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A photograph of a large grey-trunked banyan tree with spreading branches beside a low stone platform and steps. At its base sits a small dark stone deity murti. Overgrown green grass and shrubs surround the area. To the right stands a long pale granite temple wall with a decorated cornice and a small spire-like finial, and behind are green hills and palm trees under an overcast sky. No people are visible.A large old banyan tree with thick grey, buttressed trunks and spreading green canopy stands beside a long pale stone temple wall capped with a carved cornice. At the base of the tree sits a small dark stone Ganesha shrine on a low plinth, approached by a few worn concrete steps bordered by a crumbling low wall. Overgrown grass and shrubs surround the shrine, and green hills rise in the background under an overcast sky. No people are visible.September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public functionA large, gnarled banyan tree with pale grey bark and spreading branches stands beside a whitewashed temple wall of stone blocks. At its base sits a dark stone Ganesha murti on a low pedestal, surrounded by grass and roots. Distant green hills are visible behind the tree under an overcast sky. No people are present.September 4 1989 - earliest ever recorded public functionA large, spreading banyan tree with dense dark-green leaves and multiple thick branches stands in front of a tall stone wall of rectangular grey-beige blocks topped by a pinkish plastered parapet with carved moulding. Aerial roots hang and wrap around the trunk base, and palm fronds and flowering shrubs grow in the foreground. No people are visible. The scene shows the tree and wall area beside the temple, with no ritual, deity or person in view.July 08 20122012-07-08A photograph of a large, gnarled old tree with a thick grey trunk and spreading, twisting branches growing over a flat dark rock slab on the left and a low rocky ledge on the right. Green leaves with yellowing patches fill the canopy, and dry reddish-brown soil lies at the base beneath the roots. Dense hillside scrub and bare trees rise in the background. No people are visible.A photograph of a large banyan tree with many thick, twisting aerial roots forming a dense trunk structure. At its base sits a raised, circular stone platform with worn whitish walls and steps, and at the center a small lit oil lamp glows inside a recessed opening among the roots. A flat dark stone slab stands in front, with fallen leaves scattered on the sandy ground. No people are visible.2013-12-16March 26 20132013-03-26A large, ancient banyan tree with a thick, grey, fluted trunk and multiple aerial prop roots descending from its wide spreading limbs. Green leaves hang from the upper branches, and dense low shrubs and grass surround the base against a dim, wooded landscape. No people are visible. The photo is dated 2007-08-11 and captioned NEW BANYAN TREE in the archive album.2007-08-11A large old banyan tree dominates the frame, its thick trunk and many aerial prop roots hanging down from wide spreading branches. The base of the trunk sits within a circular raised white-washed platform with a dark red-brown earth floor and small white steps. A black polished stone slab lies in the foreground, reflecting the tree. No people are visible.2008-12-10