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February 08 2010

Outdoor photo under a large spreading tree with dense green leaves at an ashram site with sandy ground. Several men and youths walk along a path, mostly in white dhotis and white kurtas with saffron/orange shawls draped over their shoulders; one prominent man in the centre wears a white kurta with a white scarf and carries a long bamboo staff. Others carry slender bamboo poles or staves. A young person at left wears an orange garment and holds a bamboo pole. In the background a red-cloth-covered structure is visible. Some people appear in the distance under the branches. No individual is distinctively identifiable as a person from appearance cues in this frame.

December 02 2009

A photograph of a group of devotees standing outdoors on reddish-brown earth beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots and spreading branches. Most wear white ritual clothing and flower garlands: men in long white kurtas and white trousers, women in white tunics and white trousers. Several have their hands folded in namaste or stand barefoot in a reverent line. One woman carries a black bag and another a red bag. Light filters through the leaves onto a pale stone platform at the right edge.

Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with thick, low, spreading branches and hanging aerial roots, set on bare reddish earth with a concrete ring around the trunk. In the centre, a young man in plain white kurta and dhoti, with a dark cord necklace and a bindi-like mark on his forehead, stands with hands folded at his chest. To the right, an older person in white clothing bends forward at the waist with arms stretched up to grasp a branch. Behind the trunk, another person in white stands near the tree, partly hidden by the aerial roots. A dark-haired figure in white is also partly visible near the centre-left.

Outdoor photo beneath a huge old banyan tree with thick aerial roots and sprawling limbs. A group of about a dozen devotees in white clothes stands on bare dirt near the trunk, many wearing flower garlands. Two women in front wear white dresses, one with long blonde hair and a blue shawl over her shoulder, the other in cream clothing; a man in a white jacket and white trousers stands beside them, and women in white salwar-style outfits stand further back. A man in white is partly visible at the far left edge. Their posture is quiet and attentive, consistent with a welcome or sarvadarshan-type gathering. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.

October 07 2006

Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with thick, twisting aerial roots and a wide canopy of green leaves. Three people in white stand on red earth around a raised circular platform and a low concrete planter ring. A man in white stands at left near the trunk with his hands folded at his chest, and a woman in a white sari-style outfit with a white shawl walks at center holding the hand of a young child in white at right. A black hose runs along the ground near the tree base.

Outdoor photo of a group walking along a dirt path beside a large banyan tree with aerial roots and spreading branches. In the centre a figure in a flowing orange robe with long dark hair walks barefoot, and nearby a man in white with an orange shawl over his shoulder walks barefoot on a stone. Several men in white kurta-style clothing walk in the foreground and left, some in white dhotis. A low stone-edged border lines the path. Visible people: about seven.

December 20 2009

A photograph of several people walking away from the camera along a dirt path beneath leafy trees in an ashram garden. Foreground, a man in white dhoti and white shirt with a yellow sash walks with his back to the camera, and a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl follows at right. Ahead, two figures in saffron/orange robes with orange shawls walk on the path, one bald and one with a cloth over the shoulder. A woman in a dark patterned top walks between them. Beds of flowering plants line the path, and a white building with red-trimmed pillars stands beyond the trees.

A crowd of devotees walks along a dirt path beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. Most people wear white traditional clothing: men in white kurtas and dhotis, several with yellow shawls draped over their shoulders, and women in white sarees and white head coverings. A woman in a green and blue shawl and another in a pink salwar stand among them. On the left edge, a red-and-gold shrine structure is partly visible, and a figure in orange clothing appears near it. The procession appears orderly and unhurried.