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Outdoor temple courtyard under a large spreading banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. On the left, a deity murti or statue draped in orange cloth and garlanded with flowers sits on a raised dark mound with a small white-and-black tiled base. Nearby, a young girl in a green dress stands beside the mound. In the centre, several women in white and cream saris and a man in white dhoti and shirt carry offerings and move around a stone platform, while a row of women in saris and salwar kameez sit on the stone bench at right. A man in a white shirt and dhoti stands at right holding a black bag. Approximately twelve people are visible.

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July 11 20102010-07-11February 23 20082008-02-23February 24 20072007-02-24Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and a dense canopy. A small shrine arch framed in red and white stands at right, holding a dark stone shivalinga draped in an orange cloth, with garlands at its base. In the centre, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt sits on a mat with several women in white and red saris and others in white and blue, seated in a group, with a few men in white kurta-style clothing standing and sitting nearby. At left, a woman in an orange sari with a pale border bends low while others in white stand near a metal pot. A small boy in a yellow-and-white striped shirt walks across the foreground past a stone pedestal with a black-and-white patterned border. Around 20 people are visible.2008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor temple grounds under a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. In the foreground a woman in white dhoti-style sari with folded hands stands on a paved platform near the trunk. A man in white with an orange shawl walks along a path toward a large dark stone deity murti on a black base, decorated with a garland of orange and red flowers, next to an orange-smeared sacred mound with scattered petals and a black-and-white painted border. Other devotees in white and green saris and white shirts walk and stand nearby, a child in orange clothing among them. A carved white stone arch frames the shrine on the right. A man in a white shirt and a bald priest in white stand by the shrine. Mostly white and orange colours dominate, with greenery in the background.2010-07-11Outdoor ritual at dusk beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A line of devotees, mostly women in white and coloured saris along with a few men in white, stand with palms joined in prayer on sandy ground. At right, a priest in white dhoti with bare torso stands with hands folded, and beside him a man in saffron robe holds a lamp or ritual vessel. A dark stone deity murti draped in orange cloth with garlands stands on a stone base at right, with a stone shivalinga-style piece and a small ornamental cloth nearby. A child in green stands among the devotees.2008-01-20January 20 20082008-01-20July 03 20102010-07-03July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesJanuary 20 20082008-01-20