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A photograph of devotees at an outdoor shrine beside a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. In the foreground, an older man with short grey hair in a plain white shirt and white dhoti stands barefoot with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind him, a woman in a rust-orange sari wears a gold necklace and holds her hands in anjali. A man in a checked shirt and a figure in a cream and gold mundu stand further back. Stone paved paths and a low red-and-white platform surround the tree.

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April 24 20192019-04-24A photograph of devotees standing in a garden beside a large banyan tree with aerial roots, their hands pressed together in anjali mudra in prayer. In the foreground a woman in a white shawl with a white sari and gold bangle stands with eyes closed. Behind her, a man in a green t-shirt and red-striped trousers and two women in white saris with red borders also stand with hands folded. A red-painted wall and green shrubbery form the backdrop. The scene appears to be a quiet moment of prayer at a tree shrine.2010-09-30April 03 20162016-04-03December 31 20092009-12-31Outdoor scene beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots, standing on a dark polished stone platform scattered with dry leaves. Five men walk or stand in a row. At far left, a man in white shirt and white dhoti stands with hands folded. Next, a man in white shirt and grey trousers stands with hand at chest. Center, a bare-chested priest in a red-maroon lower cloth and white dhoti with gold border holds a sacred thread area and wears beaded necklaces, his body marked with white ash. Beside him, a man in a saffron-orange cloth wrap with a rudraksha mala gestures with his hand. At right, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with gold border wears a gold-beaded necklace and bangles, his chest marked with white ash, walking barefoot.2011-10-01June 17 20172017-06-17August 21 20112011-08-21April 24 20192019-04-24February 01 20182018-02-01October 11 20132013-10-11A barefoot man in saffron-orange robes stands beside a large banyan tree with thick, twisting aerial roots, leaning slightly against its trunk. He wears a long orange garland, a gold-coloured waist cloth and a white forehead mark, with dark hair pulled back. He stands on a folded red-and-blue patterned mat set on a low stone platform in an open outdoor courtyard with bare dirt ground, scattered stone blocks, white pillars and a red boundary wall behind. a person based on the saffron robes, garland and white forehead marking; the page identifies him at this event, but appearance cues are moderately distinctive rather than conclusive.2013-03-17June 17 20172017-06-17