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Outdoor photo at a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. Two men stand before it at a small raised stone platform. The man on the left, in a light lavender shirt and blue jeans with a dark belt, stands with his head bowed. The man on the right, in a white shirt and white trousers with a dark belt, reaches out and touches the trunk with one hand. Two long garlands of yellow, red and purple flowers hang from the tree beside them. A small brass lamp and a bell sit on the stone ledge, and scattered petals lie on the ground. A blue sign reads DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE. Other trees and greenery fill the background.

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July 11 20102010-07-11A photograph at a banyan tree shrine with a large, aerial-rooted tree trunk wrapped in roots. A garland of red and yellow flowers hangs from a low branch beside a dark cave opening marked by a blue sign reading DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE. Three men sit cross-legged on a black stone platform in the foreground: an older man in a white striped shirt and white dhoti on the left, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers in the centre, and a younger man in a white shirt and white dhoti on the right with a red thread on his wrist. Behind, a man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl stands near the trunk, and a woman in a white sari with a green border and an orange shawl stands at the right edge. The sandy ground and white stone steps surround the tree.2010-07-15A barefoot man in white ritual clothing with a yellow shawl stands at left with palms pressed together in namaskar before a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A red flower garland hangs on the trunk beside a dark cave opening marked by a blue sign reading DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE. In front of the tree are white stone platforms holding a brass plate with offerings, small brass vessels and a lamp, and a bundled cloth on a tray. Another person in white is faintly visible at the far left edge.2010-06-30Photograph of a large banyan tree with many aerial roots wrapping around a dark cave opening at its base. A blue sign reads "DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE" on a concrete ledge. A yellow and red flower garland hangs across the cave entrance, with scattered yellow marigold petals on the ground. On the right, a bare-chested person with long dark hair wears a lavender-purple dhoti and shawl and stands barefoot with head bowed toward the tree, hands folded at the waist.2010-12-28June 30 20102010-06-30June 30 20102010-06-30December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoor photo at a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and a garland of red, yellow and white flowers draped on its trunk. A blue sign reads DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE at the base, beside a raised stone platform scattered with petals. Three men in white shirts and white dhotis stand at left and centre; one carries a covered ceremonial object with a purple cloth edged in gold brocade and a gold finial. A woman at right wears an orange sari and presses her palms together in prayer. A fourth person in orange stands partly hidden behind the centre group.2010-07-22December 03 20162016-12-03Devotees gather at a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, its trunk draped with a red flower garland. A figure in a yellow top and white dhoti stands on a raised stone platform, raising an oil lamp or incense holder toward the tree, while others in white and grey garments, including a woman in a teal blouse and white sari and a man in a grey shirt, stand in prayer with hands folded. A blue sign reads DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE beside a small dark opening at the base of the trunk, and a stone offering plate sits on the platform. The setting is an outdoor ashram grove with reddish earth and a dark polished floor.2010-06-30A large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and a dark cave-like opening at its base, decorated with a garland of yellow and orange marigolds and red and white flowers wrapped around the trunk. A blue sign at the base reads 'DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE'. On the right, a figure in an orange-red garment with long dark hair bends forward beside the tree, and another person in orange clothing stands further right near a decorated shrine with a deity murti adorned in flower garlands. Paved stone path and red-tiled area in the foreground.2016-12-03December 16 20102010-12-16