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Outdoor ritual gathering beneath a large banyan tree with many spreading aerial roots. Rows of saffron-robed priests sit on a dirt ground behind brass pots, bowls and oil lamps on low wooden platforms, with tall poles bearing orange flags rising among them. Seated in front are devotees in white shirts, a woman in an orange sari, a man in a white shirt and a young boy in a grey tunic, all attentive to the rite. Among the robed priests, one figure in saffron is seated at the front with a mala, but appearance does not clearly establish the identity of a person, so the candidate is left uncertain. Other participants wear pink, yellow and white clothing. The scene conveys a puja or homa setting.

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October 21 20062006-10-21Outdoor guru puja beneath a large banyan tree with spreading aerial roots. In the foreground, rows of seated devotees in saffron-orange robes sit on mats before brass puja vessels, small silver dishes, flowers and fruit. Several young people wear vertical tilak and orange clothing, and some hold long bamboo poles topped with small saffron flags. Behind them, many people in white clothing stand and sit among the trees, with a few white-clad figures visible in the background.2006-10-06Outdoor guru-puja beneath a large banyan tree, with a row of seated devotees on mats and a sandy ground. Many people in orange and saffron robes sit in front, while others in white clothes and rudraksha malas sit to the left. A bald, bearded man in orange robes sits in the centre-right, foreground, appearing to be a presiding sannyasi, with an orange-clad figure beside him. Tall bamboo poles with small orange and yellow pennants stand upright in a line, and a brass lamp and bell hang nearby. Appearance-based cues are insufficient to identify anyone, so the figure is described by role only.2006-10-06Outdoor ritual photograph beneath a large spreading banyan tree, with many orange-saffron bamboo poles topped with orange cloth flags. In the foreground, a row of about six devotees in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on mats, palms pressed together in prayer, with brass puja plates, small oil lamps, and offerings before them. A man in orange robes sits at the right foreground beside a brass deity murti and flower garlands. Behind them, a large seated and standing crowd of devotees in white ritual clothing, many with palms joined, fills the space. a person's identity is not established from appearance here.2006-10-08Outdoor photograph of a group ritual under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots and tall bamboo poles strung with orange streamers. Rows of seated participants in saffron-orange robes perform a puja on mats in front of brass and silver pots, bowls, lamps and small plates of flowers and offerings. In the foreground, a young man in orange robes with bare chest and a rudraksha mala presses his hands together, and a young woman in orange with a forehead mark sits to the right. Behind them, white-clad devotees and onlookers, including children, watch from the earth-floored grove.A photograph of a large outdoor gathering seated on the ground beneath a broad banyan tree at an ashram. Many devotees sit in rows on mats and bare earth; most wear white dhotis and shirts or white saris, while several monastic members in saffron-orange robes sit at the right. A woman in the foreground wears a saffron-orange shawl and a man at centre left presses his palms together in anjali. Saffron flags on bamboo poles stand at the upper right, and white cloth hangs from a tree trunk. The crowd appears to be listening or in worship, consistent with a guru pooja gathering.2006-10-21July 12 20062006-07-12October 06 20062006-10-06 +1 copiesOutdoor satsang seated beneath a large banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots and a long horizontal limb. Many devotees sit on mats on the ground, mostly women and girls in white saris and white or cream kurtas, with some in red, pink and maroon. A row of saffron-clad sannyasis in orange robes sits among them, and a central figure in orange garments sits on a raised seat at the right under the tree, with a bright-orange flag set on a bamboo pole near the front. Several saffron-flagged bamboo poles are staked in the ground. Other orange-robed monks sit at the far right and left. Set in a grassy outdoor compound with a small water pool at right.2006-10-21 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots and a bright sunlit clearing of sandy ground. Dozens of people sit cross-legged in rows on mats, many in saffron-orange robes, with others in white clothes and yellow garments at the left edge. Several hold small brass vessels and lamps, and some are seated before brass plates with offerings. At right, a figure in orange robes sits on a green cloth beside a brass puja setup with a lamp, a bell and a small deity murti, while a tall white pole with orange streamers stands in the foreground. Trees and a white-clad group stand in the background.2006-12-09October 08 20062006-10-08Outdoor gathering under large shady trees on bare earth. Many seated participants face a central area: saffron-robed sannyasis, some with shaved heads, sit on mats with brass puja plates and small oil lamps before them, while rows of devotees in white clothes sit facing them. Several long wooden poles with orange flags stand upright among the group. A few people stand at the back near a tree trunk, and a figure in orange robes stands at right, with a camera operator visible at left. The scene suggests a satsang or guru bhakti sitting.2006-07-12