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Photo 11712300July 12 20062006-07-12June 04 20092009-06-04Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots and branches. Dozens of devotees in white clothing sit on sandy ground in rows. A fire pit made of stacked yellow bricks sends up smoke, with offerings and a kalasha-like vessel nearby. A person in orange and white kneels at the fire pit while others stand in white and a camera on a tripod records the ceremony. The ground is scattered with rangoli-style markings.2005-01-24April 01 20162016-04-01December 05 20112011-12-05Outdoor satsang under a large banyan tree with many aerial roots. A large crowd of devotees sits on the sandy ground facing a low raised platform on the right. Most attendees wear white clothing; some women wear red or pink shawls and a few wear blue or tan. A person in orange robes sits cross-legged on a white-draped seat at the platform, speaking into a microphone. A second figure in orange sits beside a shrine-like stone structure decorated with a white floral garland. A small stand with an easel board stands near the tree, and a sacred stone pedestal with offerings sits at the platform's edge.2005-12-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a group meditation or yoga session seated on woven mats beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots and spreading branches. Dozens of participants sit cross-legged in rows, mostly dressed in white with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Several men wear rudraksha malas or tilak markings on their foreheads, and a few women sit among them. A man near the front centre with grey hair and glasses wears an orange shawl and white clothes. A photographer with a camera on a tripod stands at the back left. The ground is reddish earth and the atmosphere appears calm and focused.2006-10-11February 05 20162016-02-05Outdoor temple scene beneath a huge banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. Dozens of devotees in white ritual clothes sit cross-legged on mats in rows, facing a seated figure at right wearing an orange-saffron garment and a garland, on an orange cloth with a small lamp. Beside her, a dark stone deity murti stands under a red-and-silver arch decorated with flowers, and a black serpent with white dots lies on the ground in front of a bright orange-painted mound. A man in white with an orange shawl stands at left near a white pillar, and a round white planter surrounds one aerial root.2010-06-24July 21 20062006-07-21February 05 20162016-02-05