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Outdoor photo of a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and a thick trunk wrapped in a white and red flower garland. In the lower right, a person with long dark hair and a gold headband, wearing a red sleeveless top and a red-and-white flower garland, holds a brass lamp with a bowl-shaped flame and a small brass bell, offering light to the tree. Green foliage and bright sky are visible behind.

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December 27 20072007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27A photograph of a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and trunk, wrapped with a long garland of red, yellow, white and green flowers. A man stands at left in a rust-orange dhoti with a gold border and a red-and-blue flower garland over his shoulders, bare-chested with gold armlets, and holds a brass oil lamp and bell. A flame burns in the lamp near the tree. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long, swept-back dark hair, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style garland, which are the qualifying cues.2015-01-04January 03 20162016-01-03 +1 copiesDecember 11 20112011-12-11December 31 20082008-12-31Outdoor photo beneath a huge banyan tree with thick aerial roots wrapping its trunk. A standing devotee in a flowing orange saffron wrap, with long dark hair and a green leaf garland over the shoulder, faces the trunk while holding a lit oil lamp or offering. Yellow and orange marigold garlands hang on the roots. In the foreground at right, a white cloth covers a seated or offered object beside an orange cushion, a small brass vessel and a stone base, with white kolam designs on the ground. Another orange-clad figure stands at the far right edge. The scene shows an outdoor puja at a sacred tree.2007-12-22Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots, a man with long dark hair and a white-and-orange garland stands bare-chested, wrapped in a red-orange cloth, holding a metal lamp with a bright flame and a small bell in his other hand as he performs an aarti. The trunk to the right is decorated with red, orange and white flower garlands. Around him, about a dozen people in white ritual clothes stand with palms pressed together in prayer, some wearing rudraksha malas, and a few children are visible at the left edge.2007-07-29January 04 20152015-01-04 +1 copiesA photograph taken at night of a figure in an orange saffron garment standing to the left, wearing a long white and red flower garland and a gold necklace, with long dark hair and a sindoor mark on the forehead. The figure holds a small brass handbell in the right hand while looking toward a large banyan tree trunk. The trunk and its hanging aerial roots are marked with red and yellow kumkum or turmeric paste, and a flower garland hangs at the lower right edge. Flowers and leaves are in the lower left foreground, and dark trees fill the background.2007-01-01Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, a person in an orange saffron garment stands on a concrete platform holding a lit oil lamp flame in a metal lamp and a small silver bell in the other hand. The person wears a long white and red flower garland, a gold necklace, and gold bangles, and has a white tilak mark on the forehead with long dark hair. A yellow and red marigold garland hangs around the trunk at right, and a small blue sign is visible near the base. Swamiji (probable): the orange robes, long hair, ornate gold necklace and garlands are visible cues, and the page places Swamiji at this event, so the person is treated as a probable candidate performing a lamp puja.2011-12-11January 03 20162016-01-03