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Outdoor photo of a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and a wide canopy over a sandy courtyard. Several people stand and walk around the trunk and nearby stone platforms; one woman in a pink top and white pants stands on the left with a small girl in a yellow dress. A man in a yellow shirt and blue jeans walks near the base, and a few men in white dhotis and light shirts stand to the right. On the right, a black stone deity murti with an orange shawl and garlands sits beside a mound of orange cloth-wrapped offerings, with a black snake-like rope border. A white sign reads SILENCE PLEASE. Nearby stands a woman in white.

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August 10 20112011-08-10Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and white-painted posts around its base. In the centre-right, a barefoot person in a leopard-print shawl over orange clothing walks toward a raised circular platform. On the platform sits a large red-painted mound with a dark stone deity murti draped in orange cloth, ringed by a black-and-white bordered edge. A figure in orange robes stands at the left edge, partly cropped. A small white sign reads 'SILENCE PLEASE' near the tree roots. Sunlight dapples the dirt ground. Two physical people are visible.2010-10-05August 10 20112011-08-10A photograph of an outdoor shrine beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. On the right, a dark stone deity murti is draped in orange cloth and garlanded with marigold and rose garlands, set on a raised bed of orange-red flowers within a white arched frame. A barefoot man in a long white dhoti and shirt walks in the right foreground, facing away. Further back, a few people in white and one in a yellow shirt stand near a dark stone platform and a small tree-encircling base, with a woman in a pink dress on the left. Red earth paths curve through the scene. A white sign reading 'SILENCE PLEASE' is visible at the right edge.2010-11-03A photograph of an outdoor shrine beneath a large, sprawling banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. At the centre right, a dark stone deity murti draped in orange cloth sits on a circular platform, in front of a heap of red-orange offerings ringed by a black border with white dots. Several people stand and move around the grounds: a woman in a white and green sari stands at the platform's edge, a woman in a green top and pink skirt stands by a stone enclosure, and a few men in white and light clothing stand near the tree trunk. A small sign reads 'Dhoti please' near the enclosure. Grey paving slabs and sandy ground surround the tree, with pale poles scattered around the grounds.2010-11-09Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, at an ashram grounds setting. A sign reading "SILENCE PLEASE" sits on a round stone platform in the lower left. Several people stand with hands joined in prayer namaskar: a woman in a green jacket and pink skirt, a woman in a cream sari with green border, a man in white shirt and yellow shawl, and others in white and light clothing, with a few more partly visible among the trunks. On the right, a black stone deity murti seated on a pedestal wears an orange cloth and is draped with orange garlands, set against red-painted stones. Red kumkum-coloured offerings cover the base. Total physical people visible is roughly six to twenty.2010-11-09Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots hanging from its branches. A statue draped in orange cloth sits on a dark stone pedestal at right, in front of a mound of orange-red powder (kumkum) ringed by a black-and-white dotted border. A woman in a cream sari with green border walks past the kumkum mound at right. Several people in white and light clothing stand with hands folded in prayer near the tree; a woman in a green top and pink skirt stands at left. A sign at the tree base reads 'ALL SHOE PLEASE'. Paved and dirt paths and grey pillars surround the area.2010-11-09Outdoor photograph of a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and spreading branches, shading a paved courtyard of reddish earth. Beneath the tree a dark stone murti of a deity sits on a plinth, draped in orange cloth and surrounded by a heap of orange-red offerings and a black-and-white bead border. Two people in white dhoti and shirt stand near the tree, one at the stone platform, and a few more figures in white are faintly visible further back. Several white painted poles and small stone benches surround the shrine area.2010-10-19June 30 20102010-06-30December 22 20102010-12-22August 21 20112011-08-21A large, sprawling banyan tree with many aerial roots and wide spreading branches forms a shaded canopy over an outdoor grounds area. Beneath it stands a small shrine on a round concrete platform, with a mound of red-orange powder or pigment and a dark statue wearing an orange cloth. Thin white poles and a hanging rope are visible around the tree, and a shallow dark pool and low stone-edged planters sit on the dusty ground. No people are visible in the scene.2010-11-30