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March 14 20162016-03-14March 14 20162016-03-14March 14 20162016-03-14June 17 20092009-06-17A photograph of an outdoor ashram tour under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. Several visitors in white clothing stand on sandy ground behind a metal railing, including a woman with a white shawl and a bag. Two monastics in orange and saffron robes stand near the centre, one bald with bare shoulders and a shawl, the other with a dark shawl. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a green t-shirt look toward a black stone deity murti in a carved arched niche, adorned with a red and gold cloth, a garland and a beaded mala. Red earth and construction mounds surround the area.2016-03-14June 17 20092009-06-17December 05 20112011-12-05Outdoor photograph under a leafy tree at an ashram-style grounds with sandy ground. A group of about two dozen devotees dressed in white kurtas and white churidar-style outfits, several with yellow shawls and white head coverings, stand in a loose semicircle listening. A central man in a white dhoti and shawl stands with hands folded near a small stone platform around a tree trunk. On the right, a figure in a saffron-orange robe stands facing the group with a bare upper body partly visible. A large black-and-white painted serpent sculpture lies at the left edge, and a dark stone slab sits in the foreground.2009-10-15June 17 20092009-06-17Outdoor shrine beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A dark stone deity murti draped in orange cloth stands inside a white arched frame on a red-and-black circular platform. Several people in white ritual clothes stand and bow in worship around the shrine; one man in a white dhoti and shirt has hands folded, another in white stands with a white shawl, and a woman in a white sari walks nearby. On the left, a figure in orange robes kneels on a dark stone slab, and a man in an orange garment stands among the devotees. Sandy ground, white pillars and concrete paving surround the scene.2010-07-14An outdoor satsang session held beneath a large spreading tree with thick horizontal branches. Dozens of devotees sit on mats and cushions in white and light clothing, many in white kurtas and saris, with a few in orange and yellow. In front, a seated figure in orange robes leads the gathering from a raised dais, and behind them stands a black deity murti with an orange garment and a white arch, set against red-draped steps and a bell hanging from the branches. Several people in the rows hold books or notebooks. Mostly 21-100 people are visible in the scene.2009-06-04Photograph of a group of participants in white clothing on a dirt ground beneath large banyan tree roots, during a guided ashram tour. Several people wear white kurtas, white dhotis or pants and white shawls, with orange lanyards and identity badges around their necks. A man in front has a white vertical tilak on his forehead and rudraksha-style beads on his neck. A man in a white t-shirt and dark trousers stands at right facing the group, apparently guiding them, while a woman sits on the ground at far right. Stone steps and a brass object at the left edge are visible behind the group.2016-03-14