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A photograph of a large banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots and thick hanging prop roots, under which a group of devotees stands and sits on bare reddish earth in dappled shade. Most men wear white dhotis and white shirts, and women wear white saris with gold borders. A man at the centre-left in white with a long-sleeved shirt stands with hands folded in front of the tree. On the right, a bald man in white kurta and dhoti, with a small necklace, stands with hands clasped near the trunk. Two women in white saris with gold borders stand together on the right. Several people sit on the ground in the foreground and background. No festival objects or rituals are clearly visible beyond the devotional gathering around the tree.

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February 27 20162016-02-27 +1 copiesMarch 13 20132013-03-13Outdoor satsang seated beneath a huge banyan tree with thick aerial roots and spreading limbs. A crowd of devotees sits on the ground in white ritual clothing, several women and men wearing orange, red or saffron shawls and scarves. Near the lower right, a gold-coloured throne with a red cushioned seat stands on a stepped platform, unoccupied in view. A black speaker sits at the lower left edge among the sitting devotees. Some attendees wear white and others wear coloured saris or shirts. No clearly identifiable figure is seated on the throne in this frame.2013-03-31A large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots dominates the scene, with a group of people gathered around its base on reddish-brown earth. Several people wear orange and saffron clothing, including a man in orange on the right holding a spade, and a man in an orange top and dhoti in the centre. Others wear white kurtas, a woman in a white sari with green border and a woman in a white top with purple leggings stand on the left, and a man in a pink shirt and black trousers stands in the middle. A person in a grey top and shorts stands barefoot on the right, holding a spade. Two shovels lie among the group near a small cavity at the tree base.2016-09-11Outdoor satsang beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and spreading branches. A row of devotees in white clothes and white lanyard badges sits on a raised stone platform at the base of the trunk, some with hands folded. A seated figure in white stands out on the right near a white pillar. At left, a gold-edged red and yellow cushioned seat is visible in the foreground. Several other people sit on the ground in the background.2013-07-08July 08 20132013-07-08Outdoor photo of devotees gathered around the base of a massive banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and thick trunks on bare reddish-brown earth. Several women in white saris with gold borders stand or bend close to the trunk, including one in a white sari with an orange-and-blue patterned border who is kneeling and touching the roots. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand nearby, and children in casual clothes watch. A few people in the background sit under the trees. No readable signage is visible. a person is not clearly identifiable among the people shown.2007-05-04Outdoor photograph beneath a large spreading banyan tree with many aerial roots and branches arching overhead. On the right, a small shrine holds a red-clad deity murti with a red cloth draped below its platform. Several devotees in white dhotis and white saris, some in teal and light blue, walk and gather along a dirt path toward the shrine, and a child in dark clothes stands at the right edge. Late-afternoon light filters through the canopy. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2007-02-24September 01 20112011-09-01October 25 20122012-10-25February 27 20162016-02-27 +1 copiesA large banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots spreads over an open dirt courtyard. Beneath its canopy, a group of about twenty devotees in white clothes sit on the ground and on low stone benches in a semicircle. A standing figure in white stands among them near the centre. To the right, a dark stone deity murti with a red-garlanded base, a cobra-like serpent coil and an orange-marked statue stands on a platform.2013-05-13