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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A bearded man with long hair, wearing a red-brown saffron-toned shawl and a beaded necklace with a gold pendant, walks across rough rocks. Beside him a young man in white dhoti and shawl carries a rudraksha mala and an umbrella-like canopy with colourful fringed decorations, while people in orange and white robes follow behind a railing. A small lamp hangs from a pole. The setting is a sacred grove with a stone-paved platform.2016-08-02A 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 01 20182018-02-01April 07 20192019-04-07A photograph of devotees gathered at the base of a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and sprawling limbs in an outdoor shrine area. Several people in orange and saffron garments and white dhotis stand in a cluster near a small roped-off enclosure, some reaching toward the tree trunk. A bare-chested man in an orange cloth stands at the front of the group, and a woman in a green sari and another in a pink sari stand to the left. A small figure in orange robes stands further right near a red-painted structure, and a woman in white sits on a bench at the far right. Tall railings and a red shrine structure are visible beyond the tree.2016-09-04Outdoor photo beneath a large, sprawling banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and thick low branches. Several people in orange and saffron clothing stand gathered near a wooden post at the left, including a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a man in a red-brown dhoti pressing against the trunk side. Women in orange saris and a woman in a blue-and-pink sari stand nearby. At the right, a seated woman in white sits beside a man in an orange robe on a raised platform, with a small shrine area and a colourful deity murti nearby. A smaller figure in orange stands at the center on sandy ground beside a hose. Green shrubs grow in the foreground.2016-09-04Outdoor scene beside a large spreading tree with hanging aerial roots. A woman with long dark hair and a red-orange wrap with a leopard-print shawl stands at center wearing a gold necklace and a marigold garland, with a yellow-orange mark on her forehead. Beside her on the left, a man in saffron-orange robes wears an orange marigold garland and holds an orange cloth bag. Behind them, several men in casual clothes stand near an orange-washed shrine structure with red small temples. A man in a green shirt stands at right. Bags and a black backpack sit on a raised stone platform. a person: the woman at center shows long hair, gold necklace and garland cues, so a candidate is present but appearance is uncertain.2014-05-20April 24 20192019-04-24Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, at a sacred site where a golden temple layout is being marked out with yellow lines and red-edged stone platforms. A bearded man in a saffron robe and black cap stands on paved stone, appearing to give instructions; the appearance-based label is Swamiji (probable), shown with a black turban-style cap and saffron robe, with the role of instructing sthapathis. Beside him are a monk in a saffron robe, a white-clad priest with bare torso and sacred thread, an older man in a white dhoti and shawl, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti; a man in a purple shirt and a man in a pink shirt stand nearby.2018-02-01February 01 20182018-02-01Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and a dense canopy. In the foreground, a shaven-headed monk in a red-maroon robe stands smiling beside a second monk in orange robes. Opposite them, a figure with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron wrap over orange lower garments and is barefoot, smiling and facing the monks; this figure has distinctive long hair and saffron clothing, so a person is plausible. Behind them, a man in a purple sweater and grey trousers stands and other people in white and casual clothes are partly visible. At right, a red painted stone structure and a stone serpent sculpture sit on a pale paved area with a sandy ground.2006-12-24A photograph of an outdoor sacred site beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots and many branches. At the right, a golden sculpted pedestal or peetha stands beside a draped red cloth hanging from a tall frame. A cluster of devotees and attendants stand around the site: a bare-chested man in a rust-red dhoti, a man in white with a shawl near the centre, and a seated figure in white and red near the shrine. Several men in white dhotis and light shirts stand to the left beside a wooden table and a stone platform. Ropes and wires run up the banyan trunk.2019-04-07