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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala stands barefoot holding a brass lamp with a flame, performing a ritual. Around him a crowd of devotees in white clothes stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, with some women in yellow, pink and purple saris. On the right, a stone deity murti is decorated with a flower garland in green, red and yellow, and a cobra hood sculpture is visible near the lower right. This appears to be an aarti or puja at a shrine under the tree.2006-07-23October 06 20062006-10-06Outdoor scene beneath a massive banyan tree with many thick hanging aerial roots and spreading limbs. Several people in orange (saffron) robes stand in a row along the trunk, some holding long poles with orange flags, while others in white dhotis and white clothing stand or kneel on the sandy ground. A person in white kneels at the lower left near a low white-and-black bordered platform covered in red powder or offerings. Another figure in white stands centre-left by a shallow water or ritual basin. The setting suggests a guru puja performed under the tree, though no a person figure is clearly distinguishable from appearance alone.2006-10-06A photograph of devotees gathered under a large sprawling banyan tree at an outdoor shrine. Several people stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, including men in white dhotis and women in saffron and red saris. A golden-clad deity murti or sculpture with garlands and a gold crown stands at the right beside a stone snake figure, and a gold-and-purple cloth hangs from it. Orange-robed sannyasis and other devotees stand on the red brick pavement among the aerial roots.2017-01-01Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. Dozens of seated devotees in white clothing sit on mats and cloth in a wide semicircle facing a red-painted rocky mound topped by a black Shiva lingam wrapped in red, white and yellow garlands. A black-and-white patterned serpent body curls around the base of the red mound. A standing man in white clothing with an orange shawl stands near a tripod camera at the centre, and a figure in white stands beside the lingam. Several women in pink and grey saris sit at the left edge. Thin metal poles frame the open ground.2006-07-23A photograph under a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and spreading branches. In the left foreground a line of devotees in orange and saffron garments, some in orange saris, walks along a dirt path, while a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands at the front. A monk in orange robes stands near a wooden post, and a few people in red and maroon clothes are nearby. On the right, a figure in orange sits under the tree near a seated woman in white and green, with a small deity shrine and metal railings beyond. Dirt ground, green shrubs, and cables are visible in the foreground.2016-09-04February 23 20082008-02-23A photograph of a group of devotees gathered outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with thick, twisting aerial roots. In the foreground, a figure in a saffron-orange robe with long, dark, curly hair and a beard stands with hands pressed together beside a small lit oil lamp set in a stone-lined pit at the base of the trunk. Around them, many people in white clothes wear white and flower garlands and stand with palms joined in prayer. A brass plate of flower petals rests on a stone ledge in the lower right. a person is the figure in saffron-orange with long curly hair and a beard, standing as the central devotee at the shrine, and this is an appearance-based label only. The figure's saffron robe and long hair are the qualifying cues.2009-12-02July 11 20102010-07-11July 21 20052005-07-21 +1 copiesNovember 16 20092009-11-16October 08 20062006-10-08