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Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, at a sacred site where a golden temple layout is being marked out with yellow lines and red-edged stone platforms. A bearded man in a saffron robe and black cap stands on paved stone, appearing to give instructions; the appearance-based label is Swamiji (probable), shown with a black turban-style cap and saffron robe, with the role of instructing sthapathis. Beside him are a monk in a saffron robe, a white-clad priest with bare torso and sacred thread, an older man in a white dhoti and shawl, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti; a man in a purple shirt and a man in a pink shirt stand nearby.2018-02-01December 23 20082008-12-23April 24 20192019-04-24December 31 20062006-12-31Outdoor photo of several saffron-robed men walking along a sandy path beneath a large banyan tree with orange flowers. A man with long dark hair and a tan shawl on the left carries a book. Next to him, a man in an orange turban gestures while speaking. Further right, a man in an orange turban and cream waistcoat walks barefoot beside a bald man in a golden-yellow robe. Behind them is a dark stone deity murti with a garland of marigolds, set on a red base. Several other monks in orange and white follow.2009-12-11Photograph of four men walking barefoot on sandy ground beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. The man in front wears saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a long gold-bead necklace and a white tilak on his forehead, bare-chested. Behind him, a man in maroon-red dhoti with a gold-trimmed cloth walks, followed by a man in white dhoti with a gold-bead necklace and a white tilak. The rightmost man wears orange-red clothing with rudraksha beads and a tilak. Stone-edged platforms and fallen leaves lie around them, with a rock in the foreground.2013-03-08A photograph of people walking barefoot along a dirt path beneath a large spreading banyan tree with thick aerial roots and a low stone-edged planting bed. A shaved-headed man in a saffron-orange robe walks at centre, gesturing with his right hand, holding a small object in his left. Beside him, a bearded man in a white kurta wears a dark head covering and a brown-and-gold patterned shawl draped over his shoulders. Behind them, two men in white clothing follow, one holding a camera. A hose coils along the stone border on the right. The scene is outdoors in daylight.2010-09-27Outdoor photo beneath a large spreading tree with thick branches overhead. A file of monks walks along a dirt path bordered by low stone benches. In front, a man with long white beard and flowing saffron-orange robes holds a walking staff and smiles; behind him, shaven-headed men wear rust-brown and gold-bordered dhotis and shawls with rudraksha malas. In the right foreground, a man with dark swept-back hair and a gold-bordered brown shawl bows his head, a rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders. A purple circular logo appears at upper left.2013-11-05Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots, a group walks along a stone-paved path past a red-brown excavation edge and a golden gateway with carved pillars. A man in orange robes with a turban-like head wrap and a sannyasi in saffron-orange cloth walk with a woman in orange who carries a folded paper, while a man in white dhoti and shirt stands further along. A woman in white sari with an orange border stands at the right edge, partly seen. The setting is dry sandy ground with fallen leaves, consistent with the Kalpataru banyan temple construction site.2018-02-01April 24 20192019-04-24February 01 20182018-02-01December 11 20092009-12-11