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Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and trunks, sunlight filtering through leaves onto a reddish dirt path and a low stone platform. A man in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold brocade shawl and a dark knitted cap, wearing a garland, stands with his back to the camera. A bald man in an saffron-orange robe stands beside him, extending his arm toward the banyan trunk, while another man in white with a yellow sash stands at the right edge. Three people are visible.

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Outdoor photo beneath a huge ancient banyan tree with thick aerial roots and spreading branches hanging over sandy ground and fallen leaves. Four men stand together in the foreground: three wear saffron-orange robes and one, on the far right, has long swept-back dark hair and gestures with his right arm toward the tree. A white-clad man with a white shawl stands between them with a lanyard. Two more people in white and light clothing stand far left near a low platform.2006-10-25October 01 20112011-10-01A photograph beneath a large, sprawling banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and dense canopy, on a sandy red-earth clearing with rocks. In the foreground a man in white clothes with an orange shawl stands facing right. Beside him, a bare-chested man in orange dhoti and orange shawl stands on a rock with his back to the camera, long dark hair falling down. Behind them an older man in white clothes stands near the trunk. A few other people in white and orange are partly visible at the left edge. The faces of the people are not shown in detail. No identity is confirmed from appearance; the bare-chested figure with long hair and orange garments is a candidate only, with uncertain appearance.2006-10-07A 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.2010-09-27A photograph under a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and trunks, in daylight among trees. On the left, a figure in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair stands with one hand raised, gesturing as if explaining. Facing him, an older bald man in a white dhoti and white shawl listens with his hands together. Two more people stand at right: a woman in a dark sari with glasses and a person in white holding a video camera on a stand. a person: the saffron-robed figure with long swept-back hair and the orange garment matches the page's account of a person at the banyan tree, though his face is not visible enough to confirm.2006-10-21December 30 20082008-12-30October 07 20062006-10-07April 24 20192019-04-24February 01 20182018-02-01FEB-2007-01Photo of a large ancient banyan tree with dense aerial roots and spreading branches in an outdoor setting with bare sandy ground and rock. In the foreground, a man in an orange shawl over white clothes stands facing the trunk, with a second figure in orange and white beside him at the trunk and two more people in white clothes with orange wraps further back on the left. Dim evening light filters through the foliage.2006-10-07A photograph of several men standing outdoors beside a large old banyan tree with thick aerial roots and a low stone platform at its base. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in a saffron-orange robe stands with hands pressed together in prayer, looking up at the tree. To the right, a man in a blue turban and white dhoti wears a red-and-gold shawl and a garland. On the left, men in white kurtas, one in a yellow scarf, look upward; the left figure holds a phone. Paved ground and bright sunlight surround them.2010-09-27