A shaded outdoor grove of trees with a banyan-style aerial root hanging from a branch, its yellowish-brown strands dangling near the trunk. Dappled sunlight falls on bare reddish-brown earth scattered with dry leaves. Behind the trees a brick wall and a heap of cut brushwood are visible. No people appear in the scene. - Nithyanandapedia

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A shaded outdoor grove of trees with a banyan-style aerial root hanging from a branch, its yellowish-brown strands dangling near the trunk. Dappled sunlight falls on bare reddish-brown earth scattered with dry leaves. Behind the trees a brick wall and a heap of cut brushwood are visible. No people appear in the scene.

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