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A photograph taken at night beneath a large old banyan tree with thick aerial roots and a low horizontal branch. A single man stands at the left edge in an orange-saffron dhoti and upper cloth, wearing a long white garland with red flower accents and a gold chain. He looks up toward the tree with a slight smile. Around the trunk are circular raised white platforms on a sandy ground with a loose orange cord. The scene is lit dimly, with the tree canopy dark above.

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A photograph taken at night beneath a large old banyan tree with thick, hanging aerial roots and a circular stone platform at its base scattered with yellow flower petals. A man stands at left in an orange-saffron dhoti and matching upper cloth with a gold-edged border, wearing a long white flower garland with red blossoms, his palms pressed together in namaskar as he bows toward the tree. A brass plate of yellow flowers is visible at the lower left edge. The man's appearance does not clearly establish him as the event's named figure, so he is described only by role as a devotee performing a tree worship gesture. +2 copiesNight photograph at an outdoor ashram spot beneath a large spreading banyan tree with thick aerial roots. A single man stands at left in saffron-orange clothing, wearing a long white and red flower garland and gold chains, his face turned upward toward the branches. Around the base of the tree are low circular stone platforms and a flat dirt ground, with an orange cord running across the ground. The scene is dimly lit, with dark foliage in the background.July 22 20132013-07-22August 09 20102010-08-09A photograph of a man in a rust-red and gold-bordered sannyasi-style wrap standing outdoors beside a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. He wears a white vertical forehead mark, a white flower garland with orange accents, and a multi-strand rudraksha-style bead necklace with dark beads. His right hand rests on the tree trunk as he looks toward it and smiles. Green foliage and a low stone bench are visible around the tree. The appearance is consistent with a person, identified by the saffron-toned wrap, rudraksha beads and garland, though the frame is not conclusive.2014-06-12A barefoot man in saffron-orange robes stands beside a large banyan tree with thick, twisting aerial roots, leaning slightly against its trunk. He wears a long orange garland, a gold-coloured waist cloth and a white forehead mark, with dark hair pulled back. He stands on a folded red-and-blue patterned mat set on a low stone platform in an open outdoor courtyard with bare dirt ground, scattered stone blocks, white pillars and a red boundary wall behind. a person based on the saffron robes, garland and white forehead marking; the page identifies him at this event, but appearance cues are moderately distinctive rather than conclusive.2013-03-17February 23 20112011-02-23A photograph of a single man standing barefoot on a small red-and-maroon woven mat beside a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and thick trunks. He wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a matching orange shawl draped over one shoulder, a long ceremonial garland of yellow-orange beads and a rudraksha-style mala, gold bangles, and a white tilak on his forehead. His long dark hair is swept back and he gazes downward with hands at his sides. Around him are sandy ground, low concrete platforms, bare trees and a tree-trunk support pole.2013-03-22November 29 20112011-11-29July 08 20132013-07-08 +1 copiesA photograph taken outdoors beside a large banyan tree with thick, twisting aerial roots. A single man stands barefoot on a folded red-and-maroon mat on a raised stone platform, leaning close to the trunk. He wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl draped over one shoulder, a long gold-beaded necklace with a rudraksha mala, and a gold bangle, with long dark hair falling behind him. Nearby, a small shrine with flowers and lamps sits on a low plinth amid dry red earth, bare-trunked trees and a red boundary wall. The man's appearance fits the a person profile given the saffron clothing, long hair, ornate gold necklace and rudraksha mala, though the image is not fully certain.2013-02-28A night-time photograph of a large, old banyan tree with thick, spreading aerial roots and wide low branches. At its base stands a circular raised stone platform with a marigold garland of orange and yellow flowers wrapped around the trunk. A single person in an orange-saffron robe with white cloth draped over the shoulders stands at the right side of the tree, facing it, with bare feet on the reddish earth. Small offerings and a tall pole are visible at the edge of the platform.2009-11-16