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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. A group of people digs into reddish-brown soil with shovels, hoes and pickaxes. Several men in orange and saffron clothing work in the foreground, a woman in a red sari bends forward with a hoe, and a woman in an orange sari with a mala holds a shovel. Others in white kurtas, jeans, a blue patterned dress and dark tops stand or work around the pit, and onlookers watch from behind the trench. A thin sadhu-like figure in white stands near the center. The scene is an ashram-style community work activity.

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Outdoor photo of devotees digging and clearing bare earth beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A woman in an orange sari in the foreground bends with a tool, and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers wields a long-handled hoe beside her. Nearby, a bald man in orange robes and a woman in a yellow-and-pink top work with digging tools, and several people in white and in red saris stand around the excavated patch. A woman in an orange top with a rudraksha mala stands at right, and a woman in a red sari with gold bangles looks on. Foliage and a small shrine-like structure are visible behind them.2016-09-11September 18 20162016-09-18Outdoor scene at a large banyan tree with many aerial prop roots and spreading limbs. Several devotees dig in reddish-brown soil at the base of the trunk, using shovels. A woman in white clothes stands at left, a woman in a white dress with a green-and-white sari-like wrap is in the foreground, and men in orange and saffron robes stand nearby, one holding a shovel. Some people wear white, others black or grey shirts. A small child in blue appears among them. A small shrine-like opening is visible in the trunk base, with a metal railing at right. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2016-09-11Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and spreading limbs, a crowd of devotees works on bare earth. Several people in white clothing bend low with brooms and tools, while others in orange and saffron robes stand nearby, including a shaved-headed man in an orange shirt at left and a figure in orange with rudraksha beads. Women wear saris and salwar kameez in green, blue, teal and yellow. A man in a white shirt holds a long-handled broom, and a woman in an orange top leans over the ground. The scene suggests a community cleaning or seva activity around the sacred tree, with an ornate archway visible at right.2016-09-11Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, a group of devotees digs in red-brown earth with shovels. A central man with long dark hair and a full beard, bare-chested, wears a rust-red cloth wrap and a dark rudraksha-style cord across his shoulder, holding a shovel and standing at the edge of the pit. Around him, many people in saffron-orange robes and a few women in pink and blue saris work or watch. A white arched garden shrine with a small deity image sits in the background among green foliage.2016-09-04A photograph of devotees digging soil under a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a bare chest wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala, pressing a digging tool into the reddish earth. Around him several people in orange and saffron garments, some in purple and red saris, bend and dig with metal tools in a leafy outdoor clearing. The ground is churned brown and loose, with green weeds at the edge.2016-09-04A photograph of devotees gathered beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and spreading branches. The ground is bare red-brown earth with circular raised stone platforms around the trunk. A woman in a orange-and-gold sari stands near the center. Several people in white ritual clothes and white dhotis work at the base of the tree, one man in a white shirt carrying a camera, and a woman in a white sari kneels beside a small tool. Others in dark and patterned clothing stand nearby. The scene appears to be an outdoor ashram tree-tending or ground-preparation activity. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2016-09-18September 11 20162016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots, several people work the red earth with tools. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala crouches and digs with a pickaxe-like tool, and a woman in orange sari sweeps or clears the ground with a broom. Around them, devotees in orange, maroon and white stand and watch; one man in white dhoti with a gold border stands at upper left, and a woman in orange sari with a beaded necklace stands center. Leaves and cut branches lie on the ground. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2016-09-04A group of people digs and levels reddish earth beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and spreading branches. Several men and women in saffron orange robes, including a shaved-headed monk in orange at left, work with long-handled hoes and spades, some bending low. Others in white clothes, white shirts, a teal sari, a yellow and red patterned blouse and a dark green outfit stand or work nearby, and a worker at right carries a basket. Behind them a white ornamental arch stands near the tree. The scene suggests a communal digging or cleaning service in a temple grounds setting.2016-09-11September 04 20162016-09-04