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Outdoor scene on a paved courtyard beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. A man in a purple shirt and black trousers, with long dark hair and a beard, stands at left gesturing toward a group. An older man with long braided hair wears a white dhoti with a gold border and bare upper body, standing among a crowd of people in orange and red garments. A man in an orange-and-white dhoti kneels near the paved floor, and a man in a beige shirt and orange dhoti holds a long rope or cord near yellow-painted layout lines marking a temple plan. Several people in orange and red saris or robes stand around, and a deity murti sits in a red-draped shrine at right with a kalasha-style structure beyond. Stacked notebooks and a bag rest on the ground. Yellow and white chalk lines mark the layout for a new temple.

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February 01 20182018-02-01Outdoor photo of a paved courtyard beside a large banyan tree with many aerial roots at Nithyananda Peetham, where workers mark the layout of a planned temple. White and yellow chalk-like lines run across the flat stone tiles. Two men in white dhoti-style cloth with orange and green shawls stand near the center-right, one bare-chested with a rudraksha-style necklace, facing the lines. A woman in a red-orange sari stands at the right edge holding a blue object, and several other men in white shirts, lungis and orange cloth stand under the tree in the background. A small pole with yellow-and-white garland decoration appears at right.2018-02-01February 01 20182018-02-01February 01 20182018-02-01Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, at a sacred site where a golden temple layout is being marked out with yellow lines and red-edged stone platforms. A bearded man in a saffron robe and black cap stands on paved stone, appearing to give instructions; the appearance-based label is Swamiji (probable), shown with a black turban-style cap and saffron robe, with the role of instructing sthapathis. Beside him are a monk in a saffron robe, a white-clad priest with bare torso and sacred thread, an older man in a white dhoti and shawl, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti; a man in a purple shirt and a man in a pink shirt stand nearby.2018-02-01A photograph of a group on a paved courtyard under a large leafy banyan tree, with the layout of a new temple marked on the ground by white lines. On the right, a bare-chested man in a saffron-red cloth with long dreadlocked hair stands gesturing toward the others. Beside him a man in a white shawl wears a white dhoti with a gold border and holds a folded cloth. Other men stand nearby: one in a pink shirt and teal lungi on the far left, one in a white dhoti with gold border and shawl, one in an orange-saffron cloth with rudraksha beads, and others in white or cream dhotis and rudraksha malas. A small shrine structure appears in the background between the trees. The group appears to be discussing the temple construction layout.2018-02-01February 01 20182018-02-01February 01 20182018-02-01Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree at Nithyananda Peetham, where a paved courtyard is marked with yellow and white painted layout lines for a temple. A man in saffron-orange robe with long dark hair and a dark beard stands centre-left, with a bare-chested man in red-orange cloth beside him at right, and another in orange robe and a woman in red-orange sari at left. A man in a white dhoti with a green-bordered shawl gestures with his hand, and standing figures in white and purple clothing are behind him. Aerial banyan roots and a golden structure appear in the background.2018-02-01Outdoor photo of a temple construction layout beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. Paved ground is marked with white and yellow painted lines outlining a plan. A figure in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl and long braided hair stands at left, facing a woman in a maroon-brown sari and a man in white. Other people in white, orange and red garments stand along the lines, including a man in an orange robe at right and a woman in a purple dress with a red shawl. Green foliage and sunlight fill the background.2018-02-01February 01 20182018-02-01February 01 20182018-02-01