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December 02 2016

Outdoor photo of a Rudra Abhishekam ritual gathering seated on red stone steps beside a hedge. In the foreground, a bare-chested drummer in white dhoti and saffron cloth plays a large barrel drum with a red cover, next to a second musician in white and a man in a red-orange shawl with a long brass horn (nagaswaram-style wind instrument). Women and men in white clothing and orange-saffron shawls sit on the steps behind them, with several participants in white saris and white kurtas, some wearing orange stoles. Black stone shivalingas or pillars line the step edges. No specific deity form is clearly identifiable beyond the Shiva-related setting.

A photograph of musicians seated on the floor of a room with orange-painted walls and a wooden table behind them. In the foreground, a man in a light beige shirt with an orange cloth draped over his shoulder plays a long black bamboo flute, with a visible tilak on his forehead and a white ID badge. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a drum with a red cloth wrap. A bald man in white clothes sits in the lower right foreground, and a small Radel amplifier and bags sit on the mat. A brass plate with flower petals rests on the table. Scene suggests a satsang musical session.

September 04 2016

December 20 2010

Outdoor scene on red stone steps where several people sit in white traditional clothing. In the foreground, a musician in a white shirt and dhoti plays a long brass wind instrument. Behind them, seated women in white saris bordered with gold and a man in an orange shawl and white dhoti watch, and a bare-chested man with his hands pressed together sits higher up. A blue bag and plastic containers lie on the steps, with a chain-link fence and red banner at the left edge.

December 09 2016

A photograph of a satsang musical ensemble seated on an orange cloth mat on a light tiled floor. A young man in a dark green shirt and white dhoti, with a wrist watch, points toward the left while holding a microphone. Beside him, a man in a white shirt, pink waist cloth and rudraksha-style mala sings into the same mic. Two black cylindrical wind instruments lie on the mat, and a man in a white shirt plays a maroon barrel drum with yellow bands. In the background a man in white with a yellow shawl sits on a chair beside a white curtain, and a man in a red shirt with a vertical tilak on his forehead sits at the right edge.

A seated group of musicians performs on a woven mat strewn with rose petals in a hall with orange walls. On the left, a man in white shirt and white dhoti plays a barrel drum (dholak-style). In the center, a woman in a red sari and a man in a maroon shirt play long wooden nadaswaram-type pipes, while a man in white shirt and white dhoti plays another pipe. On the right, a man in a white kurta sits cross-legged playing a barrel drum. Behind them, a standing man in white dhoti and shawl stands near a wooden lectern. On the wall hangs a framed painting of a blue-skinned deity form with a trident, seated in meditation with a crescent moon in his hair, and a small portrait is mounted above. A tripod-mounted camera stands at left. A small black Radel speaker sits on the mat.

December 27 2013

December 06 2016

Photograph of musicians seated on red-brick temple steps. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a long wooden shehnai-style wind instrument with a brass bell, a yellow cord hanging from it. Beside him a younger man in white dhoti and shirt plays a large two-headed drum with a red cloth wrap and brass rims. Behind them, several people in white dhotis sit on the steps, one with hands pressed in anjali. A metal railing and red cloth hang at the left edge. No visible a person candidate; there is no clear appearance match in the scene.