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November 17 2013

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A photograph of a figure seen from behind, leaning forward with his right hand pressed against the grey-white trunk of a large banyan-like tree with exposed aerial roots at night. He wears a red shawl draped over bare shoulders, a gold-edged sash, a leopard-print lower garment, and a white flower garland with red-pink flowers around his neck, plus a red thread on his wrist. A white three-striped horizontal mark is visible on the tree trunk above his hand, with red dots. The setting is dim, with warm light and a dark background.2014-04-07November 17 20132013-11-17Night ritual at the base of a large banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots. A woman in a maroon and gold sari with a leopard-print petticoat and a white flower garland stands at left, holding an offering. Beside her, a man in an ornate blue and gold embroidered crown and an orange-brown dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala, performs an anjali mudra with palms pressed together. Another bare-chested priest with white sacred ash markings on arms and chest and beaded necklaces stands at right beside a metal dish with a flame. A small shrine with a lamp, flower garlands and marigolds sits at the roots, with a basket of offerings on the ground. Four people are visible.2013-11-17Night ritual at the base of a large banyan tree with aerial roots. Three people in dark red and orange ritual dress stand before a small black shrine with a lit oil lamp and marigold garlands. The central figure wears a tall, ornate blue and gold cylindrical headpiece, joins palms in anjali, and has white sacred marks on arms and forehead. A devotee in a red sari with a leopard-print petticoat and a flower garland stands at left with hands folded. At right a shaved-headed man in orange dhoti and shawl with white marks on his arms also has hands folded. Offerings of banana leaves, a basket, and flower petals rest on the stone platform in front. No readable text is visible in the frame, and no identification of anyone is made.2013-11-17A figure in a brown and gold-banded garment and a maroon turban stands at left, holding a lit flame in cupped hands toward a large banyan-like tree trunk with exposed aerial roots. A garland of red and yellow marigold flowers hangs across the trunk, and a small oil lamp burns at the lower right beside a white flower basket. The scene is dim and nocturnal.2014-12-05A night procession beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. In the foreground, a man in a maroon turban with a small emblem walks with his hands extended, wearing a long white and red flower garland, a gold necklace, a leopard-print cloth, and arm bands. Behind him, a shaven-headed man in a maroon garment and a rudraksha mala carries a lit oil lamp on a tray. Other robed attendants in maroon and white follow in the dim background.2013-11-17November 17 20132013-11-17July 23 20212021-07-23January 01 20142014-01-01Night photograph at an outdoor temple beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A woman in a rust-red sari with a leopard-print blouse and a rust-red head covering stands at left with hands folded in prayer, wearing a white and yellow flower garland. At right, a dark stone deity murti sits on a pedestal decorated with multicoloured flower garlands, gold ornaments, a rust-red cloth and pink flowers, with red kumkum-stained offerings and petals on the ground. A small black platform and a stone plaque stand nearby.2013-11-17A photograph at night of a person in a maroon and gold ritual garment and a maroon turban, standing at the left and holding a lit oil lamp toward a large banyan tree trunk with exposed aerial roots. A garland of red and yellow flowers with white blooms hangs across the tree trunk on the right. The person wears a long red-and-white flower garland, gold bangles and gold waist band. The scene is dark apart from the flame and a beam of light from the left.2014-12-05November 26 20142014-11-26 +1 copies