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Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots, two people stand before a black stone statue. A young man in saffron-orange robes holds a folded white paper and looks up toward the statue. Beside him, a woman in a white sari with an orange border stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. The black statue, seated and draped in orange cloth with a saffron turban, wears a garland of white and red flowers. Trees and a low white wall are visible in the background.

July 08 2008

2008-07-08 +1 copies

July 08 2008

2008-07-08 +1 copies

A photograph set outdoors beneath a large spreading banyan tree with dense aerial roots and hanging branches. On the left, a young man in an orange saffron robe holds a folder and papers while reading. Beside him, a woman in a white sari with a red border stands with hands pressed together at her chest, with a beaded mala visible. On the right, a dark stone statue of a seated figure wears an orange saffron shawl, an orange turban and a garland of white and red flowers. Concrete pillars and a low boundary wall stand in the background, with bare earth and a palm tree beyond.

2008-07-08 +1 copies

Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots. On the left, a young man in an orange robe reads from an open book held in both hands. Beside him, a woman in a white sari with a red border stands with palms pressed together in prayer, smiling upward. On the right, a dark stone deity murti stands with a garland of white and red flowers around its neck and an orange cloth draped over its shoulder. A low brick wall and open dirt ground fill the background.

2008-07-08 +1 copies

A photograph of an outdoor shrine beneath a large banyan tree with dangling aerial roots. A black stone statue of a seated figure with a raised hand, draped in orange cloth with a saffron turban, is garlanded with white and red flower garlands and set on a dark stone base within a carved silver-toned arch. In front, a man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl and a woman in a white sari stand with palms pressed together in prayer. A small brass vessel and an offering tray sit at the base. Behind them is an unfinished compound with bare earth and low walls.

2008-07-08 +1 copies

Outdoors under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots, a devotee in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing a large dark stone statue. The statue, a seated sage figure in orange drapery with a saffron head covering, wears a long garland of yellow marigolds and white and purple flowers and sits on a dark pedestal. A second person in white dhoti and a red shawl stands behind at a distance. In the foreground a brass plate of marigold petals and a small black stone seat sit beside red-painted pedestals and a red-orange puja stone, with loose flower petals scattered on the ground.

A man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands barefoot on a paved path under a large banyan tree, hands pressed together in namaskar before a black stone deity murti seated on a red-draped pedestal. The murti wears a red turban-like cloth, a garland of yellow and white flowers, and sits beside a yellow curtain. The surrounding red-painted base holds a small black bench. Hanging aerial roots and tall white posts surround the open courtyard, and a figure in white stands in the distance.

Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree at a shrine. On the right, a large black stone murti of a seated deity wears an orange shawl and garlands of yellow and purple flowers, with an orange and gold turban-like head covering. In the foreground, a man in orange robes and an orange turban kneels beside a stone block, holding a brass plate or basket of yellow and red flowers and arranging them near the base. Another person in orange stands at left, and a figure in white is partially visible behind, photographing with a camera. White pillars and a low white wall are in the background.

December 11 2009

Outdoors in a shaded grove with tall banyan-type trees with hanging aerial roots, reddish earth and scattered stones. On the left, a man with swept-back dark hair, a yellow-and-white tilak, a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace, wearing saffron-orange robes with yellow borders, smiles with palms pressed together in namaskar. In the centre, a second man in saffron robes stands with palms joined in prayer. On the right, a large black stone deity murti seated on a pedestal, draped in orange cloth with a yellow crown-like headdress, garlanded with flowers and rudraksha, with red flower offerings at its base. A small stone plaque with an inscription stands in the foreground.

A photograph of an outdoor shrine beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. On the right, a black stone deity murti seated on a dark pedestal wears a red cloth, a red turban-like crown, and a garland of yellow and pink flowers, and is backed by a yellow curtain; red-painted stones surround its base. A standing person in an orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha mala stands at left with palms pressed together in namaste. A second person in white clothing stands further back near the pillars. Stone benches and paved walkways lie in the foreground.