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July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesSeptember 24 20112011-09-24July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a shaded ashram grounds under large banyan trees. A white stone arch frames a dark murti of a deity draped with orange garlands, with orange cloth and marigold strings nearby. Several devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas or saris stand and bow on a dark stone platform and paved paths; one woman in an orange shawl and white clothes holds a tree trunk. A young boy in a yellow cloth sits at the platform's edge. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands near the front; no figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-07-03Outdoor photo at a shaded banyan-tree shrine where devotees gather around a decorated deity murti under a silver arch. The murti is draped with colourful garlands and flower strings, with an orange and gold face and ornaments. Several people in white clothes and white dhotis stand or bend in worship, including a white-saried elderly woman and a girl in a blue dress. A metal pot holds offerings wrapped in white cloth in the right foreground, and seated devotees in the lower corners face the shrine. Wooden fencing and aerial roots frame the scene.2011-07-15July 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor photo under a broad shade tree at an ashram. In the background a dark statue with orange and red garlands stands under a white arched frame, with a stone platform and a pile of orange-red cloth offerings in front. Many people in white clothes sit on a black tiled floor in a semicircle; women wear white saris with gold borders and a girl wears a pink and white dress. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands near the centre, and another in white stands at the back. A woman in a pink sari and a man in a white shirt stand near the altar, and several more people are seated in the background. The scene appears to be a group gathering or satsang in an open-air setting.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoors under a spreading banyan tree, a group of about a dozen men and women stand on a paved courtyard marked with white chalk layout lines for a planned construction. At left, a black stone deity murti with a painted face sits in a red-curtained niche garlanded with marigolds and a flower garland laid at its base. Near the centre, a man in a white dhoti and shirt gestures while speaking with an older man in a white shawl and orange cloth, and several others in saffron, white and teal clothing listen; a woman in a red sari at right holds a phone. Aerial banyan roots hang from the branches overhead. The scene shows the marking of the layout for the banyan tree temple construction.2018-02-01June 30 20102010-06-30Outdoor temple scene beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and overhanging branches. Several people in saffron and orange dhotis and robes stand and sit around a raised wooden platform draped in a blue and white cloth, with offerings and puja items set out on it. A black stone deity murti stands at right against the tree, garlanded, and a stone shrine with a small plinth sits in front. Robed devotees in white and orange move among the trees, and a man at left in orange holds a camera on a stand. Sunlight filters through the leaves onto a sandy courtyard.2015-02-05Outdoor photograph beneath large banyan tree roots showing a small shrine with a white arched frame enclosing a deity murti draped in orange cloth and marigold garlands, set on a raised earthen mound with a circular platform and kolam designs on the ground. In the foreground, a figure in orange robes and a flower garland holds up a lamp toward the shrine, while two men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand beside him holding ritual items. Two more people in white stand in the background near the trees.2007-12-29