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Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots, several people work the red earth with tools. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala crouches and digs with a pickaxe-like tool, and a woman in orange sari sweeps or clears the ground with a broom. Around them, devotees in orange, maroon and white stand and watch; one man in white dhoti with a gold border stands at upper left, and a woman in orange sari with a beaded necklace stands center. Leaves and cut branches lie on the ground. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.

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Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, a group of devotees digs in red-brown earth with shovels. A central man with long dark hair and a full beard, bare-chested, wears a rust-red cloth wrap and a dark rudraksha-style cord across his shoulder, holding a shovel and standing at the edge of the pit. Around him, many people in saffron-orange robes and a few women in pink and blue saris work or watch. A white arched garden shrine with a small deity image sits in the background among green foliage.2016-09-04A photograph of devotees digging soil under a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a bare chest wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala, pressing a digging tool into the reddish earth. Around him several people in orange and saffron garments, some in purple and red saris, bend and dig with metal tools in a leafy outdoor clearing. The ground is churned brown and loose, with green weeds at the edge.2016-09-04A photograph of devotees working outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and dense green foliage. A man in an orange dhoti-style wrap bends forward, digging soil with a long-handled hoe, while another man in orange beside him works nearby. A woman in a dark red sari holds a digging tool and stands on freshly turned red earth. Other women in orange and green saris, and a woman in an orange sari with gold border crouched at right, work or watch among the group. Several other devotees stand in the background among the tree trunks. The red soil mound and loosened earth suggest a planting or clearing activity at the tree.2016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04A photograph of devotees gathered beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and spreading branches. The ground is bare red-brown earth with circular raised stone platforms around the trunk. A woman in a orange-and-gold sari stands near the center. Several people in white ritual clothes and white dhotis work at the base of the tree, one man in a white shirt carrying a camera, and a woman in a white sari kneels beside a small tool. Others in dark and patterned clothing stand nearby. The scene appears to be an outdoor ashram tree-tending or ground-preparation activity. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2016-09-18September 11 20162016-09-11A photograph of a wooded outdoor site with a large spreading tree whose low branches arch across the frame. Several women in white and cream saris and salwar kameez stand and crouch on reddish-brown earth around the tree base, some tending small bowls or buckets and others reaching into the branches. Two figures in saffron-orange robes stand near the centre, one with a shaved head and one with long dark hair, and a person in white stands at the upper right on the branch. A woman in a bright red top and dark skirt holding a black bag stands in the foreground. The page does not name an event, and the scene shows no visible a person candidate with sufficient cues, so the saffron-robed figures are described by role only. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2016-09-11Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots, a bearded man in a deep red-maroon sannyasi cloth, bare-chested with a long rudraksha mala draped over his shoulder, stands barefoot on reddish earth and grips a long wooden staff or digging tool, pressing it into a mound of soil. Around him a crowd of devotees in saffron and orange robes, a woman in a cream and yellow sari, and others in white dhotis with beaded necklaces watch or assist in the ground-breaking ritual. A man on the left wears orange cloth and a rudraksha mala. The figure's appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm identity from the scene alone.2016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04September 18 20162016-09-18September 04 20162016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04