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December 30 20072007-12-30December 31 20092009-12-31Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and white-washed stone platforms around its base. A saffron-robed figure with a flaming oil lamp or arati flame raised in one hand and a red-and-white flower garland around the neck stands on a dark polished stone slab. To the left, another saffron-robed person holds a trident-topped staff and presses palms together in prayer, while figures in white clothes with yellow shawls stand nearby. The scene suggests an arati or puja at the sacred tree.2009-12-27December 31 20092009-12-31December 27 20092009-12-27July 19 20162016-07-19December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A bearded man with long hair, wearing a red-brown saffron-toned shawl and a beaded necklace with a gold pendant, walks across rough rocks. Beside him a young man in white dhoti and shawl carries a rudraksha mala and an umbrella-like canopy with colourful fringed decorations, while people in orange and white robes follow behind a railing. A small lamp hangs from a pole. The setting is a sacred grove with a stone-paved platform.2016-08-02Outdoor photo beneath a huge spreading banyan tree with dangling aerial roots. In the foreground, a shaved-headed monk in maroon-red robes stands barefoot, talking with a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with bare shoulder, who has long dark swept-back hair and a warm smile. Behind them, another monk in orange robes stands at left. A man in a white shirt and jeans and another in a dark blue top and white dhoti-style clothing stand nearby. At right, a red-painted sculptural base with a carved serpent in grey and white. Sandy ground with wet patches.2006-12-24December 30 20082008-12-30December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph of a large banyan tree with massive, sprawling horizontal limbs and many hanging aerial roots forming a canopy over a red-earth path. Curved stone-edged circular platforms stand among the roots. Several men in saffron-orange robes walk along the path and gather near the platforms; the figure at right wears a saffron robe and has long dark hair. Black cables run across the ground at left and a white cloth is visible at the edge of the scene.2009-10-15