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Outdoor temple scene under a large shady tree with white pillars and an arched white shrine. A central shrine holds a deity murti or linga draped in orange cloth and dressed with marigold and mixed flower garlands, with a kalasha-style brass lamp and offerings before it. A figure in an orange robe and another in white stand near the shrine. Seated devotees, mostly women in blue, green, red and yellow saris, sit on a dark polished stone floor facing the shrine, while standing people in white dhotis and shirts watch nearby. A woman in a red and gold sari stands at left. Some people are seated on the ground with their backs to the camera. The scene suggests puja or darshan at a shrine.

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July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesDecember 28 20092009-12-28December 23 20062006-12-23Outdoor temple scene under large banyan trees at a shrine with a red-painted deity murti in a white arched niche, decorated with marigold garlands and flanked by red-and-orange flower offerings. Devotees in white shirts, dhotis and sarees stand, walk and sit on a black stone platform; a man in an orange shirt and a kneeling woman in green sari are in the foreground. A child in blue stands among the crowd. A large number of people are visible, and the scene shows darshan and pooja at a sacred tree shrine.2009-07-07 +1 copiesFebruary 24 20072007-02-24July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photo under a large spreading tree at a dirt-ground shrine. A dark-skinned deity murti with a saffron-orange garland and raised arms stands on a pink-and-white pedestal inside a stone arch. Around a circular paved platform, devotees in white dhotis and shirts, saris in green, orange, red and white, and salwar kameez stand and walk; a few people are kneeling. Several boys and a woman in white sit on a dark mat in the foreground facing the shrine. A watermarked copyright line is visible in the image but not reproduced here.2007-05-04A photograph of a shaded outdoor grove beneath large banyan trees. In the centre, a white arched shrine frames a deity murti draped in orange and red garlands. Several devotees in white clothes move around a circular platform and dark stone slabs, some bending low. A woman on the left wears an orange shawl over white. A man in a yellow-and-white garment kneels near the foreground. Other people in white and a woman in a patterned sari stand nearby. Some attendees carry out simple devotional actions near the shrine, and the scene suggests a puja or darshan at the banyan grove.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJune 30 20102010-06-30July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. Seated devotees in white and pastel clothes face a small shrine under a white arched frame, where a deity murti draped in orange and yellow marigold garlands stands on a dais with orange flower offerings piled before it. A man in white shirt and dhoti stands at the left, and a woman in a yellow sari stands near the shrine, with another figure in red and white tending the murti. The devotees sit on a dark stone platform. Some people are seated in the foreground, a few partially visible at the edges.2010-07-03February 24 20072007-02-24