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Outdoor ritual photograph beneath a large banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots. A bare-chested man in an orange saffron wrap and orange head turban sits on a low red-cushioned seat, raising a small object in his right hand while a brass tray with an oil lamp and flame sits before him on the earth. Around him, a dense crowd of devotees sits or stands, many men and women in white clothing, some with palms joined in prayer, a girl in an orange-and-white patterned dress and a young girl in white seated at right. Rounded rocks are piled along the right edge, with flower petals scattered on them. Behind, women in white and pastel saris stand with hands folded.

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April 02 20032003-04-02 +1 copies2003 - Sacred collection Uncategorized2004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2003 - Sacred collection UncategorizedOutdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots. A man with long dark hair and a swept-back style, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style garment with a rudraksha mala, stands barefoot holding a lit lamp (aarti) aloft toward a large cobra-hooded stone murti with a golden hood, draped in colourful garlands and yellow-orange flower decorations at the lower right. Around him, a crowd of devotees in white and cream clothing stands and sits with palms pressed together in prayer; some women wear yellow, pink and green saris. A man in a white shirt sits in the foreground near a video camera. Swamiji (probable) is visible in the centre, presiding over the aarti as the priest, with the cues of saffron clothing, long hair and rudraksha beads.2006-07-23Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and spreading branches, some hung with strands of cloth. On the right, a man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe with a white flower garland holds a lit flame or oil lamp in a metal vessel, offering it at the tree. Beside him, a woman in a white sari holds a similar lamp. In the foreground on the left, men in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and a man with a moustache is at the far left. Other devotees in white stand in the background among the trunks, with a tray or offering on the ground.2005-12-31October 08 20062006-10-082004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-022004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasaOutdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala stands barefoot holding a brass lamp with a flame, performing a ritual. Around him a crowd of devotees in white clothes stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, with some women in yellow, pink and purple saris. On the right, a stone deity murti is decorated with a flower garland in green, red and yellow, and a cobra hood sculpture is visible near the lower right. This appears to be an aarti or puja at a shrine under the tree.2006-07-23April 02 20032003-04-022004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa