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A woman kneels on a paved area beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots and a garland of yellow and purple flowers hanging above. She wears a cream saree with a patterned border and an orange shawl draped over her shoulders, with a red bindi on her forehead, and holds her palms pressed together in namaskar with eyes closed. Behind her, two women in yellow and white traditional dress walk past on a stone-edged walkway, one carrying a mobile phone.

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August 02 20102010-08-02June 17 20172017-06-17Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots and dappled sunlight on bare reddish earth. A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe and matching turban, with a rudraksha-style beaded mala around the neck, sits at front left, facing a small brass setup with oil lamps and a bell. A standing man in white kurta and white dhoti, hands folded, stands at left. A seated woman in a white sari with a grey-streaked hair bun sits at right beside a maroon bag. The scene reads as a sitting of devotion or puja under the tree. The orange-robed figure does not carry clear a person cues, so no identity is asserted.2003-01-01December 27 20092009-12-27January 01 20192019-01-01December 15 20092009-12-15May 26 20152015-05-26A photograph of a seated figure in an orange-saffron robe with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi on the forehead and a red undergarment visible at the chest, seated on a white-covered chair draped in orange cloth and set on a patterned red-and-burgundy rug. A devotee in a white dhoti and white shirt lies prostrate in full pranam on the floor in front of the chair, head bowed to the rug. Around them, a hall with woven mats and green borders holds about a dozen seated people in white clothes, some in yellow shawls and orange robes, with women in white saris and a standing man in white. a person is seated in the orange robe with long hair and the chair-based darshan setting; the appearance cues are the saffron robe and long hair, and the seated figure receives the prostration. The scene is a darshan with devotees prostrating before the seated teacher.2008-09-30December 12 20162016-12-12 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of devotees standing in a line under a leafy green tree canopy with hanging vines. Several people in white dhoti or white kurta clothing with gold-bordered cloth and rudraksha malas stand with hands pressed in anjali mudra. A bald man in a white dhoti with gold border and a backpack stands at left beside a brass oil lamp, and a person in orange robe is at the far left. Another man in white with long hair and beard stands centre-right with palms joined. A woman in white with gold border and rudraksha mala stands with eyes closed, and another woman on the right wears a white shawl and mala. The setting looks like a garden path with a stone-paved walkway.2017-06-17Outdoor ritual photograph under trees on bare earth. A seated man in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange turban sits with palms pressed together and head bowed before a large orange-draped Shivalinga decorated with white and red flower garlands. Beside him to the right, a woman in white sits in prayer, and further back another person in white kneels with head bowed. A woman in white sits at the upper right near a stone deity murti wrapped in white and red flower garlands. In the foreground are a flower-garlanded offering tray with red blossoms, brass pots and lamps, and a heap of bananas. Several people are visible in the scene.Several women sit cross-legged on a mat in prayer, palms pressed together at chest level with eyes closed. They wear white clothing with yellow shawls draped over their shoulders. A woman in the centre has a red bindi and a small gold bracelet. Behind them hang red and white striped walls and orange curtains, with a white plastic chair and a potted plant to the right. A woman on the right has light brown hair and a patterned sari, and a few heads are visible in the lower foreground. The scene reads as a devotional gathering during a pada puja.2010-08-02 +1 copies