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Outdoor shrine beneath a broad leafy tree. A seated figure in a white dhoti and white kurta, with long dark hair, sits with their back to the camera facing a stone-platform altar. On the altar, a white-clad seated deity murti with a golden hooded serpent canopy and a garland of white and red flowers sits before a black stone deity murti standing behind it with raised arms and a white cloth draped over its shoulders. Smoke rises from the stones of the altar. Brass bowls, a brass lamp and a brass plate with flowers and a red offering lie on a striped mat in the foreground. A date stamp reads 24/03/2005 at the left edge.

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March 25 20052005-03-25March 25 20052005-03-25Outdoor puja at a sacred banyan tree before a dark stone murti of Dakshinamurthy seated on a rock base, garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers and draped in white cloth. A seated devotee in a white kurta, long dark hair loose, performs aarti with a lit oil lamp held up toward the deity. Brass plates, a small brass cup, bowls and an oil lamp sit on a striped mat in the foreground. Leafy branches frame the scene. No identifiable a person candidate is visibly present; the person is shown from behind.2005-03-25Outdoor photo beneath a leafy tree at an open-air shrine. A dark stone deity murti with four arms stands at the back, draped in white cloth and garlanded with red and white flowers. In front, a rocky pedestal supports a seated linga-like figure wrapped in white cloth with a golden cobra-hood backdrop, garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers, and with rudraksha beads. A man with long dark hair in white clothes sits cross-legged on a striped mat at the right, raising a lit oil lamp on a stand toward the shrine while holding a small bell-like object. Brass plates with a small brass cup, a lit diya and offerings sit on the mat in front, consistent with puja and aarti.2005-03-25Outdoor photo under a leafy banyan-type tree at an open-air shrine. A dark stone deity murti of Dakshinamurthy-style form, wearing white cloth and red and white flower garlands, sits on a rocky plinth above a smaller white-clad seated murti with a tilak, garland and rudraksha mala beneath a golden halo. In the foreground a person with long dark hair, dressed in white, sits cross-legged and raises a small lit oil lamp toward the deity with one hand while holding a bell. Brass plates, a small brass cup and orange cloth lie on a woven mat in front.2005-03-25A photograph of an outdoor puja beneath a banyan-like tree. In the foreground, a seated person in white clothing with long dark hair holds a flaming camphor or lamp aloft with one hand and a bell in the other, facing a shrine. The shrine holds a dark stone deity murti of a seated figure garlanded with white and red flowers, behind a golden halo-like arch, and a white-draped lingam-shaped stone with garlands and rudraksha. Brass trays, a brass cup and oil lamps sit on a striped mat before a rock-encircled base. The scene is lit by daylight through green foliage.2005-03-25A photograph of an outdoor shrine beneath a broad tree. A dark stone deity murti stands at the top, draped in white cloth with garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, and holding a trident-like emblem. Below, a seated Shiva-style figure with a tripundra mark, white dhoti and garlands sits under a gold hooded canopy, framed by rudraksha beads. The base is a mound of reddish stones edged with black-and-white pebbles. In front, a puja spread holds brass plates with flowers, a bell, a kalasha-style vessel, a camphor holder, a small lamp and vibhuti. The shrine is for Dakshinamurthy under the banyan tree, as the page describes. No people are visible.2005-03-25March 25 20052005-03-25 +1 copiesMarch 25 20052005-03-25A seated figure in orange saffron robes and a long rudraksha mala sits on a wooden chair at left, hands folded in lap, facing a large black-faced deity murti under an arched silver frame beneath a spreading tree. The murti is clad in white and gold garments with red and white garlands, holding a conch and raised hand, seated on a rounded mound of red stones with a smaller golden murti in front wearing a garland. Dappled sunlight falls on a stone pavement, and a faint purple logo appears at top left.2006-12-092004 - sacred collections uncategorisedOutdoor photo under a large spreading tree at dusk. A seated man on the left in an orange robe with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a white cloth, hands folded, with a small brass puja tray, lamps and offerings before him and a microphone stand beside him; two white-clad people stand behind him. Centre: a stone-and-black-figure shrine with a dark deity murti draped in orange cloth and flower garlands, seated beneath a carved silver arch, set in a circular pebble mound with a serpent-shaped coil and a cobra hood around its base. Dim light, trees and ground in background.2005-12-20