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Outdoor ritual scene beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A man in white ritual clothes with a white shawl and long white upper cloth stands on the left with hands folded in prayer. Beside him stands a person with long dark hair in an orange-saffron robe, with a rudraksha mala around the neck, hands clasped in reverence. In the foreground a large silver-hooded cobra deity murti. Before it are a brass lamp with a flame, a small bowl, a blue cloth, and a ritual setup. Red stone base and silver plating are visible.

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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with sunlight streaming through its branches. On the left, a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and white shawl faces a woman in an orange sari who holds a lit oil lamp. To the right, a black stone linga is draped with a striped multicoloured garland and silver-covered ornaments, with yellow marigold offerings at its base. Hanging aerial roots of the banyan frame the scene, and a green cloth and small brass vessels sit on the ground in the foreground.2006-10-21A photograph under a large banyan tree at an outdoor shrine. In the foreground a woman with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe with a red border, stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, head bowed in prayer before a silver-clad deity murti on a red stone pedestal. Garlands in red, yellow, green and white hang from the murti and a shivalingam-like stone form. A younger man in a white dhoti and orange shawl with a rudraksha-style necklace stands at left. Sunlight filters through the tree canopy onto the sandy ground.2006-10-21Outdoor scene beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti kneels on a green cloth at lower left, tending a small brass lamp and oil dish. Standing at centre, a bald man in white kurta and dhoti with a white shawl holds his hands together in prayer. To his right, a woman in an orange sari wearing a mala stands with hands folded. At left, a woman in a maroon sari holds a small white bag, and another woman in an orange sari stands nearby. At right, a deity murti with a golden hooded cobra is adorned with garlands of red, yellow and green flowers, with a bell-metal kalasha-like silver base. Several more people sit in the background.2006-10-21December 29 20092009-12-29A photograph at an outdoor sacred site beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and yellow and orange garlands tied around them. In the foreground a woman with long dark hair wears an orange sari-style wrap and a green and yellow flower garland, holding a lit oil lamp toward the tree while standing before a dark reflective stone surface. Beside her a man in white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl gestures over the water-like surface. Another orange-clad figure stands at the left edge, and a bald-headed person in white sits partly visible at the bottom. A white chalk kolam pattern lines the ground. Two people are visible in the scene, though others are partly cut off at the frame edges.2007-12-22December 28 20082008-12-28A standing figure in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala around the neck stands before a large banyan tree with exposed aerial roots, hands pressed together in prayer and eyes lowered. Behind him a man in white shirt and dhoti sits and others in white attend nearby. In the foreground a woman in a pink sari with a blue border sits with hands folded, and a colourful knitted cover wraps a stone pillar beside a metal-patterned panel and marigold garlands. The scene suggests a devotional gathering or pooja at an ashram setting. Swamiji (probable): the standing saffron-robed figure with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala is the probable Swamiji.2006-07-23Outdoor photo at an ashram grounds beside a large tree with a stone-ringed base. In the foreground a man in orange robes with a saffron shawl, gold-bordered dhoti, orange-and-gold armband and beaded necklaces stands with palms pressed together in prayer, eyes closed. Behind him, slightly out of focus, a man in white dhoti and white upper cloth with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded. To the left, a pile of red-tinted offerings sits on a dark raised platform by a path. Sunlit trees and dry ground surround the scene.2011-12-24October 10 20102010-10-10 +1 copiesFEB-2007-01January 01 20092009-01-01Outdoor photo at a large banyan tree with many aerial roots. A man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a long garland stands with hands folded in prayer before a large dark stone deity murti draped in orange, purple and yellow-green flower garlands. Beside him a young attendant in orange holds a lit oil lamp, and two more orange-robed men stand to the left, one holding a trident-topped staff. Offerings on plates, a kalasha and flowers rest on a white platform and a woven mat in front of the murti, consistent with puja. Hindu ritual setting.2008-12-26