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December 16 20092009-12-16Outdoor abhishekam at a black stone Dakshinamoorthy-style murti seated on a raised platform beneath a large spreading banyan tree. A man in white dhoti with a yellow shawl pours liquid from a vessel over the murti's head. Around the base, a mound of orange-red flowers is ringed by a band of white and dark flowers. Brass kalashas stand on the ground nearby. Women in white sarees and a woman in green stand in a half circle, and several people in white and orange robes sit in the foreground facing the murti. Hanging aerial roots and a white arch frame the scene.2009-12-16September 24 20112011-09-24July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesJanuary 15 20162016-01-15December 28 20092009-12-28December 28 20092009-12-28September 24 20112011-09-24A photograph of devotees gathered under a large banyan tree in an open earthen courtyard. Aerial roots hang from the branches and are tied to wooden poles. At center stands a dark stone deity murti in an arched white niche with a yellow backdrop, draped with an orange cloth and a garland of red and white flowers. Many people face the murti in a semicircle: several women in white salwars and white dresses, a man in a light blue shirt in the foreground, a boy in a red t-shirt raising an arm, a woman in an orange and yellow sari, and an older man in white at right. A low circular stone ring surrounds a small planter at left. A man in a red shirt stands at the far left edge. No one is clearly identifiable as a person.2011-08-19Outdoor ritual beneath a large banyan tree at an ashram-style shrine. A golden multi-armed deity murti with a crown and a raised trident-like weapon sits on a red-and-gold base before a white arch. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl stands to the right of the murti, and another bald man in white robes stands near the base, with a woman in an orange sari and women in a teal and a pink sari nearby. Seated devotees in white shirts and khaki shirts face the shrine from the foreground. Brass pots and offering plates are arranged on the stone platform.2011-09-24Outdoor photo of a devotional gathering beneath large banyan trees at a shrine. At the left-centre, a deity murti stands in an arched white frame, adorned with a marigold garland and dark marks, with a red-painted stone pedestal in front. Several people in plain white garments stand and sit on a dark stone platform; a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the front with hands folded, a woman in a red-and-orange sari stands at the left, and a woman in a white sari holds a yellow paper in the background. Other devotees, including children and a seated woman in a pink sari, watch or sit near the water-marked floor. Potted and stone-edged planters line the ground, and a green tank sits at the right.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at a shaded ashram shrine under large trees. A golden deity murti stands in a white arched niche with red drapery and garlands. Several devotees in white clothes move around a circular platform; one woman in a cream sari holds a clipboard, a man in white kneels with folded hands at right, and a woman in a green sari stands nearby. A man in a grey shirt stands at the center-right. A pale tall pole stands at left.2010-08-19