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A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and bare upper body, wearing a white flower garland, holds a flaming lamp or fire toward a massive banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. Behind him a group of devotees in white and grey shirts stand with palms pressed together in prayer on a sandy path. A small offering or puja plate is visible at the left edge, and small yellow flowers are placed on the tree trunk. Sunlight filters through the leafy canopy, and the scene looks like an outdoor ritual at a sacred banyan tree.

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A photograph of a devotional ritual beside a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. In the centre, a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and a white-and-orange flower garland holds a lit flame or lamp toward the tree's base on sandy ground. To the left, a man in white holds a tray of flowers. Behind them, about a dozen onlookers in white shirts, dark clothing and striped shirts stand in a loose group, several with hands folded in prayer. The scene is outdoors in dappled sunlight with tree roots and leafy branches overhead. The swami's identity cannot be determined from appearance here, so the figure is described by role as a priest.2006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25A photograph of a large banyan tree with aerial roots hanging from wide spreading branches over a dusty clearing. In the lower left, a person seen from behind wears an orange saffron wrap and a white flower garland, raising a small lamp or vessel toward the tree's trunk. A few yellow marigold garlands lie at the bottom edge, and another person in white clothing stands at the far left edge. The ground is bare earth with dappled sunlight.2006-12-30 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots and sunlit dirt ground. A woman in an orange-saffron sari-style garment, with a white flower garland, stands on a dark mat at left, holding a small cupped object or flame toward the tree. Several people in white clothes stand and sit in the background, including children in white and a girl in green. A red cloth and a small bundle lie on the ground near the trunk. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-12-30Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and spreading branches, some hung with strands of cloth. On the right, a man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe with a white flower garland holds a lit flame or oil lamp in a metal vessel, offering it at the tree. Beside him, a woman in a white sari holds a similar lamp. In the foreground on the left, men in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and a man with a moustache is at the far left. Other devotees in white stand in the background among the trunks, with a tray or offering on the ground.2005-12-31Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and a dirt ground. A man in an orange saffron robe with long dark hair points toward the tree while a group of devotees stands around him; one man in orange and a man in a white shirt and grey trousers lean in, a small child in a yellow shirt stands nearby, and a man in a dark shirt and glasses stands at left. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and white shirts stand in a clearing, and a red-and-white shrine structure with a small deity murti sits at the left edge near a hanging purple cloth. A white stone border curves across the sandy path.2009-12-20December 25 20062006-12-25Outdoor photo beneath a large, sprawling banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and thick low branches. Several people in orange and saffron clothing stand gathered near a wooden post at the left, including a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a man in a red-brown dhoti pressing against the trunk side. Women in orange saris and a woman in a blue-and-pink sari stand nearby. At the right, a seated woman in white sits beside a man in an orange robe on a raised platform, with a small shrine area and a colourful deity murti nearby. A smaller figure in orange stands at the center on sandy ground beside a hose. Green shrubs grow in the foreground.2016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04