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Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, a person in an orange saffron garment stands on a concrete platform holding a lit oil lamp flame in a metal lamp and a small silver bell in the other hand. The person wears a long white and red flower garland, a gold necklace, and gold bangles, and has a white tilak mark on the forehead with long dark hair. A yellow and red marigold garland hangs around the trunk at right, and a small blue sign is visible near the base. Swamiji (probable): the orange robes, long hair, ornate gold necklace and garlands are visible cues, and the page places Swamiji at this event, so the person is treated as a probable candidate performing a lamp puja.

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December 11 20112011-12-11December 26 20092009-12-26July 07 20092009-07-07December 11 20112011-12-11A smiling person in a rust-orange and gold-bordered dress stands at the base of a massive banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. They wear a long necklace of red, white, green and yellow flower garlands with blue accents, a gold necklace, a gold armlet and a white forehead mark. In their right hand they hold a lit oil lamp, and in their left a silver bell. A bright flame burns beside the trunk, and a dark opening sits between the roots. Hands folded in prayer appear at the left edge of the frame. a person: the person wears a saffron-orange ascetic-style garment, multiple gold necklaces and rudraksha-style beads, with a shaved or close-cropped head and a plain forehead mark; the appearance cues are mixed, so the identification is uncertain.2015-01-04Outdoor photo of a person performing an aarti with a lit oil lamp at the base of a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and a dark hollow opening at its trunk. The person wears a rust-orange garment with a gold band, gold bangles, a red tilak on the forehead and long dark hair, and holds a brass lamp in one hand and a small brass bell in the other. A long garland of red, yellow, white, green and blue flowers drapes over the tree and across the frame. Leafy green branches fill the background.2015-01-04A photograph of an outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots, its trunk wrapped in strands of marigold and white garlands with yellow and pink flowers. A standing figure in orange robes holds a brass bell and gestures toward the tree, with rose petals scattered on a dark glossy platform in the foreground. Two attendants in orange and a person in white stand nearby, and a shrine with red and orange decorations and floral garlands sits under an arched white frame to the right. Swings hang from the surrounding trees in a sunlit garden setting.2009-07-07A photograph taken at night of a woman in an orange saffron sari with a gold border and a white and yellow flower garland, holding a brass bell in one hand and a small brass lamp with a lit flame in the other, performing aarti before a large banyan tree trunk. The tree's aerial roots hang and twist around the trunk, and several sections of the trunk are marked with red and yellow kumkum/turmeric and garlanded with marigolds and red flowers. A basket of flowers and green leaves sits at the lower left edge, and a second person in white stands partly visible behind her.2007-01-01A photograph of a priest performing an aarti with a silver oil lamp (diya) in front of a large banyan tree with aerial roots. The priest, standing at left, wears a purple dhoti-style garment with a gold-bordered cloth, a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, and gold arm bands, with a red tilak on his forehead. He holds the flaming lamp in both hands, eyes lowered. A small white-clad figure is partly visible at the left edge. Stone platforms surround the tree base, and a garland of white and red flowers hangs on the trunk at right. A small blue sign is visible near the base.2011-12-14A photograph of a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and trunk, wrapped with a long garland of red, yellow, white and green flowers. A man stands at left in a rust-orange dhoti with a gold border and a red-and-blue flower garland over his shoulders, bare-chested with gold armlets, and holds a brass oil lamp and bell. A flame burns in the lamp near the tree. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long, swept-back dark hair, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style garland, which are the qualifying cues.2015-01-04December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph of a large old banyan tree with dense aerial roots and hanging prop roots, shown in an open dusty courtyard at dusk. On the left, a figure with long dark swept-back hair and a bare upper body, wearing an orange saffron wrap, holds a lit oil lamp or aarti flame in one hand and a brass vessel in the other, performing a ritual near the tree base. A garland of white flowers with red accents is draped over a protruding root or shrine on the right trunk. The setting suggests an outdoor tree puja with aarti. Swamiji appearance cues are present on the figure (long swept-back hair, saffron clothing), so the candidate is labelled probable.2006-12-23