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Outdoor photo of a large crowd gathered around a massive banyan tree with many aerial prop roots and hanging vines. Most attendees wear white clothing, including white shirts, kurtas and saris, while a few wear red or floral garments. Several people with shaved heads and white attire stand near the center, and on the right two figures in orange-saffron robes stand among the crowd, one with orange cloth draped over the shoulders, possibly part of a procession. Many people have hands folded in prayer or are looking toward the tree. The setting is a green, leafy grove.

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A large crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white gathers around a massive banyan tree with thick aerial roots and hanging vines. Several saffron-robed monastics stand among them at the right, one in orange cloth with a shaved head near the tree trunk. Many participants have hands folded in prayer or are raised in devotion. The tree dominates the scene, with bright green foliage above. This appears to be a procession or gathering at a sacred tree during an ashram program.2009-06-17June 17 20092009-06-17July 12 20062006-07-12June 17 20092009-06-17 +1 copiesJune 17 20092009-06-17A large crowd of devotees gathers beneath and around a massive banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots and thick low branches. Most people wear white clothing, including loose white kurtas and saris, while a few wear colourful attire such as a red and gold sari, a turquoise blouse, and a man in an orange and grey vest. Some stand with hands raised or folded in prayer and others walk through the procession near the trunk. Two cylindrical white posts stand among the branches and a green-leafed plant is visible at left. The setting is an outdoor grove during a morning procession at a person ashram.2009-06-17June 04 20092009-06-04Outdoor satsang beneath a huge banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots. Seated on a white-draped dais at right, a figure in saffron/orange robes with long dark hair sits with a microphone stand before them, and a garlanded seated figure in orange sits beside them on a decorated platform with a kalasha-like arrangement. Facing them, a large audience in white clothing sits on the ground and rocky earth, with women in red and pink saris visible among them. A blank easel stands to the left. Visible people: roughly thirty-five seated attendees plus the figures on the dais.2005-12-19Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. A standing figure in an orange-red robe with bare upper body stands on a paved area before a seated crowd of devotees in white clothing. Several people in white sit on the ground and on mats, some with hands folded in namaste, and a bald person in white stands at left. A microphone on a stand and a black speaker are set up in front. To the right, a dark stone deity murti is garlanded, with a green cloth draped behind it and a red-painted rock formation at its base. Several people in white and orange sit near the right edge.2011-12-05June 17 20092009-06-17A photograph of a group of devotees gathered under a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and spreading branches. A woman in the centre foreground wears a white top and a beaded necklace, her hands pressed together in anjali mudra. Beside her, a woman in a blue tunic and white scarf stands with her back to the camera, and a woman in a dark sari with gold border stands at right gesturing. Others in white and muted clothing stand nearby on a stone-paved platform around the tree base, some looking upward. The scene suggests a devotional visit to the sacred tree.2011-08-19Outdoor satsang under a massive banyan tree with many aerial roots. A large seated audience in white clothes sits on mats and cloths on the ground facing a raised platform. On the right, a person in long flowing orange robes sits behind a microphone stand and a small table, gesturing while speaking. Beside them, a seated figure in orange with long dark hair sits on a decorated throne-like seat adorned with a garland of white flowers and a golden crown-like top. Carved stone and a large dark snake sculpture form the platform edge, with a small plate of offerings in front. A blackboard on an easel stands nearby.2005-12-18