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December 28 20092009-12-28Outdoor photo of a large group of children and some adults seated on bare earth beneath a wide, spreading banyan-type tree. At left, a dark stone deity murti in orange cloth stands within an arched white-and-red shrine frame on a red rocky base edged with a black-and-white border. Many seated participants wear white or light shirts and dress, a few in orange, while a standing adult in orange robes sits near the shrine. Some children are seated in front, and a plastic container sits at the far right. A camera date stamp in red reads 2 5 2006.2006-05-01Outdoor temple courtyard beneath a large old banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A large orange-coloured mound. Beside it stands a dark stone statue draped in orange cloth, with an orange garland, next to a tall white pillar. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts stand or walk around the shrine, and an older woman in a white sari with orange border stands at left near a stone platform, possibly performing worship. A man in grey trousers and white shirt with a pendant walks in the foreground. The scene appears to be a shrine worship area; no clearly identifiable in-person candidate for the a person is visible.2010-07-11February 24 20072007-02-24Outdoor photograph of a shaded grove under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. At the centre stands a black stone shiva lingam shrine with a white arched frame carved with floral motifs, decorated with a garland of yellow and orange marigolds and an orange cloth draped over the deity. The base is heaped with red-orange offerings. A woman in a white sari with a yellow border leans toward the shrine, placing an offering. Around it, several devotees in white and cream traditional clothes and yellow shawls stand and watch; one man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands with his palms joined in namaste. A small green plastic container sits by the tree base. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2010-09-14July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photo under a broad shady tree where a long line of devotees, many women in sarees and salwar kameez and several children, stands with hands folded in prayer. On the right, a large dark stone deity murti with a white cloth draped over its shoulders and a white headcloth sits on a pedestal of red-painted stones. A devotee in a green saree stands at the left edge, and a boy in white shirt and dark trousers walks through the crowd. The people appear to be paying darshan at the murti.2006-12-25Outdoor temple grounds under a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. In the foreground a woman in white dhoti-style sari with folded hands stands on a paved platform near the trunk. A man in white with an orange shawl walks along a path toward a large dark stone deity murti on a black base, decorated with a garland of orange and red flowers, next to an orange-smeared sacred mound with scattered petals and a black-and-white painted border. Other devotees in white and green saris and white shirts walk and stand nearby, a child in orange clothing among them. A carved white stone arch frames the shrine on the right. A man in a white shirt and a bald priest in white stand by the shrine. Mostly white and orange colours dominate, with greenery in the background.2010-07-112003-HEALERS-MEET-BIDADIOutdoor photo under a large spreading tree at a dirt-ground shrine. A dark-skinned deity murti with a saffron-orange garland and raised arms stands on a pink-and-white pedestal inside a stone arch. Around a circular paved platform, devotees in white dhotis and shirts, saris in green, orange, red and white, and salwar kameez stand and walk; a few people are kneeling. Several boys and a woman in white sit on a dark mat in the foreground facing the shrine. A watermarked copyright line is visible in the image but not reproduced here.2007-05-04July 11 20102010-07-11May 17 20072007-05-17