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Outdoor photo of devotees meditating seated on a large flat rock beneath a broad shade tree in a sandy compound. In the foreground, a woman in a red-and-cream printed saree sits with eyes closed and hands folded in her lap, beside a woman in a white saree with pink border wearing a rudraksha-style mala and bangles, holding a brown handbag. Behind them, two men in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged, eyes lowered. A man in a blue striped shirt with a backpack stands watching. A small child in white walks at left, and a round raised concrete planter surrounds a tree base. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

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July 07 20092009-07-07July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photo beneath a large spreading banyan tree at an ashram-style courtyard. Several people sit cross-legged on dark grey stone slabs in meditation or prayer. A woman in a purple sari stands at left with her hand raised near her face, and a man in a dark red shirt stands behind the group. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands at right near a pole. Seated devotees wear white dhotis and kurtas, a white sari, and striped shirts. Colourful flower rangoli designs in pink, yellow and red lie on the ground at lower left, and a small boy in white sits beside a man in green.2010-07-04June 30 20102010-06-30A photograph of an outdoor ashram grounds shaded by a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots and red garland strings tied on its trunk. A young man in a white t-shirt and light trousers, wearing a beaded necklace, carries coconuts or fruit at left, beside a small boy in a blue shirt and a woman in a yellow sari with a red carry bag. Further back, a woman in a blue-and-white striped sari walks past seated devotees in white and saffron-toned clothing resting on low circular stone platforms near tall grey pillars. A blue-grey pole stands at right on a small brick base. Scattered people walk along the dirt path between the trees and walls.2009-07-07 +1 copiesOctober 08 20062006-10-08June 30 20102010-06-30Outdoor photo under a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots. A group of about fifteen devotees sits on a dark granite platform in a courtyard. A woman in a white sari with a long necklace sits centrally with hands folded, and a girl in cream and yellow kneels in prayer beside a brass plate of offerings, fruit and flowers. Children in yellow, red and green sit nearby. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with rudraksha-style beads, sit on the right. Two women in orange and white and maroon sit talking on a low wall at left, and a standing man in a white shirt and grey trousers watches. The ground has a white rangoli design at lower left. No one visible wears a clearly identifiable saffron-robed or crowned figure.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a banyan tree shrine with a large spreading trunk and hanging aerial roots, wrapped with flower garlands in red, green and white. A standing man in white dhoti and white shirt with a yellow shawl holds up an object near the tree, possibly a lamp or offering. Around a black-tiled platform, about ten seated devotees sit in meditation or prayer: a woman in a blue-grey sari, a man in a white shirt with a lanyard, a man with palms joined in a green shirt, a woman in white with a yellow shawl, and a woman in white with a pink scarf. A seated figure in orange robes sits among them. Stone planters and a brass vessel surround the tree base.2010-07-08July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of three people seated in a shaded grove among hanging aerial roots and tree trunks. On the left a man in an all-white kurta and dhoti sits on a low red-painted ledge with hands folded. Beside him a woman in a light blue salwar kameez holds a yellow handbag. On the right a young man in white kurta and dhoti with a green-bordered cloth sits on a flat rock, hands clasped, with a small badge on his chest. Behind them lie a metal bench, red soil embankment and green foliage. No deity, a person candidate or ritual object is visible.2016-08-27March 25 20082008-03-25