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June 19 2016

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A dark stone deity murti of a sage or saint seated under a silver arch decorated with floral garlands in yellow, white and magenta. The figure wears an orange cloth and a rudraksha-style bead mala, and holds a long staff. The murti sits on a base covered with gold foil wrapped offerings, with a smaller orange-clad figure with a staff at the lower right. Behind, a group of about ten people in white dhotis and saris stand with palms pressed together in reverence beneath a leafy tree.2005-07-21Outdoor photo at a shaded banyan-tree shrine where devotees gather around a decorated deity murti under a silver arch. The murti is draped with colourful garlands and flower strings, with an orange and gold face and ornaments. Several people in white clothes and white dhotis stand or bend in worship, including a white-saried elderly woman and a girl in a blue dress. A metal pot holds offerings wrapped in white cloth in the right foreground, and seated devotees in the lower corners face the shrine. Wooden fencing and aerial roots frame the scene.2011-07-15June 19 20162016-06-19September 24 20112011-09-24A photograph of a shaded outdoor grove beneath large banyan trees. In the centre, a white arched shrine frames a deity murti draped in orange and red garlands. Several devotees in white clothes move around a circular platform and dark stone slabs, some bending low. A woman on the left wears an orange shawl over white. A man in a yellow-and-white garment kneels near the foreground. Other people in white and a woman in a patterned sari stand nearby. Some attendees carry out simple devotional actions near the shrine, and the scene suggests a puja or darshan at the banyan grove.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 07 20092009-07-07December 24 20122012-12-24 +1 copiesJuly 07 20092009-07-07February 27 20162016-02-27 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of devotees gathered under shady trees before a golden shrine statue of a seated deity murti draped in a red and orange cloth and heavy garlands of marigolds and flowers with a silver arch. In the foreground a young man in white clothes with an orange collar stands beside the shrine, while a man in white shirt and white dhoti performs a puja with a lit oil lamp on a tray. Nearby a woman in a yellow-green sari and women in red and orange saris stand among the crowd, and many men in white shirts and dhotis wait behind a wooden railing in the dappled green setting.2009-07-07Outdoor temple scene under large banyan trees at a shrine with a red-painted deity murti in a white arched niche, decorated with marigold garlands and flanked by red-and-orange flower offerings. Devotees in white shirts, dhotis and sarees stand, walk and sit on a black stone platform; a man in an orange shirt and a kneeling woman in green sari are in the foreground. A child in blue stands among the crowd. A large number of people are visible, and the scene shows darshan and pooja at a sacred tree shrine.2009-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree at an ashram-style shrine. A golden multi-armed deity murti with a crown and a raised trident-like weapon sits on a red-and-gold base before a white arch. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl stands to the right of the murti, and another bald man in white robes stands near the base, with a woman in an orange sari and women in a teal and a pink sari nearby. Seated devotees in white shirts and khaki shirts face the shrine from the foreground. Brass pots and offering plates are arranged on the stone platform.2011-09-24