. Crowd count is roughly 21-100 visible people.2016-10-07A photo inside a large hall with cream floor tiles and orange carpet runners, showing an orange-clad procession of young drummers and attendants. In the foreground, a bare-chested boy with rudraksha malas and forehead markings plays a large orange-covered drum, while another boy beside him plays a silver drum. Behind them, a row of attendants in saffron and orange robes walks along a path lined with gold stanchions, some holding offerings. On the right, a man in white dhoti and shawl stands with palms pressed together in greeting, and other people in white and mixed clothing stand nearby. Framed photographs and posters hang on the wall behind.2017-11-17November 17 20172017-11-17August 12 20172017-08-12December 02 20172017-12-02