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February 23 2008

A photograph of an outdoor gathering on bare reddish earth beneath large banyan tree roots and branches. In the centre, a woman in a white shawl-draped outfit leans forward to take something from a woman in a red top who holds a woven basket. Beside them a woman in a white dress holds a green container. Around them, people in white clothes stand and watch, including a woman in a cream jacket with a turquoise skirt and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers. A woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari with a pink blouse stands at left. A photographer with a camera is visible in the background. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.

Outdoor photo beneath a large spreading banyan tree with thick grey-brown limbs and hanging aerial roots, the ground bare reddish-brown earth. In the foreground a woman in a white t-shirt with a name badge holds a shallow dish of soil or earth, while beside her a woman in a light green long tunic with a white head covering, a dark bead necklace and a red-orange sash stretches her hands toward it. Behind them a woman in white with her hands clasped and several people in white kurta-style and white ritual clothing stand or walk among the trees, one man in an orange shirt at right. Roughly a dozen people are visible.

February 23 2008

Outdoor photo under a large spreading banyan tree with hanging aerial roots and a sandy, leaf-strewn ground. Several people in plain white dhoti and shirt clothing move about among low stone-edged garden beds; a young boy in a red shirt and light trousers stands at right holding a large round metal tray or drum. A middle-aged woman in white sits at lower left wearing a beaded necklace. A man at left in white shirt and dhoti stands barefoot. A figure in the centre wears an orange shawl over white clothing. Tree shade and dappled light cover the scene.

September 11 2016

Outdoor procession under a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots on a dirt path. Two men in white dhotis and orange-saffron stoles lead the way; the man in front carries a wooden-framed tray or platform holding a framed deity murti with a red-and-gold image. Behind them, a man in white shirt and dhoti holds a white flag or banner, a woman in white and a woman in a pale turquoise salwar walk nearby, and several other people in white clothing follow. A man at left wears a plaid shirt and white dhoti, and a person in white near the tree photographs the scene with a phone. Stones and sunlit foliage surround the path.

Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots and dense green canopy, on reddish earth with dry leaves. A bald man in white dhoti and bare chest, with a red-orange sash and a rudraksha-style neck cord, walks on a patterned mat; a man in white shirt and trousers with an orange neck cord walks ahead, a woman in white with a red shawl stands nearby, a girl in white with a red shawl follows, and an older woman in white with a red shawl bends forward at right. Orange and white flags hang on the tree at right.

September 18 2016

October 25 2006

Outdoor photo of devotees digging and tending red earth beneath large banyan trees with dense aerial roots. A man in white dhoti-style clothing bends over with a tool in the foreground, while a bald man in white robes with a yellow sash stands at left near the trunk. Another man in white stands center with hands on hips. A seated person in orange robes sits on a curved stone border at right. A woman in orange stands at left, and several other people in white, orange, green and striped clothing stand in the background among the trees. A curved stone edging frames the freshly dug area.

A photograph of devotees gathered beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and spreading branches. The ground is bare red-brown earth with circular raised stone platforms around the trunk. A woman in a orange-and-gold sari stands near the center. Several people in white ritual clothes and white dhotis work at the base of the tree, one man in a white shirt carrying a camera, and a woman in a white sari kneels beside a small tool. Others in dark and patterned clothing stand nearby. The scene appears to be an outdoor ashram tree-tending or ground-preparation activity. No identifiable a person figure is visible.