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Outdoor ritual photograph under large banyan trees. A figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap sits on a low red cushioned stool with palms joined, facing a black stone linga draped in red cloth and white flower garlands, set on a rough stone platform. Around him, a large seated crowd of women in white, pink, blue and green saris, with some men in white dhotis and a young girl in white and yellow, sits on the bare earth. Brass plates hold offerings of flowers, rice and a small brass vessel. A woman in white stands at right beside the linga, and another woman in blue is seated nearby. The setting suggests a puja at a shrine.

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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with dangling aerial roots, showing a consecration ritual at a stone-lined base. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a long orange head wrap holds a ritual implement and faces the altar, with a small brass bell nearby. Several people in white clothes stand and kneel around the rite, including a bent figure in white and a standing man in white with palms joined. Women wear sarees in red, pink and green, and a row of seated devotees watches from the background. A dark black stone deity murti with a raised hooded form stands on a granite pedestal at right, with brass vessels and offerings on the ground.2003-04-02April 02 20032003-04-02 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree at a rock-and-stone platform holding a dark stone murti, a seated figure with a serpent-like hood carved above. 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