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A woman in a maroon sari with gold borders stands barefoot on a circular stone platform at the base of a large banyan tree, her forehead pressed against the trunk in a reverent gesture. She wears a red and white flower garland and gold bangles. A cameraman in a white vest at left films her with a handheld camcorder while another camera operator is partly visible. A long garland of marigolds and white flowers hangs along the roots, with scattered petals on the ground. Night setting with dark background.

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Night-time outdoor photo at an ashram: a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots dominates the left. A bare-chested man in a rust-red dhoti with gold borders stands barefoot on a raised circular platform, facing the trunk with his head bowed. He wears a long multicoloured flower garland of red, yellow, green and white, plus a gold armlet. Two photographers with cameras film him from the left foreground, and a flower garland hangs along the platform's edge. Scattered petals and small offerings lie on the ground nearby. a person candidate appearance is not distinct enough to confirm identity, so the presence is marked unsure.2013-07-22July 22 20132013-07-22November 29 20112011-11-29Night photograph of a ritual at the base of a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. A man in an orange-saffron cloth and a white flower garland, with a dark rudraksha-style necklace, holds a lit oil lamp flame and a small brass vessel beside a dark stone shivalingam at the tree trunk, which is decorated with red and yellow garlands and turmeric or kumkum marks. A person in white clothing with a camera stands behind him, and a few other figures in white are partly visible at the edge. Yellow flowers and green leaves lie in the foreground. The scene is lit by flame and a torch.2007-01-01December 25 20072007-12-25January 04 20152015-01-04A photograph taken at night beneath a large old banyan tree with thick, hanging aerial roots and a circular stone platform at its base scattered with yellow flower petals. A man stands at left in an orange-saffron dhoti and matching upper cloth with a gold-edged border, wearing a long white flower garland with red blossoms, his palms pressed together in namaskar as he bows toward the tree. A brass plate of yellow flowers is visible at the lower left edge. The man's appearance does not clearly establish him as the event's named figure, so he is described only by role as a devotee performing a tree worship gesture. +2 copiesOutdoor photo beside a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and garlands of yellow marigolds and red and white flowers wrapped around its trunk. A woman in an orange sari with long dark hair and a garland stands leaning against the trunk with her hands pressed to it. In the lower right, a man in white clothes with an orange cloth over his shoulder kneels on a mat, adjusting or spreading it on the dirt path. Trees and a hillside are visible behind them, and a flower arrangement sits at the base of the tree on the left.2007-12-23December 11 20112011-12-11A person seen from behind stands barefoot on a stone slab beside a large old banyan tree with thick aerial roots. The person wears a saffron-orange draped garment with golden-yellow borders and a white garland with red flowers around the neck, and rests one hand on the tree trunk while the other is on the hip. Dim evening light surrounds the scene, with a small carved stone niche and a dark tiled area nearby.2013-01-01January 04 20152015-01-04A person in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaste before a massive banyan tree with many aerial roots and a hollow trunk. A long garland of red, white, yellow and green flowers drapes across the tree and over the person's shoulders, with a gold chain and bangles visible. The person's forehead is marked with white tilak and their hair is tied back. A small oil lamp sits on the ground at the base of the tree, with scattered flower petals nearby. The setting is an outdoor tree shrine.2015-01-04