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Outdoor meditation under a large banyan tree with many aerial roots. Several people sit cross-legged on dark stone slabs at the base of the tree: a man in a grey top and beige trousers at left, a woman in white with a white shawl, a woman in a magenta salwar with a red shawl, a woman in black and white with a red scarf, a woman in white with a bag beside her, and a long-haired man in white at right foreground. A figure in an orange shawl sits in the middle and a person in a red hooded top sits at the back. A sign on the tree reads DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE. Sandy ground and a low stone platform surround the tree.

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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots. Seated devotees in white, cream and red-orange clothing sit on black mats facing a shrine on the right, where a deity murti is adorned with red and orange flower garlands and set on a mound of red flowers inside an ornate arched frame. Several people in white and dark robes stand near the banyan trunk beside a blue sign reading DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE. A seated figure in a saffron-orange shawl sits at the lower left. About a dozen people are visible, including partial figures at the edges.2010-12-26Outdoor photo at a banyan tree shrine with a dark polished stone platform in front of it. Six people sit cross-legged in meditation on the platform: a man in a checked shirt and white dhoti at left, a person in a white shirt and white dhoti, a man in a light green shirt and blue jeans, a woman in a grey patterned dress, and a woman in white with a yellow shawl at right, with a person in a saffron-orange robe seated among them. 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Pale yellow-brown ground and a low white stone platform surround the tree.2010-07-08A photograph of a group meditation or satsang held beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and a sprawling trunk. Seated on black stone tiles in the foreground are roughly fifteen people, mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts, with a few women in white or in yellow and cream saris. A woman in a cream and pink sari stands near the trunk, one hand raised to the tree. A garland of yellow and red marigolds hangs from a branch on the right. A blue sign on the trunk reads 'Do not enter the cave'. Several people in white are visible in the background, and a woman in yellow sits at the right edge beside an orange cloth on which a small object is placed.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor satsang under a large banyan tree with aerial roots. 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Several people are seated with eyes closed or hands resting on their knees, with a few children and onlookers in the background.2010-07-03 +1 copiesPhoto of a group of about eight devotees seated cross-legged in meditation on black granite slabs beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots and a garland-draped trunk. Seated left to right: a man in a checked shirt with hands joined in namaste, a woman in an orange top, a woman in a green sari, a young man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala, a man in a light blue shirt, a woman in a white and pink top, a woman in a blue patterned dress with bangles, and a woman in a white outfit with a yellow shawl. A standing man in a white shirt and grey trousers moves behind them. A blue sign reads 'DO NOT ENTER THE'. No a person candidate is visible.2010-07-08