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A photograph taken outdoors in a leafy garden path paved with flagstones beneath a canopy of overhanging green branches. In the foreground, a bald man seen from behind and slightly to the side wears a white cloth wrap over his shoulder with yellow-orange edging, and carries a black backpack with orange accents and a water bottle clipped on. Faint smoke or incense haze drifts across the left side of the path. A reddish wall and fence appear through the trees in the background.

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August 18 20062006-08-18February 01 20182018-02-01A barefoot person in a red silk garment with a gold-bordered sash walks along a dirt path lined with flat stepping stones, under a leafy tree canopy with green shrubs and yellow flowers. The person wears a long dark beaded mala around the neck and a bracelet on the wrist, and smiles while holding their hands together at the waist. The setting is an outdoor garden path on a sunny day.2011-09-01A barefoot man in saffron-orange robes stands beside a large banyan tree with thick, twisting aerial roots, leaning slightly against its trunk. He wears a long orange garland, a gold-coloured waist cloth and a white forehead mark, with dark hair pulled back. He stands on a folded red-and-blue patterned mat set on a low stone platform in an open outdoor courtyard with bare dirt ground, scattered stone blocks, white pillars and a red boundary wall behind. a person based on the saffron robes, garland and white forehead marking; the page identifies him at this event, but appearance cues are moderately distinctive rather than conclusive.2013-03-17December 21 20102010-12-21A man stands outdoors in front of a large banyan tree with aerial roots, with a low concrete wall and red earth ground around him. He wears a white unstitched ritual garment, a red and orange beaded mala necklace, a matching beaded armlet, and a gold-toned pendant. He has a red bindi and sacred ash marks on his forehead, and he is smiling with hands pressed together in anjali mudra. Behind him is a sunlit courtyard with trees and a red-brick structure. The white garment and bead ornaments are visible on him, and no other people are present.2011-11-14Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots and dense green canopy, on reddish earth with dry leaves. A bald man in white dhoti and bare chest, with a red-orange sash and a rudraksha-style neck cord, walks on a patterned mat; a man in white shirt and trousers with an orange neck cord walks ahead, a woman in white with a red shawl stands nearby, a girl in white with a red shawl follows, and an older woman in white with a red shawl bends forward at right. Orange and white flags hang on the tree at right.2013-09-13A photograph of three people walking barefoot along a dirt path lined with hexagonal stepping stones beneath overhanging green trees, with a terracotta-coloured wall behind them. In the foreground a man in a green dhoti and shawl with a red-and-gold border and a sandalwood forehead mark walks ahead. Behind him to the left, an older man with a shaved head wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, and a younger person in white with an orange shawl follows. The scene is calm and outdoors, with flowering shrubs at the path's edge.2011-09-14A photograph taken from behind of a bare-backed figure with long, dark, curly hair falling past the shoulders, wrapped in orange saffron cloth draped around the waist and over the shoulder. The figure holds a long silver-tipped staff or rod in the right hand and walks along a sandy dirt path lined with green leafy trees and shrubs. Red flowering plants and a small structure are visible in the background, and a second person in white clothing stands further back near the trees.2006-07-12Outdoor scene beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots, standing on a dark polished stone platform scattered with dry leaves. Five men walk or stand in a row. At far left, a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands with hands folded. Next, a man in white shirt and grey trousers stands with hand at chest. Center, a bare-chested priest in a red-maroon lower cloth and white dhoti with gold border holds a sacred thread area and wears beaded necklaces, his body marked with white ash. Beside him, a man in a saffron-orange cloth wrap with a rudraksha mala gestures with his hand. At right, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with gold border wears a gold-beaded necklace and bangles, his chest marked with white ash, walking barefoot.2011-10-01June 01 20092009-06-01A photograph of a person seen from behind in a sleeveless red top, with long dark hair and a white flower garland draped over the shoulders, standing beside large banyan tree trunks with dangling aerial roots and a marigold garland tied to one trunk. Near the right edge, a person in white clothing with a light tilak on the forehead has hands folded in prayer. Sunlit ground and open greenery lie beyond the tree.2007-12-24