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A photograph of a group of people sitting in meditation or yoga on the ground beneath a large, sprawling banyan tree with thick aerial roots and spreading branches. Most participants wear white clothing and orange shawls or sashes over their shoulders, and several wear rudraksha malas. They sit cross-legged on mats in rows, facing away from the camera toward the tree's trunk, on bare red-brown earth. A few men at the front have white cloth or tilak marks on their foreheads. No clear individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance in this image, so the figure is described only by role as a seated participant. Bright green foliage fills the background.

October 11 2006

Outdoor group meditation beneath a large banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots. Rows of seated practitioners in white ritual clothing sit cross-legged on woven striped mats over a raised platform on reddish earth. Several wear orange or saffron shawls over white kurtas, and many have rudraksha malas around their necks and white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Their eyes are closed and hands rest in their laps. A tripod stands at the right edge. No person is clearly identifiable as a person, and no leader is visibly distinguished.

Outdoor group meditation beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and sprawling branches. Dozens of seated practitioners sit cross-legged on woven mats and a raised platform on reddish earth. Most wear white clothing; several men wear saffron/orange shawls over white kurtas, and many have rudraksha malas around their necks. Several have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. Their eyes are closed and their hands rest in their laps, showing a meditation or yoga session. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person, so no candidate is named.

Low-angle photograph of a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and spreading branches over a dusty reddish-brown ground. Beneath the canopy, a group of about twenty people in white clothing sit on the ground in rows facing a small arched shrine with a lit yellow-and-gold figure inside. A concrete edge runs along the left side, and a green lamp post stands at right. Several seated figures wear white dhotis and shirts, and a few sit cross-legged near a dark object at the front.

A large outdoor satsang under a massive banyan tree with many thick aerial roots and hanging branches. A crowd of mostly white-clad devotees sits cross-legged on bare earth, many wearing red lanyards. In the right foreground, a bare-chested figure with long dark hair and an orange-red shawl sits facing the group, speaking to them. Several seated men in white kurtas and dhotis, and women in white and cream saris, listen attentively.

November 16 2009

A row of about two dozen people sits cross-legged in meditation on bare ground beneath a large spreading banyan tree with long aerial roots. Most wear white clothes with orange shawls and rudraksha-style beaded malas; a few are in plain white. Some sit with eyes closed and hands resting in their laps. A red carved object and a white decorated stone edge appear in the lower foreground. The scene reads as group meditation or yoga outdoors.

March 31 2013

Photograph of a group meditating outdoors on woven mats beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots and spreading branches. In the foreground, a seated man in white clothing with an orange shawl sits with eyes closed, wearing a rudraksha mala. Others in white with orange shawls sit cross-legged in rows behind him, some with hands folded. A small bell hangs from a branch above. No one is identified by face; roles are seated meditators.

Outdoor satsang beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and spreading branches. A row of devotees in white clothes and white lanyard badges sits on a raised stone platform at the base of the trunk, some with hands folded. A seated figure in white stands out on the right near a white pillar. At left, a gold-edged red and yellow cushioned seat is visible in the foreground. Several other people sit on the ground in the background.

July 12 2006