A photograph of four men in white traditional clothing working on bare ground beneath a large spreading tree with pale grey trunk and branches. Each man crouches or bends low, tending the soil, with one holding a tray or dish of greenery near the centre. Young saplings are planted nearby, a low pale stone wall runs behind, and green fields and palms stretch into the hazy distance. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of four men in white traditional clothing working on bare ground beneath a large spreading tree with pale grey trunk and branches. Each man crouches or bends low, tending the soil, with one holding a tray or dish of greenery near the centre. Young saplings are planted nearby, a low pale stone wall runs behind, and green fields and palms stretch into the hazy distance.

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A photograph of four men in white clothes working on bare, sandy ground beside a large old tree with a thick trunk and spreading canopy. Two men crouch near the center, one holding a small plate with green leaves, while others bend over at the left and right edges. A low stone wall and young saplings stand behind them, with scrubby vegetation and palm trees in the background. Some men appear barefoot and dressed in white shirts and dhotis.

A outdoor photograph of a dusty clearing beside a large spreading tree with a pale trunk, with young saplings staked along a low whitish wall behind. A barefoot man in a white shirt and white dhoti bends forward, digging or working the ground with a tool near a bare rock. A man in a white shirt and light trousers walks past on the left, and another worker in white crouches on the right beside a small brick-edged bed. No a person candidate is visible; the people wear plain white work clothes.

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February 23 2008

Outdoors among large banyan trees with thick aerial roots, a group of about a dozen people works on bare red-brown earth, digging and clearing soil around circular stone-edged beds. A man in an orange robe with a beaded necklace stands at centre, while several people in white dhotis and white shirts hold shovels and tools. A woman in a white sari with a yellow border stands at left. Others in mixed clothing, including a blue-and-white striped shirt and dark shirts, move between the trees. A small white post and a grey water pipe sit near the stone rings.

Outdoor scene beneath a large spreading banyan tree with thick low branches and a dirt ground surrounded by a low stone platform. A man in white clothing sits on the stone ledge at left, hands resting in his lap. A standing man in white kurta and white dhoti, with a white cloth over his shoulder, stands in the centre near a metal pole, his arm raised toward a hanging branch. At right, a seated man in white garments sits cross-legged on a dark mat. Green plastic containers sit at the lower left. The scene appears to show a tree-side ritual setting, with no visible saffron or ornate garments to support any identification.

Outdoor photograph of devotees doing kara seva, voluntary physical labour, at a large old banyan tree in dry red earth. Many people in white clothing work and move around the bare ground; a woman in a white sari with an orange-bordered wrap stands at left, and a young girl in a pale dress stands near a woman in white. Several women in saris of red, green, orange and pink stand near the tree trunk, and a man in a red shirt stands behind them. A person in a white kurta and orange scarf stands in the right foreground with hands on hips, with a dark bag on the ground nearby. Freshly dug circular beds edged with concrete blocks lie in the foreground, and aerial roots hang from the banyan's trunks.

February 27 2016

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Outdoor photo of devotees digging and tending red earth beneath large banyan trees with dense aerial roots. A man in white dhoti-style clothing bends over with a tool in the foreground, while a bald man in white robes with a yellow sash stands at left near the trunk. Another man in white stands center with hands on hips. A seated person in orange robes sits on a curved stone border at right. A woman in orange stands at left, and several other people in white, orange, green and striped clothing stand in the background among the trees. A curved stone edging frames the freshly dug area.

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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with thick, low, spreading branches and hanging aerial roots, set on bare reddish earth with a concrete ring around the trunk. In the centre, a young man in plain white kurta and dhoti, with a dark cord necklace and a bindi-like mark on his forehead, stands with hands folded at his chest. To the right, an older person in white clothing bends forward at the waist with arms stretched up to grasp a branch. Behind the trunk, another person in white stands near the tree, partly hidden by the aerial roots. A dark-haired figure in white is also partly visible near the centre-left.

A photograph of a large banyan tree with massive spreading horizontal limbs and hanging aerial roots, set in a sandy-floored enclosure with low concrete curbs. A young man stands centre-frame in white ritual clothing, a white dhoti and white kurta with a dark cord around his neck, his hands joined in front of him. Behind him a figure in white bends forward under the branch in a yoga-style stretch. Two more people in white stand at the left, one partly hidden by the aerial roots. No identifiable a person depiction is evident from appearance.