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Outdoor photo at dusk of a small shrine labelled in Kannada and English as "Munishwara shrine", a black stone platform with a shivalinga-like stone and a garland of yellow and red flowers. A bronze oil lamp and a bell sit beside it, and banana leaves hold rice, bananas, coconut halves, fruit and other offerings in front. On the left, a person in an orange robe with a pale-pink shawl and voluminous dark curly hair stands with hands joined in prayer, while a figure in white stands at the edge of the frame. The surroundings are bare reddish earth with fallen leaves and a low white-painted circular border. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable) for the orange-robed figure with long curly hair and shawl; he is in prayer at the shrine.

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December 22 20092009-12-22December 22 20092009-12-22Outdoors at night, a bearded man with long dark curly hair stands barefoot in a saffron-orange robe with a red border, hands pressed together in namaste before a stone slab. Garlands of yellow and red flowers lie on the sandy ground and on a low stone table to the lower right, beside a brass plate with a small lamp and offerings. Behind him, a man in a white shirt with an ID lanyard and two other men stand back, and a white wall and a tree fill the background. The page excerpt references a Laughing Temple visit, but that is not visible here.2009-12-22December 22 20092009-12-22November 21 20102010-11-21August 02 20082008-08-02December 30 20082008-12-30December 20 20112011-12-20January 01 20062006-01-01December 22 20092009-12-22September 30 20112011-09-30Outdoor temple scene beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A devotee in an orange saffron garment with a purple flower garland stands at the right, holding a lit oil lamp or aarti flame near a shrine. Behind, a deity murti is decorated with marigold and multicolored flower garlands under a white stone arch. A white platform at left holds steel plates of yellow flowers and offerings, and a dark water-filled basin lies in front. A second person in orange stands at the right edge. Ritual puja setting in an ashram grounds.2008-12-31