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Outdoor photograph of a shaded shrine under large banyan-type trees. A black stone deity murti draped in an orange cloth and wreathed with marigold garlands stands inside a white arched frame. A woman in a white sari with a blue blouse bows and touches the murti. In front, a seated woman in white with a long braid and two seated men in white and maroon face the shrine on a grey stone platform, with red-painted rocks and scattered petals below. Standing onlookers in white and checked shirts stand nearby.

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June 30 20102010-06-30Outdoor photo under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. At the centre stands a black stone murti of Dakshinamurthy, draped in red and orange garlands, set within a white arched shrine frame on a raised platform. Orange-red offerings. A woman in a white sari with a red border and a man in white kurta and white dhoti sit on dark polished stone tiles facing the shrine, seemingly in puja. Other people in white garments stand around the shrine, including a man in an orange dhoti at left and a woman in a white shawl near the murti. A man in a checked shirt and a man in white stand to the right. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2010-08-28Outdoor photo under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. In the centre, an orange and white deity murti stands beneath a white arched shrine frame, decorated with an orange garland, on a dark pedestal. Several seated devotees in white shirts and dhotis sit on a stone platform facing the shrine, their backs to the camera. Women in saris and a man in white shirt walk on the dirt path at right, and a man in a brown shirt sits at left-centre. The overall setting suggests darshan under the tree.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJune 30 20102010-06-30Outdoor photo of a shaded temple grove with a black lingam-like deity murti draped in a red cloth and wreathed with marigold garlands, set inside a white arched shrine frame. Tiered heaps of orange-red flowers surround the base. A man in white dhoti and white shirt kneels on the circular platform in prayer, while a woman in a sari stands with folded hands at the left and another woman in white bends forward at the right. Seated devotees in white and red saris sit on dark stone slabs in the foreground facing the shrine, with a few more people standing in the background among tall trees and hanging aerial roots.2010-12-26Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree at an ashram shrine. A black stone Shiva linga-like deity murti stands on a raised platform inside a white arched frame, draped in orange and yellow marigold garlands, with heaps of orange and red offerings piled around its base. A woman in a yellow sari and a person in white stand by the murti. Six people sit cross-legged on a dark stone platform in the foreground, dressed in white and pale kurta clothing, facing the shrine. A standing man in a grey top and dark trousers watches from the left. Bamboo supports and aerial roots surround the scene.2010-07-07June 30 20102010-06-30Outdoor photograph of a banyan tree grove where a black stone deity murti stands beneath a white arched frame, draped in an orange garment and surrounded by heaped red flower offerings on a round black-and-white platform. Several devotees in white dhotis and white saris, some with orange shawls, stand and stand nearby; one man in an orange top and another in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala watch, while a person in white kneels in front of the murti. Hanging aerial roots and dense green leaves frame the scene.2010-07-14July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A dark stone deity murti stands in an white arched stone frame, draped in an orange cloth and yellow-and-orange marigold garlands, with an orange-red pile of offerings at its base. A woman in a white sari bends forward at left to offer to the murti. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand with folded hands in front, one in a red shirt and another in orange clothing at right. A few more people in white are visible at the edges under the trees, with a sign reading 'Nithyanandapedia' near the base. Approximately 12 people visible.2010-07-11Outdoor photo at a shaded temple courtyard beneath a banyan tree. A large seated deity murti, dressed in an orange cloth and garlanded with marigold and yellow flower strands, sits on a black pedestal framed by a white arched niche. A devotee in white kneels in prostration at the base of a red-painted platform. A man in a saffron-orange kurta and cream trousers stands at right with palms joined in namaskar. Five seated people in light shirts, white clothes and a grey salwar face the murti from a dark tiled platform. Another man in a white shirt and cream dhoti bends over the murti in the background.2010-07-08Outdoor photograph in a shaded grove under large banyan-type trees. At centre, a dark stone murti wearing an orange-saffron cloth stands within an ornate white arched frame, with orange-red offerings heaped on a dark base in front. Devotees in white ritual clothing gather around it: a bald man in white kurta and a woman in a pink salwar top stand near the murti, a man in white kurta and dhoti faces it, and several people in white stand in the background. A woman in an orange-bordered white sari stands at right. In the foreground a woman in white with a long braid sits cross-legged on a dark tiled platform facing away. The scene reads as a padapuja or darshan at a shrine.2010-10-05