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Outdoor photo beneath a large spreading banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. In the centre, a woman in a red-brown dhoti-style garment with a leopard-print wrap and a striped shawl stands smiling with her hands raised together, wearing a gold pendant and layered flower and bead garlands, with a red-orange tilak on her forehead. To her left, a man in saffron-orange robes with an orange head cloth and an orange flower garland stands on a low raised platform near an orange-painted shrine structure. A young man in a green shirt and dark trousers stands at right by the tree, and a person in white clothing stands partly visible at left. A small red shrine with orange walls sits in the background.

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May 20 20142014-05-20Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A woman in a red-orange sari with a patterned cream-and-brown wrap and a long flower garland stands on a raised platform, smiling with palms pressed together in greeting. To her left, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with an orange headband and flower garland stands on the platform. A man in a white shirt and a man in a green shirt stand nearby, and an older woman in a teal sari with folded hands is at the right edge. A small orange shrine structure sits at the base of the tree.2014-05-20Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A man with long dark hair, a white forehead marking, a red-and-orange shawl and layered gold necklaces walks barefoot along a woven straw mat, wearing a red-orange garland and carrying a silver tray. Around him, saffron-clad men with white tilaka and beads stand with hands folded, and several women in red and pink saris press palms together in namaskar. A small golden deity murti and a red-painted shrine block sit at the right edge, with a patterned blue rug on the ground. Swamiji (probable): the walking man wears a long dark-haired presentation with ornate gold necklaces and a garland, consistent with the page's reference to the event.2013-03-10A photograph of an outdoor temple setting beneath large banyan trees with hanging aerial roots. A barefoot man in a saffron-orange dhoti and upper cloth, wearing a long multi-strand garland of orange and white beads and a gold-bead necklace, walks along a narrow striped path between mats. Behind him, a sannyasi in orange robes with a white forehead band and a beaded necklace stands on a mat. At right, a golden deity murti sits beside a red-painted shrine mound and a black stone pedestal. a person: the walking man has a long swept-back dark hairstyle, a white forehead band, ornate gold-bead and rudraksha-style necklaces and a saffron garment, consistent with the page's reference to a person at this event. Other visible figures are people in orange robes, partly cropped at the left edge.2013-03-10Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots, a man with long dark hair worn loose down his back stands with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed. He wears a maroon-red draped garment, a dark brown beaded rudraksha-style mala and a heavy ceremonial gold necklace of large beads and pendant, with a gold bracelet on his wrist. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a saffron-orange cloth over his shoulder also holds his hands in prayer, and another man in white stands to the right beside a stone platform with an orange cushion. Rocky ground and stone blocks lie to the left. Probable Swamiji is the central figure, identified by his long hair, ornate gold and rudraksha adornments and red-saffron clothing, shown in prayer posture during a temple-grounds devotional moment.2016-04-03Outdoor photograph beside a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots. A man in a maroon-brown dhoti-style garment and a bare-chested stance wears a long multicolour flower garland of red, white, yellow and green blooms, plus a gold pendant and beaded necklaces, and has white tilak on his forehead. Two attendants in orange-saffron robes stand nearby; one at left holds a tray of flower petals and green leaves. Stone pavers and a low red-painted platform surround the tree.2017-09-02Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree at Nithyananda Peetham, a bare-chested man with a tall black turban-style head wrap and a red-orange shawl draped over his body smiles while standing on a stone-paved courtyard. Around him, several people in orange-red wraps and rudraksha beads face him in a loose circle; one woman in a red shawl with a gold necklace stands beside him, and a man in a pink shirt and green lungi stands at left. A steel vessel sits at the right edge. The scene resembles a teaching or instruction moment at the temple construction site, though the figure's identity cannot be determined from appearance.2018-02-01December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 30 20072007-12-30March 08 20132013-03-08March 08 20132013-03-08