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July 08 2012

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A weathered dark stone statue of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha sits at the base of a large, gnarled tree trunk with deep bark furrows. The figure has a red tilak mark on its forehead and is decorated with scattered wilted flowers in red, pink and white. Fallen petals lie on the stone platform in front, and a rounded stone sits beside the murti. No people are visible in the scene.2012-07-08A photograph taken through a dense cluster of thick, smooth grey trunks of a large banyan-type tree, framing a shrine at the centre. Inside the shrine sits a dark stone deity murti draped in a bright red-orange cloth with a red garland and a flower-like red offering placed at its top. Beneath it is a stone base with a few small offerings and a white-and-black patterned floor tile. Green leaves fill the background. No people are clearly visible; only a partial white-clad figure and an orange cloth at the lower edge appear at the frame's edges.2005-04-09July 08 20122012-07-08July 12 20132013-07-12Close photograph of a dark stone relief of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha seated cross-legged, with four arms and a large trunk curling toward a sweet-filled hand. Vermilion and turmeric powder mark the forehead, trunk and hands, and two yellow marigold blossoms rest on the base at the feet. The carving sits in a stone wall niche with a bead-edged arch above. No people are visible.2013-07-10May 24 20132013-05-24A photograph of a dark stone Dakshinamurthy murti seated beneath a large banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots. The murti wears an orange cloth draped over its shoulders and a white flower garland, and sits within a white-and-maroon arched shrine frame held up by metal posts. The base is a raised mound of red-painted rounded stones, and sandy ground surrounds the shrine. No physical people are visible, and no person in the scene can be identified as a person.2007-05-04June 29 20132013-06-29July 11 20132013-07-11September 28 20132013-09-28August 12 20132013-08-12April 17 20132013-04-17 +1 copies