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Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and a dense canopy. In the foreground, a shaven-headed monk in a red-maroon robe stands smiling beside a second monk in orange robes. Opposite them, a figure with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron wrap over orange lower garments and is barefoot, smiling and facing the monks; this figure has distinctive long hair and saffron clothing, so a person is plausible. Behind them, a man in a purple sweater and grey trousers stands and other people in white and casual clothes are partly visible. At right, a red painted stone structure and a stone serpent sculpture sit on a pale paved area with a sandy ground.

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Outdoor photo beneath a huge spreading banyan tree with dangling aerial roots. In the foreground, a shaved-headed monk in maroon-red robes stands barefoot, talking with a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with bare shoulder, who has long dark swept-back hair and a warm smile. Behind them, another monk in orange robes stands at left. A man in a white shirt and jeans and another in a dark blue top and white dhoti-style clothing stand nearby. At right, a red-painted sculptural base with a carved serpent in grey and white. Sandy ground with wet patches.2006-12-24November 21 20062006-11-21Outdoor photo beneath a huge, sprawling banyan tree with many aerial prop roots and thick spreading branches. In the foreground a long-haired man in flowing saffron/orange robes and a draped shawl stands barefoot holding a long wooden walking staff; he is Swamiji (probable), identified by long swept-back hair and saffron robes, with a distinctive sannyasi presentation. Beside him a man in orange dhoti and shawl stands with arms folded and a tilak on his forehead, and a third man in white clothing stands further back at right. A green garlanded decorated object and a dark polished stone slab appear at the lower edges of the frame on bare sandy ground.2006-10-25A photograph under a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and spreading branches. In the left foreground a line of devotees in orange and saffron garments, some in orange saris, walks along a dirt path, while a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands at the front. A monk in orange robes stands near a wooden post, and a few people in red and maroon clothes are nearby. On the right, a figure in orange sits under the tree near a seated woman in white and green, with a small deity shrine and metal railings beyond. Dirt ground, green shrubs, and cables are visible in the foreground.2016-09-04A photograph of devotees gathered at the base of a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and sprawling limbs in an outdoor shrine area. Several people in orange and saffron garments and white dhotis stand in a cluster near a small roped-off enclosure, some reaching toward the tree trunk. A bare-chested man in an orange cloth stands at the front of the group, and a woman in a green sari and another in a pink sari stand to the left. A small figure in orange robes stands further right near a red-painted structure, and a woman in white sits on a bench at the far right. Tall railings and a red shrine structure are visible beyond the tree.2016-09-04A photograph of a massive old banyan tree with many thick aerial roots hanging from its wide spreading branches, standing on sandy ground. A man in a long orange robe with an orange shawl stands smiling at the trunk on the right, with long dark hair and a slight build, and appears to be an in_person candidate only by an orange robe and long hair, which is not distinctive enough to confirm identity; he is described as a sannyasi. Two other men in white dhotis with orange shawls stand at the left edge, partly cropped. A purple and white logo appears in the upper left corner.2006-10-07December 31 20092009-12-31April 24 20192019-04-24Outdoors beneath a huge old banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots and a sprawling canopy. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl walks on dry leaf-strewn ground, holding a long wooden walking stick, with his head turned to the side. Beside him stands a younger man in an orange dhoti and shawl with arms folded, next to a man in plain white dhoti and white shawl. Further back to the left, several people in white clothes stand near a small water pool at the tree's base. The setting is a rural temple-grove atmosphere with green leaves overhead. a person candidate visible by appearance: the walking figure in orange shows long swept-back dark hair and distinctive saffron clothing, consistent with the page's description, but the face and presence are not clearly enough established to confirm identity.2006-10-25A photograph of a group of people in an outdoor grove beside a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots hanging from its trunk. In the foreground a woman in a bright yellow sari with long dark hair walks toward the tree, her back to the camera. To the right, several men in saffron-orange robes and shawls stand in a line, some wearing rudraksha malas and holding small objects in their hands, one with a grey-streaked beard and orange turban. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a striped border stands among them, holding a small white object. Other figures in orange and white stand further back under the trees, and a metal pot sits at the right edge.2007-08-09December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph of a large, sprawling banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots and thick spreading branches over bare sandy ground. In the foreground a young person with long dark hair and a red bindi stands in an orange saffron robe with a white crutch under one arm. To the right edge, an older man in white clothes with an orange shawl stands partly cut off. The person in the orange robe has long swept hair, a bindi and saffron clothing, but the appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm an identity, so the candidate is marked unsure.2006-10-07