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Outdoor ritual at dusk beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A line of devotees, mostly women in white and coloured saris along with a few men in white, stand with palms joined in prayer on sandy ground. At right, a priest in white dhoti with bare torso stands with hands folded, and beside him a man in saffron robe holds a lamp or ritual vessel. A dark stone deity murti draped in orange cloth with garlands stands on a stone base at right, with a stone shivalinga-style piece and a small ornamental cloth nearby. A child in green stands among the devotees.

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January 20 20082008-01-20January 20 20082008-01-20January 20 20082008-01-20March 22 20082008-03-22January 20 20082008-01-20Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and a dense canopy. A small shrine arch framed in red and white stands at right, holding a dark stone shivalinga draped in an orange cloth, with garlands at its base. In the centre, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt sits on a mat with several women in white and red saris and others in white and blue, seated in a group, with a few men in white kurta-style clothing standing and sitting nearby. At left, a woman in an orange sari with a pale border bends low while others in white stand near a metal pot. A small boy in a yellow-and-white striped shirt walks across the foreground past a stone pedestal with a black-and-white patterned border. Around 20 people are visible.2008-03-22December 20 20072007-12-20Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with dangling aerial roots, showing a consecration ritual at a stone-lined base. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a long orange head wrap holds a ritual implement and faces the altar, with a small brass bell nearby. Several people in white clothes stand and kneel around the rite, including a bent figure in white and a standing man in white with palms joined. Women wear sarees in red, pink and green, and a row of seated devotees watches from the background. A dark black stone deity murti with a raised hooded form stands on a granite pedestal at right, with brass vessels and offerings on the ground.2003-04-02January 24 20082008-01-24 +1 copiesOutdoor photo beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots. Seated devotees in white clothes, several women in red and orange saris, sit on a mat in front of the tree. In the foreground a girl in a white top and a small boy in a yellow-and-white striped shirt stand, and a woman in a cream sari bends over near a rocky stone base. On the right, a dark stone deity murti stands in a red-and-white arched shrine, draped in an orange shawl, with garlands at its base. The shrine stands on a dark rock-like pedestal beside a kalasha-like brass pot and offerings. No identifiable a person figure is visible; the orange-draped figure is a statue in a shrine.2008-03-22Outdoor temple grounds under a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. In the foreground a woman in white dhoti-style sari with folded hands stands on a paved platform near the trunk. A man in white with an orange shawl walks along a path toward a large dark stone deity murti on a black base, decorated with a garland of orange and red flowers, next to an orange-smeared sacred mound with scattered petals and a black-and-white painted border. Other devotees in white and green saris and white shirts walk and stand nearby, a child in orange clothing among them. A carved white stone arch frames the shrine on the right. A man in a white shirt and a bald priest in white stand by the shrine. Mostly white and orange colours dominate, with greenery in the background.2010-07-11January 01 20172017-01-01