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Outdoor photo beneath a large spreading banyan tree at a shaded forest site with bare reddish earth. In the foreground a white rounded stone with a garland of red flowers and yellow marigolds sits beside a grey paved slab and a green tiered stand. Four men stand in conversation: a bald man in an orange saffron robe gestures while speaking, a man in a white kurta wears a dark cap and draped reddish-brown shawl with gold border, a man in white kurta stands at the rear with a camera slung over his shoulder, and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at left.

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Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots. A bearded man in a white dhoti and white shawl, right hand over his chest, walks forward with a line of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis behind him. At front left, a young man in saffron-orange robes walks barefoot. At right, a large deity murti draped in orange cloth and garlanded with yellow marigolds and red flowers, with red offerings and flower petals on a stone base in the foreground. A stone pillar stands among the group, and a camera is held by a man in white at centre-right.2009-10-15Outdoor photograph of a ceremonial gathering on a red-carpeted area beneath trees and a banana palm wrapped with orange and yellow marigold garlands. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, with hands folded, standing beside an older man in white dhoti and shirt with dark glasses. To the right, a bearded man with long dark hair wears a white kurta and a yellow-orange shawl. Behind them, a bald saffron-robed monk stands near a red-and-white canopy. Men in casual shirts and trousers stand at left. Fresh flower arrangements of marigolds and roses lie in the lower left foreground.2007-08-09October 01 20112011-10-01 +1 copiesDecember 30 20082008-12-30January 01 20072007-01-01Outdoor photo beneath a large spreading banyan tree at an ashram-style grounds. Several men in saffron/orange robes stand on a dark polished stone floor, several wearing orange turbans or head wraps and rudraksha malas. One bearded man in orange wears a gold-toned pendant necklace; another stands at the center with shaved head in orange robes, hands loosely clasped. Behind them are white-washed circular planters with a kolam-style white patterned floor design and a small floral arrangement with red flowers. Aerial prop roots of the banyan hang at right, and a white pole stands in the background.2008-12-30A photograph of a banyan tree shrine at an outdoor ashram site. Three men stand barefoot on a polished black stone walkway at the left. The nearest man wears white ritual dress with a red-and-gold shawl and a dark blue turban. Beside him a bald man wears a saffron-orange robe. A third man at far left wears white with a yellow scarf. Two garlands of yellow and red flowers hang on the banyan tree trunk on the right, and a low circular stone platform surrounds the tree's aerial roots.2010-09-27Outdoor photo beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots. A row of saffron-robed men on the left carry a trident, a ceremonial staff, and brass vessels, some wearing rudraksha malas. In the centre, a person in orange robes with a white flower garland stands with palms pressed together in prayer beside a white-railed platform holding a brass plate of marigolds and a small lamp. Behind, a figure in white dhoti with an orange shawl holds a camera. Yellow marigold offerings and white stone platforms with painted kolam-style designs surround the tree base, and the ground is partly tiled in black stone.2008-12-25 +1 copiesDecember 27 20082008-12-27Outdoor procession on a dirt path beneath large shade trees. In the centre, a young man in a saffron-orange robe and orange shawl wears a long white and pink flower garland and walks with hands joined. Around him, men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk barefoot; the man at right carries a long staff with an orange cloth. A woman in a white sari with an orange border stands at far right. Flowering shrubs line the path at left. a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the central figure is described by role only as a garlanded devotee in saffron robes.2007-12-25December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor photograph under a large spreading tree with hanging aerial roots at a shaded sandy compound. A group of roughly twenty-five people in white clothing stands around a tree trunk resting on a low stone base. In the centre, a bearded man in a plain white wrap stands barefoot with hands folded, while to the right a figure in a saffron-orange robe with a dark red border faces the group. Many men wear white kurtas and dhotis, and one woman in a grey-and-white sari with a teal handbag stands at left. A man at left wears a yellow shawl and rudraksha-style beads, and a garland of flowers hangs near the trunk. A white-painted wall edges the right side.2009-10-15