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Outdoor photo at an ashram grounds beneath a large banyan tree whose trunk and aerial roots are draped with yellow and pink flower garlands. A standing man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and holds his hands together in prayer before a shrine. Beside him, a figure in white clothing stands near a swing frame, and on the right a person in an orange garment and white dhoti holds a tall golden staff. The shrine displays a red and gold deity murti decorated with garlands and flowers, set in an ornate arched frame. A video camera operator is visible at the lower left edge, and the ground around a reflective dark floor panel is scattered with flower petals.

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July 07 20092009-07-07July 07 20092009-07-07July 07 20092009-07-07Outdoor temple scene beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. On the left, a woman in a white sari with red border stands at a white stone platform strewn with flower petals, beside a garland of orange and yellow marigolds. In the centre, a small shrine with a canopy and a deity murti draped in red and garlanded with flowers sits on a red base. Several people in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis stand in a row at right, some holding ritual implements and a tray of offerings. A shaved-headed man in orange at right holds a brass plate. The dark polished stone floor in the foreground reflects the trees. Appears to be a puja or abhishekam at a shrine.2010-01-02 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene beneath a large banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots. At left, a man in a white dhoti and cream shawl with a red-and-white garland stands by the trunk near a white-painted platform scattered with flower petals. At centre, a small shrine holds a deity murti in orange and red garments, decorated with garlands, under an ornate gold canopy. To the right, a group of about a dozen people stand on a dark wet stone walkway: several saffron-robed sannyasis, and figures in white dhotis and yellow-bordered shawls. A man on the far right in white holds a brass tray and a woman in orange holds a tray of offerings. Red and orange marigold garlands hang along the left edge. The scene suggests a sacred-water bathing ritual at a sarovar.2010-01-02 +1 copiesOutdoor shrine under a large banyan tree with aerial roots, a white-painted shrine with a decorated arched canopy holding a deity murti draped in red and orange marigold garlands, set on a heap of red-orange flowers. In the foreground on a dark polished stone floor, a man with long dark hair, a white flower garland and an orange robe holds a brass ritual vessel and stands with a shaved-headed attendant in orange robes who has his hands pressed together in namaste. Two more attendants in white with orange shawls stand at the right edge, one holding a tray of yellow flowers. This appears to be a puja at an outdoor shrine.2009-12-27January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesOutdoor puja beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots, on a dark polished stone platform. A bare-chested man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap and a white flower garland, holds up a lit brass aarti lamp toward a decorated shrine of deity murti draped in red and orange garlands. To the right, a man in saffron robes stands with hands folded in namaskar beside a tray of flowers and fruit held by another person in white. White-washed circular platforms and kolam-style floor designs surround the tree.2009-12-27A photograph of an outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots, its trunk wrapped in strands of marigold and white garlands with yellow and pink flowers. A standing figure in orange robes holds a brass bell and gestures toward the tree, with rose petals scattered on a dark glossy platform in the foreground. Two attendants in orange and a person in white stand nearby, and a shrine with red and orange decorations and floral garlands sits under an arched white frame to the right. Swings hang from the surrounding trees in a sunlit garden setting.2009-07-07December 31 20092009-12-31July 07 20092009-07-07December 27 20092009-12-27