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September 26 20142014-09-26A covered outdoor courtyard with a paved floor and rangoli-style patterns on the ground. A group of young performers in orange saffron garments, some bare-chested with orange wraps, play hand drums and other instruments while others move in a procession-like formation. A woman in white on the left and another woman in white on the right observe or assist. Behind them hang colourful paper lanterns and an orange-and-yellow canopy, a palanquin-style structure with a decorated golden frame stands in the middle, and a banner with a world map is visible on the left. Trees and a garden area are in the background with a small shrine structure at right.2015-05-13December 12 20162016-12-12May 13 20152015-05-13August 25 20172017-08-25Outdoor covered courtyard with a corrugated roof and hanging paper lanterns in red, orange and yellow. Several young boys and girls in saffron-orange dhoti-style garments play large white-shelled drums and cymbal-like instruments, one carrying a decorated tray. A woman in a white sari stands on the left and another in white on the right. Behind them is a golden umbrella-shaped canopy over a gold-trimmed palanquin-like structure, with a banner showing a world map. People in white and orange stand in the background near a temple area with a pillared structure. Floral rangoli is drawn on the brick floor. a person is not visibly identifiable in this scene.2015-05-13Night photograph of a courtyard where five young drummers perform a percussion procession. Four bare-chested drummers in saffron-orange dhotis with gold-bordered hems play round drums with pink sticks, wearing rudraksha malas, white forehead markings and turbans or hair swept back. One drummer in white dhoti stands among them, and a fifth drummer wearing a silver-coloured drum is on the right edge. Behind them, two men in orange and cream clothing stand with hands folded near a red pillar, with a hanging decorative cloth and flowering plumeria trees in the background.2016-10-21Night photograph of a drumming group of young men in saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders and dark rudraksha malas. The drummer in front has a white horizontal tilak on his forehead and holds a drum with a white head, while beside him another young man beats a drum with a white skin. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers in white and pale clothing watches. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.2016-07-18November 13 20152015-11-13Night photograph of a temple-ground procession with a large crowd. In the foreground, several boys in saffron-orange dhotis, orange turbans and rudraksha malas play large silver drums with sticks, bare-chested with white markings on their arms and chests. Behind them, more young players in orange and devotees in white dhotis and white clothing stand in the courtyard. A yellow umbrella and lit lamps appear at the upper right, with a pillared shelter behind the crowd.2017-09-03A photograph of a smiling man with a long swept-back hair style and white tilak markings on his forehead, wearing a red-orange shawl over the shoulder, gold-bordered saffron dhoti and a rudraksha mala with a large ceremonial necklace. Around him stand a large group of children and young men in orange, red and saffron robes with white forehead marks, many wearing rudraksha malas. Several hold curved brass horns (long trumpets) and two men on the right play large drums with cords slung over their shoulders. The setting is a paved courtyard beside an orange building with balconies and green palm and flowering shrubs. Probable Swamiji is the smiling man in the foreground, identified by the long hair, rudraksha mala and gold-bordered robe.2014-06-19June 07 20162016-06-07