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A man in an orange saffron robe and matching orange turban stands outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. He has long dark hair falling past his shoulders and a red tilak on his forehead, and his hands are held together in front of his body. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and shirts and a woman in a white sari stand watching. On the right, a low table draped in cloth holds brass lamps, a bell, a brass bowl, a plate of flowers and a plate of offerings. A red carpet runs along the left edge. The man in orange has distinctive long hair, a saffron turban and saffron robes, and fits the a person appearance cues.

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July 11 20062006-07-11Photograph of an outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. A standing man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, with a rudraksha mala and white markings on his arm, holds a brass bell in his right hand, with a brass lota-style vessel on a white-and-black patterned mat in front. Behind him, a seated figure in white is near a wooden lectern. On the right, a golden-canopied seat or peetha is draped in orange cloth and garlanded with marigolds, roses and white flowers. Devotees in white saris and white clothing sit and stand around, one woman with hands folded in namaste. A saffron flag on a pole stands near the tree.2004-07-02Outdoor photograph beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots. A group of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees walks along a dark stone path. At center, a man in an orange-saffron robe with an orange head cloth gestures with one hand. Beside him, a bearded man in orange garments, and a man in an orange shawl with a small bag. Left foreground, men in white clothes with yellow shawls hold brass plates of yellow flowers. Another man in white with a camera stands to the right, and a bald man in orange robes stands at right. White-painted platform edges surround the tree base.2009-12-11Outdoor procession under a large banyan tree with aerial roots and dense foliage. In the foreground, a smiling man with long dark hair, a red bindi and a multi-strand gold and pearl-like garland wears a loose orange saffron robe and walks ahead of the group. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a lamp with a flame, and several young men wear white dhotis with orange or saffron shawls. Bare feet on dirt ground. The scene reads as a ritual procession with an oil lamp carried in aarti style.2006-12-23July 02 20042004-07-02July 07 20092009-07-07December 30 20082008-12-30October 06 20062006-10-06 +1 copiesOctober 06 20062006-10-06Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. A person in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange head wrap, with a rudraksha mala around the neck, sits cross-legged on a woven mat holding a brass lamp with a lit flame while facing upward. Two people in white clothing kneel nearby on the bare earth, bending forward over brass plates. Brass plates with yellow flower petals and offerings sit on a white cloth and on the ground, and a stone border lies at the right edge. This appears to be a ritual puja or aarti performed at the base of the tree.2004-05-06 +1 copiesA procession of devotees walks across a bare dirt ground beneath a large spreading banyan tree. In the foreground at right, a man with long dark hair wears an orange robe and a gold necklace of flower garlands, smiling and gesturing with his hand. Beside him, a devotee in white dhoti and orange shawl bows low, touching the ground with his hand while others in white dhotis and orange shawls follow in line. Behind them, an older woman in white sari with orange shawl holds a book, and several more devotees in white and orange stand along the path. A faint kolam or drawn pattern marks the ground near the bowing devotee.2006-12-23Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A man with long dark hair, a white forehead marking, a red-and-orange shawl and layered gold necklaces walks barefoot along a woven straw mat, wearing a red-orange garland and carrying a silver tray. Around him, saffron-clad men with white tilaka and beads stand with hands folded, and several women in red and pink saris press palms together in namaskar. A small golden deity murti and a red-painted shrine block sit at the right edge, with a patterned blue rug on the ground. Swamiji (probable): the walking man wears a long dark-haired presentation with ornate gold necklaces and a garland, consistent with the page's reference to the event.2013-03-10