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A large outdoor gathering of seated devotees under a wide banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots and sprawling branches. Most attendees wear white clothing and white head cloths tied around their heads, sitting on mats and cloth on bare earth. Some plastic chairs are placed in the foreground, and a few women wear coloured saris. In the distance, a few figures in white stand near a raised spot beneath the branches, facing the crowd. Several people sit in the front rows with their backs to the camera.

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A large outdoor gathering of seated devotees under a huge spreading banyan tree at an ashram in Bidadi. Many participants wear white clothing and white headbands, and most sit on white plastic chairs on the ground. In the centre, near the tree's trunk, a figure in orange and saffron garments stands before an orange-draped altar area with garlands. A woman in the foreground wears a green blouse and white sari with a white headband. Leafy branches hang across the frame and a blue chair sits at the lower right. The scene appears to be a satsang or discourse held beneath the tree.2006-07-22Outdoor gathering of a large crowd seated on white plastic chairs and on the sandy ground beneath a massive spreading banyan tree with aerial roots. Most attendees wear white shirts, white dhotis or white clothing, and several men have white cloth tied across their heads. A woman in a pink-and-white sari sits near the front on the ground. At the far end, under the branches, a raised platform holds a figure draped in orange and red cloth. The scene suggests satsang or a discourse held in a shaded grove.2006-07-22July 12 20062006-07-12Outdoor satsang beneath a large spreading banyan tree with thick aerial roots. Dozens of devotees sit cross-legged on colourful striped mats and cloths, mostly in white clothing, with some in orange and a few in red or light blue. Near the front, a seated figure in orange robes sits before a small shrine with a carved white arched frame enclosing a deity murti and a stone or earthen mound, with offerings and marigold-like garlands. A bald man in white sits in the foreground, and a woman in an orange top with a long braid faces the shrine. The scene is lush with green foliage around the gathering.2005-12-18 +2 copiesOctober 11 20062006-10-11A large outdoor gathering of devotees sits on sandy ground beneath a massive banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. Many seated people wear white clothes and white head bands, with some in saffron, pink, yellow and striped garments. They face a shrine-like structure at left, decorated with a red-draped platform, a saffron cloth and a garland, where several white-clad figures stand. Devotees are kneeling and sitting in rows, and a camera on a tripod is set up near the center. The setting suggests a satsang or puja under the tree.2006-07-22Outdoor gathering beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots. Dozens of devotees sit on mats in white clothes, many in white kurtas and dhotis, some women in saris or salwars, a few in darker or striped garments, facing a raised platform. On the platform stands a decorated deity murti or altar draped in garlands and flowers, with a small fire or oil lamp burning in front and a pile of offerings nearby. A few people in white stand near the platform and a camera on a tripod records the scene. Dappled sunlight filters through the leaves.2005-01-24 +1 copiesA large outdoor gathering of devotees sits on reddish earth under a sprawling banyan tree with aerial roots hanging from its branches. Many people in white clothes sit in rows facing a raised platform at the top of the frame, where a figure in orange-red robes sits in front of a decorated altar. Some seated devotees wear blue, pink, and green garments, and a few wear red or orange. In the foreground a woman in white with a patterned dotted top sits beside a man in a white shirt with a yellow-gold garland. Green leaves frame the lower right. The scene resembles a satsang seated under the banyan tree.2006-07-21July 12 20062006-07-12Outdoor satsang under a large banyan tree at the Adi Kailaasa Aadhenam. Dozens of seated devotees in white clothes fill the foreground, with women in pastel saris and salwar kameez among them. At the centre, a figure in orange robes sits on a raised platform before a decorated Shivalinga with garlands, behind a red-painted base. Thick aerial roots and branches frame the scene. The figure's distinctive presentation includes long dark hair and orange clothing, consistent with a person addressing the gathering, though the features are not clear enough to confirm.2006-07-21July 11 20062006-07-11July 08 20132013-07-08