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Outdoor photograph of a group of devotees working at the base of a large, dense banyan tree with spreading aerial roots and thick green foliage. A yellow backhoe loader digs into reddish-brown earth in the center. Many people wear saffron-orange robes, with a few in red, blue, white and black clothing; some carry buckets and tools, and others bend over to dig. A mound of freshly turned red soil sits in the foreground beside leafy green plants. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at the center, and a woman in a blue sari stands nearby. No identifiable a person is visible.

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September 04 20162016-09-04September 11 20162016-09-11A photograph of a group digging in red-brown earth beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots and dense green foliage. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a beard, wearing a black t-shirt and black trousers, digs with a long-handled hoe while barefoot. To his left, a woman in a black top and white trousers with a long braid uses a short-handled spade, and a man in a navy shirt and khaki trousers works beside them. Behind them, a woman in a teal sari and several people in white clothes stand watching. At the far right, a man in a red shirt and white trousers stands with arms crossed beside a saffron-robed monastic with a rudraksha mala.2016-09-11September 04 20162016-09-04A photograph of a kara seva work site under a large spreading banyan tree on bare red earth at AdiKailaasa. Several people in white clothes work with tools: one bends low over the ground at right, another stands at a mound of reddish soil, and others stand around under the branches, one woman in a green sari, a man in white with an orange cloth. Large rocks lie on the ground, a white plastic container sits near the centre, and a wire fence and poles are visible behind. Hanging ropes and supports hang from the branches.2008-02-23September 11 20162016-09-11September 13 20132013-09-13September 18 20162016-09-18Outdoors beneath a large spreading banyan tree with dense aerial roots, several people dig and clear reddish soil with hoes and shovels. A bare-chested man in a saffron-orange dhoti and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, carrying a hoe, stands at left among others in white and saffron. Nearby, women in white saris and men in white shirts and dhotis work the ground; a man in a black t-shirt stands center-right, and others in casual clothes bend to dig at right. Approximately a dozen or more people are visible.2016-09-11Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots, several people work the red earth with tools. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala crouches and digs with a pickaxe-like tool, and a woman in orange sari sweeps or clears the ground with a broom. Around them, devotees in orange, maroon and white stand and watch; one man in white dhoti with a gold border stands at upper left, and a woman in orange sari with a beaded necklace stands center. Leaves and cut branches lie on the ground. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2016-09-04September 11 20162016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11