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March 25 2008

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Outdoor photo beneath a large spreading tree at an earthen courtyard. A bald man in an orange saffron robe with a matching orange shawl bends forward toward a seated girl in a red dress who sits on a black polished slab, with a seated man in a checked shirt beside her. Around them stand a woman in a green sari with a small bag, a man in white with an orange shawl, and a woman in an orange and yellow sari. Other devotees sit on the ground in white shirts and dhotis and pale clothing. Dirt mounds and a low concrete wall are in the background.2008-03-25A photograph of devotees seated cross-legged on woven mats in a plain, open hall with grey concrete floors. In the foreground a young girl in a red ruffled dress with a gold necklace sits with eyes closed, hands resting in her lap in meditation. Beside her an older man in a pink-and-white checked shirt and grey trousers sits barefoot, looking to the side. Behind him a woman in an orange-and-purple sari with gold bangles sits with a second woman in a green sari. Standing figures in white dhotis and a man in a checked shirt are at the back near plastic chairs, and a bag rests on the floor.2008-03-25Outdoor temple scene beneath a large banyan tree with dangling aerial roots. A young man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a lit camphor flame in a brass vessel for a woman in an orange sari and a girl in a red dress. A man in saffron robes stands beside him, bare-headed and holding a brass plate. Around them, men in white and light shirts stand and watch, and a stone platform with a small brass pot sits in the foreground. Aarti is being performed at a sacred tree site.2008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25Outdoor photograph beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots at a construction site of concrete blocks and red earth. A group of about eight people walks along a dirt path: a woman in a green sari, a woman in a navy and orange sari, a man in a pink checked shirt, a young girl in a red dress, and men in white shirts. On the right, a shaved-headed monk in orange robes walks beside a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl. A stone bowl sits on the block platform at left, and a water bottle stands nearby.2008-03-25July 22 20132013-07-22April 02 20032003-04-02Outdoor gathering on bare earth beneath a large spreading tree with low branches. Several rows of people sit cross-legged on striped green and red mats, many with hands pressed together in prayer. Men and women wear white kurtas and dhotis, orange and saffron clothes, and sarees in magenta, pink and green; some women have red-and-white headscarves and a young woman wears a dark beaded mala. A standing man in a white kurta and grey trousers faces the group at the right, hands joined. A bearded man with a red head cloth sits among them. A white kolam floral design is drawn on the ground at left, and a small metal tin sits in the foreground. Around two dozen people are visible.2005-04-09February 23 20082008-02-23April 30 20122012-04-30