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December 23 2006

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December 11 20062006-12-11A close side-profile photograph of a man with long curly black hair and a white forehead mark, eyes closed, leaning his face and hand against a large grey tree trunk. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment with dark rudraksha-style buttons along the front. Green moss and a thin vertical sapling appear beside the trunk, with blurred green foliage behind.2010-07-11A night photograph of a man in a saffron-orange wrap standing beside a large pale banyan-type tree with thick aerial roots and trunk. He has long, swept-back dark hair, bare shoulders, and his eyes are closed with a serene expression, one hand resting against the trunk. Dark foliage fills the background. The light is dim and the image is slightly blurred.2006-12-10December 23 20062006-12-23A man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe stands in profile at night, eyes closed, forehead pressed against the smooth grey trunk of a large banyan tree with aerial roots. He has long black hair swept back, a white vertical mark on his forehead and a red mark between the brows, and his right hand rests against the trunk. The dark background is blurred with pale foliage. Appearance-based candidate: a person, shown in devotional stillness at the banyan tree.2010-08-09November 05 20112011-11-05A photograph of a man in profile leaning his forehead against the trunk of a large banyan-type tree with aerial roots, eyes closed in a devotional, meditative posture. He has long dark hair swept back, a vertical sacred mark on his forehead, and wears a yellow-orange cloth wrap over bare shoulders with a red-bordered edge, a red-beaded necklace and a gold-coloured arm band. His hand rests on the trunk beside his face. Blurred green foliage and bright sky fill the background.2011-11-04A photograph of a man with long dark wavy hair standing beside a large banyan-type tree, leaning his cheek and one hand against a pale grey trunk among hanging aerial roots. He is bare-chested, wearing a green and gold draped shawl with a pink and gold edge, multiple tiers of red-brown rudraksha beads across his chest, and a matching beaded band on his upper arm. A small mark is visible on his forehead. The background shows blurred green foliage and bright sky. The figure has distinctive long swept hair, rudraksha malas and ornate shawl, so this is an appearance-based candidate for a person standing in person in a natural outdoor setting.2011-10-29June 05 20112011-06-05A man with long dark hair tied back in a low knot leans his forehead and right hand against the trunk of a large tree with exposed roots. He wears a saffron-orange wrap over his bare shoulder, with a red-and-orange striped border, and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck. His eyes are closed.2011-02-02A man in profile leans his head and one hand against the smooth grey bark of a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. He wears an orange wrap with a gold border over his bare shoulder and has long dark wavy hair. His eyes are closed and his expression is still, as if resting or in quiet devotion. Green foliage and soft bokeh fill the background. The frame is a close, vertical photograph of one person.2011-08-22A photograph of a man in profile, eyes closed, leaning his forehead against the large grey trunk of a banyan tree in the dark. He wears a sleeveless orange robe draped over one shoulder and a white vertical forehead mark, with long dark hair tied back. The background is almost entirely black, with aerial roots and tree bark visible on the left. The image is a photo of a single devotee pressing against the tree in quiet prayer.2010-08-06