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Photograph of a nighttime outdoor gathering beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. In the foreground a man in long flowing orange robes with long dark hair stands with palms pressed together in anjali, beside a dark wooden carved stand or seat. To his left, several women in white and orange shawls, one in a lilac top, stand with hands folded in prayer. Behind them more devotees in white clothes, some wearing yellow-gold garlands, stand in the dim light. The scene reads as a satsang or devotional session under the banyan tree.

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Night outdoor scene beneath a large old banyan tree with thick aerial roots and trunk. In the centre, a figure in an orange saffron robe with a pink and white flower garland stands barefoot with palms pressed together in anjali, facing the tree. Scattered flower petals lie on the ground before the trunk. To the left, two people in orange robes hold a lit oil lamp and a trishul-topped ritual item, and a woman in a white sari holds a plate of flowers. A person in a yellow jacket stands at the right edge. Several figures are visible, all standing in the evening light.2006-12-31November 19 20092009-11-19June 17 20092009-06-17 +1 copies2004 - sacred collections uncategorisedOutdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with thick hanging aerial roots. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala stands barefoot holding a brass lamp with a flame, performing a ritual. Around him a crowd of devotees in white clothes stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, with some women in yellow, pink and purple saris. On the right, a stone deity murti is decorated with a flower garland in green, red and yellow, and a cobra hood sculpture is visible near the lower right. This appears to be an aarti or puja at a shrine under the tree.2006-07-23Night photo at an outdoor ritual site. In the left foreground, a figure in an orange saffron shawl and orange-and-gold sarong, with long dark hair and a white-and-gold flower garland, holds a flat grey stone against the chest and smiles with eyes lowered. Behind them stand several men in white dhotis and white shirts, one with hands folded in prayer and one with a bead-like object in his hands. Overhead hang long white fibrous strands from a tree branch. On the right, a dark stone yoni-shaped basin or vessel sits on a pile of pinkish-red stones, with a few flower petals and offerings scattered nearby, and a second orange-clad figure is partly visible at the right edge.2006-12-22Night photograph of a ritual procession near a large dark tree trunk. In the foreground a figure in an orange saffron garment with a brown-and-maroon border stands with palms pressed together in prayer, wearing a beaded necklace and a ring; their back is turned to the camera. To the left, a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth holds a lit oil lamp with a flame. Behind him, a man in white with an orange shawl draped over his shoulders walks alongside another man in white. Ground is bare earth with a faint white powder design.2006-12-22Outdoor 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.2005-12-31November 16 20092009-11-16December 20 20062006-12-20Night-time photograph of a figure in orange saffron robes and an orange turban standing at the base of a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. The figure, with long dark hair and a dark beaded rudraksha mala at the chest, leans forward with palms pressed together against the trunk in a reverent gesture. A woman in a green sari with a gold-toned border stands at right near a wooden platform and rope barrier, and another person is partly visible at the far right edge. Strings of lights and tall metal poles are visible in the background. A purple logo appears at top left and copyright text at lower right.2008-12-302005-SWAMIJI-DOING-GURUPUJA-AARATHI +2 copies