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A young person with a shaved head and a single ponytail sits on the red floor playing a large wooden drum, a tabla-style double drum with a wooden shell and metal bands, striking it with a stick held in the right hand. The player wears a saffron-orange sleeveless kurta, a rudraksha mala necklace and wooden bracelets, and a vertical tilak mark on the forehead. Two microphones on stands face the drum. Behind, another figure in orange dhoti-style trousers stands barefoot, and the backdrop is orange with cream ornamental panels and a gold pillar. A small red and white box sits on the floor.

A young person with a shaved head, wearing an orange saffron-coloured kurta and a dark beaded rudraksha-style necklace, sits on a red stage playing a large wooden mridangam-style drum held horizontally with a stick in the right hand. Microphones stand on a metal stand to the left. Behind are red drapes and gold-coloured pillars with ornate capitals. A small red book labelled MARVEL lies on the floor at the bottom of the frame. The setting appears to be a devotional music performance or satsang stage.

November 02 2013

November 02 2013

Indoor photo of a performance on a red floor mat. A young boy with a shaved head in an orange garment plays a large brown barrel drum (mridangam-style, strapped in leather) while looking toward a young girl in a green dress and dark skirt, who sits cross-legged with a rudraksha mala and wears gold bangles, holding small metal cymbals. Behind them a man in an orange-brown cloth and a shaved-headed figure in orange-brown cloth fiddle with cables near a wall power outlet; a laptop and yellow device sit on the floor. A large beige photograph of a sculpted figure hangs on the right wall.

A young shaven-headed devotee in orange saffron robes sits cross-legged on a cloth-covered floor playing an orange drum (mridangam-style) with his hands. He wears a white forehead band with a central red dot and a long rudraksha mala across his chest, plus rudraksha armlets. Behind him, other robed devotees in orange and maroon sit in a satsang setting, and a wall is visible behind them.

Young men in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on a light floor playing percussion, a kirtan-style ensemble. The nearest player, wearing a rudraksha bead necklace and wristbands, drums with his hands on a blue-and-red striped tabla-style drum set. A second player beside him strikes an orange-bodied drum, and others behind hold cymbals and drums, each with white vertical forehead marks.

A man sits cross-legged on a red floor mat playing a large mridangam drum, its brown leather head and metal rims visible, with his hands on the drum and his gaze turned to the side. He wears a white collared shirt, white dhoti and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him hangs a printed backdrop of a sepia temple carving, and to the left are a steel tumbler on a wooden stool and a bundle of marigolds and white flowers.

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A photo of young boys seated on the floor playing traditional barrel drums (mridangam-style) during a devotional musical performance. Several boys wear saffron and orange cloth, red garments, and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, with white sandalwood or vibhuti tilaka marks on their foreheads. The boy in the centre wears an orange shawl with his palms pressed together in namaste while singing with eyes closed. Another boy on the left plays a drum with his hand, and others on the right sing with open mouths. Drums sit on a reflective floor with white cloths folded beside them.