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Outdoor ritual scene under a large spreading banyan tree with many aerial roots. Several robed figures in saffron and orange clothing stand at a raised platform with a red-framed canopy, offering items and tending ritual vessels on a low stone and tiled table. Behind them, a row of people in white and cream dress stand in a line. At right, a dark stone deity murti stands on a black pedestal with flower garlands at its base. A person in orange at left operates a camera, and seated figures in orange sit beside a small fire pit. Stone steps and a blue-painted shrine appear beside the tree.

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February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots at a temple-like ashram site. Several people in saffron and orange robes stand and sit around a red-framed wooden platform draped with a blue cloth, holding and arranging brass pots, lamps and offering dishes. A figure in saffron robes stands on a wooden ramp near the platform, and a seated devotee in orange sits at left beside a camera operator. Two people in white garments stand behind the group. On the right a dark stone sculpture of a deity murti stands on a grey pedestal, and a bright blue canopy is visible at left. Dry earth ground, scattered petals and a few small offerings complete the scene.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor temple scene beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and overhanging branches. Several people in saffron and orange dhotis and robes stand and sit around a raised wooden platform draped in a blue and white cloth, with offerings and puja items set out on it. A black stone deity murti stands at right against the tree, garlanded, and a stone shrine with a small plinth sits in front. Robed devotees in white and orange move among the trees, and a man at left in orange holds a camera on a stand. Sunlight filters through the leaves onto a sandy courtyard.2015-02-05Outdoor temple scene beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and spreading branches. Two saffron-robed priests stand on a raised red-framed platform, one in orange-red dhoti and the other in orange shawl, performing a ritual over a black stone shivalinga-style pillar on the right. Around them, a group of devotees in orange, white and red garments stands and sits on the ground, several in white clothes. A tall blue-framed shrine niche and a deity murti sit at left, with brass vessels and offerings arranged on a low platform in the foreground. Garlands and cloth decorate the trees and structures.2015-02-05Outdoor ritual under a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots. A priest in white dhoti with bare upper body stands at a red-railed wooden platform holding a ritual item, offering to a black stone Shiva lingam on a green-painted base at right. Several saffron-robed monks and white-clad devotees stand nearby under the tree, with two saffron-robed figures in a raised position at upper centre. Brass plates, a kalasha-type vessel and flower offerings sit on the platform and the stone base. A seated figure in orange at left and marigold garlands complete the scene. Abhishekam-style puja at a lingam beneath a banyan tree.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor ritual scene under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. On the right, a dark stone deity murti stands on a grey plinth decorated with flower petals. Two priests in saffron-orange robes stand on a raised platform before a table draped with a blue-and-red cloth, laden with brass vessels, a kalasha-style pot and offerings. Men and women in white and orange clothing stand in the background among the trees. On the left, a seated figure in red and white sits on an orange chair near a blue cloth-covered structure. Wooden poles and a small shrine are visible at the edges. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam with devotees gathered around.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05