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A woman with long dark hair leans forward and presses her forehead against a bundle of dry, twiggy roots held in both hands. She wears a pale cream tunic over a white cloth, with a pearl necklace and a multicoloured beaded necklace. A striped cushion or cloth lies behind her, and blurred trees and rocks fill the outdoor background.

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December 31 20062006-12-31A woman with closed eyes sits in meditation outdoors against a bright sky and tall palm trees. She wears a cream sari with green-and-gold borders, draped with a saffron-orange shawl, and a dark rudraksha mala hangs at her chest. A red bindi and white tilak mark her forehead.2010-08-10 +1 copiesA woman with dark hair sits with eyes closed and head tilted back against the trunk of a large banyan tree, arms folded across her body, in a dim night setting with blurred figures in the background. She wears a cream-white loose outer shirt over a yellow inner top and wears red-brown beaded malas around her neck and wrists. Hanging aerial roots of the banyan frame the upper portion of the scene.2011-11-30A woman sits cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation outdoors, her hands resting open on her knees. She wears a cream sari with green and gold border and an orange-red shawl draped over her shoulder, with a rudraksha mala hanging on her chest and rudraksha bracelets on her wrist. A red bindi and white markings are on her forehead. Behind her, smoke drifts over ashes and charred logs under bright morning trees. Another person is faintly visible in the background.2010-08-10 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20132013-01-15 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20072007-02-16April 14 20132013-04-14 +1 copiesA man in a plain white short-sleeved shirt stands outdoors in front of dark green trees and a low brick wall. He wears rimless glasses, a dark beaded mala necklace with a pendant, and a gold bangle, and has a red tilak on his forehead. He examines and separates a bundle of dry straw or grass with both hands. Behind him is a white building wall and a pole.2009-12-21A woman in a white blouse and cream sari with a gold border stands with palms pressed together in prayer, her long dark plait falling over her shoulder. She wears bangles and a red-thread wrist band. She leans toward a large banyan tree whose thick, twisted aerial roots fill the right side of the frame. Another person in white clothing stands behind her with one arm raised, touching the trunk. The background is softly blurred with more trees and out-of-focus figures.2013-01-20A photograph of one man standing outdoors beside a tree trunk, leaning his forehead against the bark with eyes closed and a calm expression. He wears a rust-orange cloth wrapped over his bare shoulder and a long rust-orange rudraksha bead mala with ornate gold bead accents draped across his chest. A white and reddish sacred marking is on his forehead, and a small red flower is tucked into the bark near his head. Blurred green foliage fills the background. Swamiji (probable): the man has long, swept-back dark hair, saffron-orange clothing, rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold beads, a presentation consistent with the page's reference to Swamiji, so the appearance is only a probable match.2013-04-22August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a single man lying prone in a full-length prostration on the ground beside a large banyan tree. He wears a white dhoti with purple-edged borders and a white shirt, and has long dark hair tied back. His arms are extended forward on the reddish-brown earth, pressed against a bed of thick, exposed aerial roots and buttress roots that spread across the ground beneath the tree canopy. A concrete wall edge runs along the left side of the frame.2010-09-22