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Outdoor photo at a banyan tree shrine. Under a large spreading banyan with hanging aerial roots, a group of people stands on a dark polished stone platform. A small shrine with a white arched frame holds a deity murti draped in orange and red cloth, with a heap of red-orange offerings in front. An elderly man in white shirt and dhoti stands in the right foreground with hands folded. A young woman on the left wears an orange shawl over a white sari. Others in white and pale shirts and jeans watch. A large bronze bell hangs from a branch at right.

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An outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree at a shrine courtyard with a dark polished granite floor. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand and walk around the area, one at left wearing a rudraksha mala and another holding a small object. At centre right, a deity murti is decorated with orange and red garlands and flower strings, set in a white arched frame, with a pile of red-orange flowers at its base. A man in a red-and-white striped shirt stands beside it, and a figure in orange robes works near the trunks. Hanging ropes swing from the banyan branches. Several people are visible, and one man in white sits on the ground near the murti.2010-07-15Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree at a person campus. A dark stone deity murti stands within a white arched stone frame on a red-orange base, draped with an orange cloth and a marigold garland. A bronze temple bell hangs from a branch in the foreground. Seated devotees in white and light clothing sit on a low stone bench facing the shrine. A woman in a green sari and a man in a white shirt stand near the shrine, and a man in a white shirt and grey trousers walks along the right side. Hanging ropes and metal posts frame the scene.2010-07-08Outdoor photograph of a shaded temple courtyard beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. At center stands a dark stone Dakshinamurthy-style deity murti in an arched white frame, draped with an orange and red marigold garland and set on a mound of orange-red offerings. A large brass bell hangs from a branch at upper right. Several seated devotees in light white and pastel clothes sit on a dark tiled platform facing the deity, while a man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands at right with hands folded. A woman in white with a pink print and a woman in a sari stand nearby.2010-07-08July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree at a shaded shrine. At centre stands a dark stone deity murti draped in orange and marigold garlands, set before a white arched niche with a red-powdered base. A man in white clothes stands at the shrine tending it, while several people in white and light-coloured attire stand and walk nearby. In the foreground, a group of seated devotees on a black stone floor face the shrine, including women in white and pink saris and a child in yellow. A man in a pink shirt and brown trousers stands at right. Hanging aerial roots and ropes frame the scene.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree at an ashram grounds. A white arched stone frame surrounds a black deity murti draped with orange and marigold garlands, set on a raised red-painted platform with a small brass lamp. A man in white kneels beside it, and a woman in a pink sari stands nearby. Devotees in white and cream clothing sit on a dark stone platform in the foreground, while others in saffron, beige and white stand in a semicircle. A large hanging brass bell hangs on the right, and a ceremonial swing with ropes hangs under the branches.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photo under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. In the centre, an orange and white deity murti stands beneath a white arched shrine frame, decorated with an orange garland, on a dark pedestal. Several seated devotees in white shirts and dhotis sit on a stone platform facing the shrine, their backs to the camera. Women in saris and a man in white shirt walk on the dirt path at right, and a man in a brown shirt sits at left-centre. The overall setting suggests darshan under the tree.2010-07-03 +1 copiesAn outdoor photograph under a large banyan tree at a shrine. In the foreground, several men in white shirts and light trousers sit with their backs to the camera on black mats. Near the centre, a standing man in a white dhoti and light shawl stands before a shrine with an orange-clad deity murti decorated with red and orange garlands, set within a white arched stone frame on a red base. A woman in a pink shawl and other devotees in white stand nearby, a child sits at the right, and marigold garlands hang on the banyan trunk at left. Aerial roots and hanging ropes surround the scene.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. At the centre stands a black stone murti of Dakshinamurthy, draped in red and orange garlands, set within a white arched shrine frame on a raised platform. Orange-red offerings. A woman in a white sari with a red border and a man in white kurta and white dhoti sit on dark polished stone tiles facing the shrine, seemingly in puja. Other people in white garments stand around the shrine, including a man in an orange dhoti at left and a woman in a white shawl near the murti. A man in a checked shirt and a man in white stand to the right. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2010-08-28Outdoor photo at a shaded ashram grounds under large banyan trees. A white stone arch frames a dark murti of a deity draped with orange garlands, with orange cloth and marigold strings nearby. Several devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas or saris stand and bow on a dark stone platform and paved paths; one woman in an orange shawl and white clothes holds a tree trunk. A young boy in a yellow cloth sits at the platform's edge. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands near the front; no figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-07-03July 11 20102010-07-11