January 23 2010 - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of an outdoor park area with a large beige kangaroo sculpture standing beside a tree at centre, next to a wooden bench and a low bamboo-style fence. Sandy ground, a yellow-roofed play structure and a slide appear at left, with a white perimeter wall, palm trees and a blue sky behind. No people are visible.

January 23 2010

January 23 2010

Outdoor photograph beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots. A single man in saffron-orange robes with a wrapped shawl and a beaded necklace stands barefoot on a white stone platform beside the trunk, hands at his sides. To the right, a deity murti with four arms and dark stone form sits in a white arched shrine framed by a yellow backdrop, draped in purple cloth, with a large mound of red kumkum or flower offerings at its base. Red prayer mats and a low stone bench lie on sandy ground, with a tiled walkway and brick walls in the background. The figure's appearance is consistent with the page's a person reference, but the identification is uncertain.

March 17 2013

Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots, a man in saffron-orange robes stands on a low stone platform. He wears a saffron wrap over his shoulder and a long orange-and-gold necklace of beads, and his long dark hair is swept back. Nearby, a dark-faced deity murti is decorated in orange cloth and sits inside a white arched shrine with a red backdrop. In front of it stand a heap of red offerings and red-and-white mats on the sandy ground.

Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and a raised stone platform. A person in an orange-red sari-style garment with a long orange-beaded necklace stands barefoot on a red mat near the trunk, appearing to face a shrine. At right, a white arched niche with green backdrop houses a dark deity murti decorated in orange cloth and a garland, set beside a circular platform heaped with red flowers and a small lamp. Red mats lie on the ground and dry leaves are scattered across the dirt. Appearance-based cues are insufficient to name the standing person, so the role is described only as a devotee.

December 19 2006

A guide in a rust-red sari and shawl stands on a dirt path beside a large dark stone sculpture of a seated deity under a hooded serpent canopy, wearing a red cloth headband, a beaded necklace and white drapery. A group of visitors listens: a woman in white, a man in a white shirt and cream shorts holding a small bag, a young woman in a white dress, and children in white and cream clothes, one carrying a yellow backpack. Behind them a red compound wall, green bamboo and trees, and two women in colourful saris walk past. Grey rocks lie in the background under a pale sky.

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Outdoor photo at dusk of a large group of devotees gathered in a loose circle on bare dirt ground beside a long white-railed fence with red brick base and palm trees behind. Several people stand in the middle, one woman in an orange sari near the front-left, a figure in orange at the centre, and others in white kurtas, pale cream clothes, dark jackets and backpacks. A white van is parked at the right.

Outdoor shrine beneath a large spreading banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A dark stone seated deity murti sits in an ornate silver arched niche draped with orange cloth, adorned with red and orange garlands and a gold-and-red garment. Red flower offerings are heaped at its base, with a small lamp and brass items before it. Sandy ground, a low stone platform and green foliage surround the shrine. No people are visible.

Outdoor photo at a banyan tree shrine. A figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and shawl with a rudraksha-style mala, stands barefoot with hands joined near the large aerial-rooted banyan trunk, eyes lowered. A garland of yellow, red, pink and purple flowers hangs on the left trunk. To the right, a white arched stone shrine frames a black deity murti draped in orange cloth and garlands, in front of a mound of red kumkum/vermilion powder with a small offering tray. Dirt ground with white rangoli-style patterns at the base of the tree.