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A photograph of a large banyan tree with thick, spreading, low-hanging branches and dense green foliage, its aerial roots hanging from the limbs. The tree stands within a raised stone platform with a curved edge and steps, set on reddish-brown earth. In the foreground, a dark polished stone floor with reflections of leaves lies on the ground. Thin white pillars appear at the left edge. No people are visible.

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A large banyan tree with a thick, spreading trunk and aerial prop roots dominates an outdoor garden. Its low horizontal branches extend across the frame over a raised circular stone platform with a dark-green polished granite floor tile in the foreground and reddish-brown earth. Two white vertical pipes or poles support branches on the left. A drip irrigation hose circles the base of the trunk. No people are visible.2010-10-05A large banyan tree with sprawling horizontal limbs and many aerial prop roots hanging down to the ground. The tree is raised on circular stone platforms with curved low walls and steps. A dark polished stone slab sits in the foreground, and a strip of red-and-yellow flower garland is visible at the right edge. No people are visible in the scene.2010-10-05December 07 20132013-12-07A photograph of a large old banyan tree with thick, sprawling horizontal limbs and many hanging aerial roots. A yellow, red, purple and green flower garland hangs from the trunk at right. Below, a circular raised stone platform surrounds the base of the tree, with a dark polished stone floor in the foreground and a small stone bench at right. No people are visible.2010-10-05A large banyan tree dominates an outdoor grounds scene, with its thick trunk and aerial prop roots on the right and long spreading limbs arching across the frame. Beneath it, a sandy-red earth floor is ringed by low whitewashed curved benches or raised borders. A flat dark polished stone slab, reflecting the sky and foliage, sits in the foreground. Thin metal poles stand among the branches. No people are visible.2008-12-10An outdoor ashram grove in daylight. A large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots dominates the foreground, its trunks and vines forming a dense canopy overhead. Beyond it, a low white boundary wall and orange-painted posts sit among green foliage. A curved stone bench edges a dirt path on the left, and at the lower right a circular concrete platform surrounds a red-lined pit with a white cloth. Two tall white pillars stand near the right side. No people are visible.2010-10-05December 07 20132013-12-07A photograph of an open outdoor courtyard beneath a large, sprawling banyan tree with thick aerial roots and long, low-hanging branches. The ground is bare reddish earth edged by curved white-painted brick borders around planted tree bases. In the centre lies a flat dark polished stone slab reflecting the surrounding foliage. Tall metal poles stand among the branches, and a white cloth hangs at the far left edge. No people are visible.2008-12-10Photo 11715888A large banyan tree with wide, spreading horizontal limbs and many hanging aerial roots forms the main subject, shading a ground area of reddish earth. Several circular white-painted cement platforms surround the trunks, with a tall metal pole standing at the left edge. A few distant green trees and bright sky are visible through the canopy. No people are visible in the scene.2008-11-05A large old banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots and a long horizontal limb dominates an outdoor sandy-ground courtyard. Beneath it, a raised black granite platform holds two small red-and-white patterned mats, and a low circular stone platform with a black slab sits nearby. Other low circular stone seats or raised rings surround the tree base. No people are visible, and no deity murti, a person candidate or ritual activity appears in the frame.2013-07-13December 07 20132013-12-07