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December 30 2006

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December 30 20062006-12-30December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26July 21 20052005-07-21 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor sacred site beneath a large old banyan tree with thick aerial roots. In the centre, a man stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a saffron-orange sleeveless robe, a long white and magenta flower garland, and a tilak on his forehead. Behind him a leopard-print cloth is draped over a white-painted platform around the tree base. To the right, a white-draped table holds a brass tray with flower petals and small glasses. At left, a second man in white with an orange shawl stands at a distance, and a golden staff is partly visible. Bottom right shows a decorated stone edge.2010-02-12Outdoor temple scene beneath a large banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a moustache stands barefoot in a saffron-orange robe with rudraksha beads around his neck, hands pressed together in namaskar in front of a shrine. He is a probable Swamiji candidate by long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala. Beside him, a stone shrine with a golden cobra-hood deity form is draped with long multicoloured flower garlands in red, yellow, green and white. Around them, about a dozen seated devotees in white dhotis and kurtas sit on mats, some with hands folded, and a woman in a pink sari sits among them. A white-clothed figure stands at the shrine's right and an attendant kneels near a metal pot.2006-07-23December 28 20082008-12-28 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and hanging vines. Three male devotees stand on a dark stone platform facing a shrine. The figure on the right wears a long saffron-orange robe, wraps the upper body in an orange shawl, has long dark hair and stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside him is a white-robed priest with a shaved head and a white dhoti with a red border, hands folded. Another white-clad man with a shaved head stands at left near a stone platform holding a brass plate with offerings. Garlands of red and orange flowers hang near the tree trunk and a white-arched shrine stands in the background with a mound of red kumkum or offering powder and a deity murti.2010-11-12March 02 20112011-03-02November 11 20062006-11-11Outdoor temple scene beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. Several saffron- and orange-robed sannyasis stand with palms pressed together in namaskar near a golden deity murti decorated with a thick garland of yellow, red and purple flowers. In the foreground a woman in orange robes with a white flower garland faces the group, and a camera operator is visible behind. Orange-red offering mounds and scattered marigold petals lie on the ground, along with a small brass bell and a lamp. No candidate for the page's named a person is clearly identifiable by appearance.2009-12-30