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Outdoor shrine beneath a large spreading banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A large black stone statue of a seated sage wearing an orange turban and orange cloth, with a white flower garland, sits within a silver arched frame. In front, a smaller seated figure in orange cloth and orange head covering, also garlanded, rests on a rough stone platform. A black-and-white painted serpent body coils around the base, with a snake head at its end, and a brass plate of offerings sits on a woven mat nearby. No living people are visible.

Outdoors under a large leafy tree, a man with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a low wooden seat, wearing saffron-orange robes, a long rudraksha mala and a beaded necklace, with hands resting in his lap and eyes closed in meditation. Beside him, a white marble arched shrine frames a black-faced deity murti draped in white and gold cloth, with a garland of red flowers. In front, a red-stained rock mound with a white-and-gold cloth wrapping and garlands serves as an open-air shrine, bordered by a dark patterned stone rim. Dry ground, bare trunks and sunlight through foliage fill the background.

December 09 2006

Outdoor photo beneath tall trees of a seated person in orange robes on a white chair beside a microphone stand, with bare feet, on a small paved platform. Nearby stands a large dark stone Shiva lingam draped in an orange cloth and garlanded with white flowers, set inside a silver arched frame. In front, a rocky mound with a smaller orange-draped lingam and a red cloth, with a metal plate of fruit on a woven mat. The scene is an open-air satsang or discourse setting.

Outdoor photograph under large shady trees. In the foreground, a figure with long swept-back dark hair and a bare-chested upper body sits in a meditation pose on a polished black floor, wearing saffron-orange draped cloth and a rudraksha-style necklace. Behind, a cameraman in a red shirt stands beside a tripod and a studio light. In the background, an arched stone frame encloses a saffron-clad figure garlanded with multicoloured flower garlands, seated before a red-draped mound and a small shivalinga with a garland. The scene suggests a meditation or darshan setting with filming in progress.

June 02 2004

Outdoor photograph of a black stone deity murti with multiple arms, decorated with white and red flower garlands and seated within a silver arched torana beneath large shady trees. The murti sits on a raised mound painted bright red, with a white-and-black tiled border around it. In the foreground a man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, holding a small object in his hands, while a brass kalasha, a small silver-and-blue figure, incense sticks, a brass lamp and a plate of kumkum and offerings are arranged on mats. White cloth-wrapped bundles lie to the right. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam at an outdoor shrine.

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Outdoor photo beneath large trees at a forest clearing. A man with long dark hair, wearing orange saffron robes and a rudraksha-style neck garland, sits on a white cushioned seat behind a microphone stand, facing left and speaking. Nearby, a dark stone statue of a seated deity wears an orange cloth and a white flower garland, with an orange-robed figure seated on a rock-and-stone platform before a small shivalinga-like form, and a stone serpent coils around the base. A patterned mat and a plate with offerings lie on the concrete platform. A blackboard on an easel stands at left, and a few people's legs and bags appear at the bottom left edge.

Outdoor photo under a large spreading tree at dusk. A seated man on the left in an orange robe with long dark hair sits cross-legged on a white cloth, hands folded, with a small brass puja tray, lamps and offerings before him and a microphone stand beside him; two white-clad people stand behind him. Centre: a stone-and-black-figure shrine with a dark deity murti draped in orange cloth and flower garlands, seated beneath a carved silver arch, set in a circular pebble mound with a serpent-shaped coil and a cobra hood around its base. Dim light, trees and ground in background.

A seated person with long dark curly hair, eyes closed and head bowed, sits on a white-draped chair in an outdoor shrine beneath trees. They wear an orange-saffron robe with a yellow-gold border. Before them stands a black stone deity murti with multiple arms, draped in a red cloth and garlanded with white, yellow and pink flower malas, set within a white carved arched frame. A small dark stone plaque with inscription sits on a rocky base in front of the murti, with a wooden step and a tiled floor in the foreground. A person in white is partly visible behind the shrine. The scene suggests a pooja or meditation at a shrine.