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January 01 20072007-01-01A photograph of an outdoor ritual at a large banyan tree with many aerial roots. In the centre, a person in a bare-chested, draped red-orange cloth and a white flower garland holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward the tree while speaking. Around the tree, flower garlands in white and orange-red hang in swags on the trunk and roots. Behind and to the left, a group of about a dozen men in white shirts and white dhotis stand with palms pressed together in prayer. A person at the far left holds a gold-topped staff. The ground is bare earth with a dark stone slab in the foreground. The person in red has no visible crown, turban or rudraksha, so the identity is uncertain.2007-07-292004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. A man in a long orange robe and orange headwear raises a lit oil lamp with flames high in his right hand, while a bell is held nearby. Beside him, a person in orange robes and pink shawl holds a small bell and presses palms together. Around them, several men in white dhotis and shirts, a bare-chested elderly man with white tilak markings and beads, and a child in yellow stand with hands folded in prayer. On the right foreground is a brass lamp and a tray with flowers and offerings on a stone platform. The scene shows a puja with an oil lamp and bell under the banyan tree.2009-12-20Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A man in an orange-red robe and red turban, holding a small lamp or flame with a long handle, stands center-right facing a bearded man in orange who holds a burning oil lamp to his right. Around them, devotees in orange and saffron shawls and white dhotis stand with palms pressed together in prayer. A man in a dark pinstriped suit and a man in a dark blue shirt stand at left with hands folded. Ritual vilakku lamp worship under the banyan tree.2006-12-31February 12 20102010-02-12 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor puja beside a large ancient banyan tree whose trunk and aerial roots are draped with red and white flower garlands. A bare-chested figure in a red-orange dhoti-style cloth and white flower garland stands at the centre with hands folded in namaskar, facing the tree; a small flame burns near the base. Around them about a dozen people in white shirts, white dhotis and white kurtas stand with palms pressed together in prayer, one young boy in white at the left edge. The setting is a dirt clearing among thick branches.2007-07-292004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02July 09 20112011-07-09 +1 copiesJuly 12 20062006-07-12Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots. In the centre, an elderly man in saffron-orange robes and an orange head cloth, holding a brass tray with a lit oil lamp (vilakku), is receiving the flame from a man in a dark pinstriped suit who extends his hands over it. To the left, a man in a dark blue shirt stands with hands clasped. Behind them, devotees in orange and white attire stand near a photographer with a camera. On the far right, a bearded man with bare chest and orange shawl stands with hands folded.2006-12-31January 01 20042004-01-01