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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots, where a group of people in orange and saffron clothing dig into reddish soil. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a dark beard, wearing a rust-red dhoti and a long dark rudraksha-style mala across his chest, stands barefoot holding a shovel. Beside him a man in an orange dhoti with a red headband carries a metal pot. Several seated and kneeling devotees in orange and saffron attire work with spades and trowels in the pit, while women in orange and blue saris stand at the edge. A small shrine with an arched white frame and deity murti is visible in the background among the greenery.

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Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots, a group of devotees in orange and saffron clothing digs and clears soil. In the centre, a bearded man in a rust-red dhoti and wrap with a long rudraksha-style mala holds a digging tool and stands on a freshly turned mound of red earth. To the right, a figure in orange with a red headwrap and long swept-back hair carries a shovel, and nearby women in orange saris and men in orange clothing work alongside. On the left, women in white, blue and red saris stand watching among green foliage.2016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04Outdoor photograph of devotees digging red earth beneath large banyan trees in a forest-like grove. A bearded man with long dark hair stands at center in a rust-red robe with a long dark rudraksha-style cord around his neck, holding a hoe. Around him, many people in saffron and orange robes and sarees work with shovels, hoes and a red bucket, while others in colourful sarees and white clothing watch from the left. A small shrine with a deity murti and a decorated arch sits in the background. Probable Swamiji: the central figure's long hair, rudraksha cord and saffron-toned clothing match the page's identification, though his face and details are only partly clear.2016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04Outdoor scene beneath a large old banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A bearded man with long hair, bare-chested and wearing a red-orange wrap with a long rudraksha-style mala, stands with hands on hips watching. Around him, many devotees in saffron and orange robes and a few in white, purple and blue saris dig red soil with shovels and hoes, carrying out a tree-planting or earthwork activity. One woman in orange on the right carries a bundle on her head with a red cloth. Lush green foliage surrounds the group.2016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, a group of devotees digs in red-brown earth with shovels. A central man with long dark hair and a full beard, bare-chested, wears a rust-red cloth wrap and a dark rudraksha-style cord across his shoulder, holding a shovel and standing at the edge of the pit. Around him, many people in saffron-orange robes and a few women in pink and blue saris work or watch. A white arched garden shrine with a small deity image sits in the background among green foliage.2016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04September 04 20162016-09-04