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Outdoor photo of a devotional gathering beneath large shady trees. A central figure stands on a striped mat, wearing an orange-saffron robe draped over the shoulders, with long dark hair, arms raised and holding a small bell in one hand. Around him a crowd of about twenty people stands with palms pressed together in anjali. Many wear white garments, some with white shawls, and several women wear yellow, green and cream saris and salwar kameez with marigold and flower garlands. At the left foreground a red-painted shivalinga-style stone with a brass lamp and offerings of fruit and flowers sits on a dark base beside a metal-edged shrine area.

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December 02 20092009-12-02December 02 20092009-12-02December 02 20092009-12-02December 02 20092009-12-022004 - sacred collections uncategorisedDecember 02 20092009-12-02July 11 20062006-07-11Outdoor temple scene under a large shady banyan tree with many spreading branches. A priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala, stands at left raising a lit lamp or aarti before a black stone deity murti dressed in red garments and garlands, set in an arched silver-framed shrine. A heap of red flower petals or offerings lies at the base. A large crowd of devotees stands in a semicircle: many in white clothes, some in pink, purple and blue saris or tunics, and children in bright outfits. Several people on the right have hands folded in prayer or raised in namaskar.2011-11-21Outdoor temple scene under a large leafy tree. A bearded man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron shawl, with long dark hair, stands centre-frame holding a small brass bell and a lit lamp or flame toward a red-painted shivalinga-style murti at left, with yellow flower garlands. Around him a crowd of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, several wearing yellow shawls and folded hands in prayer, stands on a paved area. An older man in white with an orange shawl stands to the right with hands joined. The setting includes a banyan-type tree, a red decorated base, and a dirt ground. Several figures are partly visible at the edges.2009-10-15Outdoor ritual scene under a large shady tree with smoke rising through the air. On the left stands a striped red-and-white cloth draped over a stone arch on a rocky mound edged with white stones, with a yellow cloth and a small garland nearby. A standing figure in a long cream robe with a white head covering stands at centre, facing a white-draped table with offerings in front of a ritual fire area. Beside them, two people in saffron-orange garments and a woman and man in white stand with hands folded. Behind them a red-and-orange canopy stands among devotees in white and cream clothing. A large seated crowd in the foreground, many in white and orange, watches the ceremony.2005-03-08 +1 copiesOutdoor 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 03 20162016-04-03