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A barefoot figure in a loose orange saffron wrap and long, swept-back dark hair stands with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered, holding a tall yellow staff with an orange tip. A rudraksha mala hangs at the chest. Behind a draped orange-covered throne with a trident and a pink-fringed parasol, a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and kurtas stands and kneels under a large banyan tree. Brass lamps and a kalasha sit on the ground in front of kneeling worshippers, and a red chair with a garland rests to the left. Small framed images lie on a white cloth at the lower right. The figure matches the a person appearance cues: long swept hair, saffron clothing and a rudraksha mala, standing in devotion at a banyan-tree satsang setting.

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July 21 20052005-07-21Outdoor gathering under trees with a large crowd of seated devotees dressed mostly in white, many with hands pressed in anjali. In the centre, a man with long dark hair, forehead vibhuti and a red bindi, wearing an orange robe and an ornate gold necklace, stands holding small items in his hands. Beside him a young man in an orange robe with a white tilak holds a long bamboo staff with an orange cloth streamer, and a bearded man in orange sits at the lower right. a person cues: long swept hair, saffron robe and ornate gold necklace; this is a photograph of a standing central figure in an outdoor satsang.2006-07-11November 12 20082008-11-12Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A central figure in a saffron-orange robe and a long rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together at chest level, holding a small folded card, with long dark hair swept back. a person is visible in this standing devotee-like figure wearing orange robes and rudraksha beads. Behind him a man in an orange garment stands near the tree. At left, a seated woman in a pink and blue sari with folded hands sits beside a man in white kneeling near the trunk. At right, a person in white kneels near a woven basket decorated with colourful striped fabric and yellow and red flower garlands. Several people in white shirts are visible in the background.2006-07-23 +1 copiesOutdoor temple scene beneath a large banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a moustache stands barefoot in a saffron-orange robe with rudraksha beads around his neck, hands pressed together in namaskar in front of a shrine. He is a probable Swamiji candidate by long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala. Beside him, a stone shrine with a golden cobra-hood deity form is draped with long multicoloured flower garlands in red, yellow, green and white. Around them, about a dozen seated devotees in white dhotis and kurtas sit on mats, some with hands folded, and a woman in a pink sari sits among them. A white-clothed figure stands at the shrine's right and an attendant kneels near a metal pot.2006-07-23Outdoor ritual photograph beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. A barefoot man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, with a long rudraksha mala, raises a brass arati lamp with flame toward the sky while holding a small handbell in the other hand. Behind him a woman in white with a bindi and dark standing figures watch. Seated in the foreground, a bearded man in white clothes gestures with open hands beside a wooden side table bearing a brass kalasha and a brass puja vessel, and a row of brass pots and a plate of fruit and flowers lie on the ground. Several seated and standing devotees in white clothes surround the scene, and a rudraksha-adorned priest figure stands at the centre.2004-07-02A photograph outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead stands barefoot with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered. He wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with maroon borders and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Beside him, a golden base holds a garland of white, green, orange, red and purple flowers and fabric. Behind him, other people in orange robes and a man in white stand on teal mats near a white-covered seat. The appearance matches a person with several cues, but the identification is uncertain, so this is a probable depiction of a person in person at the Aadhi Peetha Deepavali celebration.2006-10-21 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual photograph beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A standing man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and a red tilak, holds a brass pot in one hand and a small bell in the other while performing a puja. Seated devotees in white and cream clothes, including a young woman with a long braid and glasses, sit on a mat in front, with brass vessels, a plate of offerings and a pink-flowered floral arrangement nearby. Standing onlookers in white shirts and dhotis watch from behind, and a black-and-white patterned cloth lies on the ground.2004-07-02August 01 20082008-08-01January 01 20062006-01-01December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. A seated figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange garment over white cloth, sits on a low chair with hands pressed together in namaste on a striped mat. Around them stand about fourteen young women in orange saris with red borders, many wearing rudraksha malas and forehead markings; several hold tall bamboo staffs topped with orange cloth flags and brass kalasha pots. Onlookers in white stand at the left and right edges. Red ritual cloth and a brass vessel rest on the ground near the seated figure.2006-10-08