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A misty outdoor scene beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots, its trunk wrapped in yellow and maroon marigold garlands. On the right, a man with long dark hair and an orange saffron robe holds a brass aarti lamp aloft with one hand while the other rests near a small handbell, facing a shrine with a painted yellow-and-red backdrop and a deity murti framed by a white arch, with garlands draped on it. Sandy ground, a small stone platform and a few distant figures complete the setting. The scene suggests an aarti performed at the shrine.

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December 26 20092009-12-26December 11 20112011-12-11July 07 20092009-07-07November 19 20092009-11-19A photograph of an outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots, its trunk wrapped in strands of marigold and white garlands with yellow and pink flowers. A standing figure in orange robes holds a brass bell and gestures toward the tree, with rose petals scattered on a dark glossy platform in the foreground. Two attendants in orange and a person in white stand nearby, and a shrine with red and orange decorations and floral garlands sits under an arched white frame to the right. Swings hang from the surrounding trees in a sunlit garden setting.2009-07-07Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, a person in an orange saffron garment stands on a concrete platform holding a lit oil lamp flame in a metal lamp and a small silver bell in the other hand. The person wears a long white and red flower garland, a gold necklace, and gold bangles, and has a white tilak mark on the forehead with long dark hair. A yellow and red marigold garland hangs around the trunk at right, and a small blue sign is visible near the base. Swamiji (probable): the orange robes, long hair, ornate gold necklace and garlands are visible cues, and the page places Swamiji at this event, so the person is treated as a probable candidate performing a lamp puja.2011-12-11A woman in a saffron-orange sari-style robe with a red and white garland over her shoulders stands barefoot on a dark granite platform under a large banyan tree, performing aarti with a brass lamp in her right hand. Behind her is a shrine with a deity murti decorated with flower garlands and an orange floral offering arrangement. A shaved-headed monastic in saffron stands to the right with his hands folded in prayer. A flower garland hangs around the banyan trunk on the left, and a concrete bench sits nearby.2009-12-30March 02 20112011-03-02Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. In the foreground a figure in saffron-orange robes with a white flower garland and long dark hair holds a lit oil lamp and a brass bell before a shrine. The shrine holds a golden deity murti decorated with red and yellow flower garlands, with an orange offering spread on a black-and-green patterned base. A second person in pinkish-orange robes stands at right with hands joined in prayer. A white-painted platform with a small bench sits at left, and a black reflective floor reflects the scene.2009-12-30January 01 20082008-01-01Outdoor puja beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots, on a dark polished stone platform. A bare-chested man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style wrap and a white flower garland, holds up a lit brass aarti lamp toward a decorated shrine of deity murti draped in red and orange garlands. To the right, a man in saffron robes stands with hands folded in namaskar beside a tray of flowers and fruit held by another person in white. White-washed circular platforms and kolam-style floor designs surround the tree.2009-12-27January 01 20082008-01-01