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A photograph of a large banyan tree with massive spreading limbs and many hanging aerial roots descending around its trunk. In the lower left, a single person stands barefoot on a dark stone platform, wearing a green silk sari with a patterned border and a gold necklace, hair tied in a bun, hands raised together near the face in prayer. Stone steps and a low stone bench sit at the base of the tree, with a red flower on the ground at right. The tree stands in an outdoor setting with reddish earth.

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A photograph of a barefoot man in a green silk dhoti-style garment with a dark red and gold patterned border, wearing a wooden bead mala necklace, standing on a wet paved platform at the base of a large banyan tree. His hands are folded in front of him and he looks up toward the massive spreading branches and hanging aerial roots. A small red flower lies on the ground near the stone steps. One visible person.2011-08-20A large old banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots dominates the right side of an outdoor sacred grove with reddish-brown earth. In the foreground on a dark polished stone platform, a woman in a yellow sari with a green border stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing the tree. Two figures in white dhotis and a child stand at the left edge near low stone platforms, and a photographer is visible near the trunk base.2011-06-07A large old banyan tree with thick grey trunks and many hanging aerial roots dominates the frame, draped with a garland of yellow, white and red flowers. At the right edge, a person in an orange robe with a long dark braid and a white cloth at the head stands with hands pressed together in namaskar, bowing toward the tree. Bright green foliage and sunlit branches fill the background. Only part of the figure is visible.2006-12-26A large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and sprawling branches dominates the outdoor scene. In the foreground, a person in an orange-saffron robe with a maroon border stands barefoot on dark polished stone slabs, hands raised together in prayer near the chin, facing the tree. Concrete platforms and steps surround the trunk, with a small blue sign on the base of the tree reading a warning not to enter the cave. Further back, another person in a pink garment stands near the tree.2011-03-05A woman in a lime-green sari with a grey border stands barefoot on a dark polished stone platform, palms pressed together in prayer at her chest. She wears a beaded necklace. Around her are large old banyan trees with thick, twisting aerial roots and sprawling branches, growing from circular raised stone platforms of weathered concrete set in red earth. A small blue plaque is visible at the base of a tree on the right. The setting is a quiet outdoor tree shrine.2011-07-05A large old banyan tree with many thick aerial roots and hanging prop roots fills the right side of an outdoor courtyard of reddish-brown earth. A lone standing figure in a saffron-orange dhoti and matching orange shawl, with a bare upper body, stands on a dark stone slab at the left, hands folded in front of the chest in a prayer gesture. Small stone platforms with raised edges surround the tree trunks, and a low tree-trunk stump with white offerings sits at the base. Trees and sky fill the background. The figure's face and hair are not clearly visible, so their identity cannot be determined.2011-09-02December 03 20092009-12-03August 29 20112011-08-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and hanging thin strands, set in an open outdoor courtyard with red earth ground. A single standing figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-brown garment with yellow stripes and a yellow-flowered garland, faces the tree from a dark stone platform. Small red-and-white woven mats are laid on the stone and ground, and a low stone bench and a raised circular stone wall surround the trunk.2013-07-11August 07 20102010-08-07A photograph of a single man lying prone in a full-length prostration on the ground beside a large banyan tree. He wears a white dhoti with purple-edged borders and a white shirt, and has long dark hair tied back. His arms are extended forward on the reddish-brown earth, pressed against a bed of thick, exposed aerial roots and buttress roots that spread across the ground beneath the tree canopy. A concrete wall edge runs along the left side of the frame.2010-09-22March 24 20132013-03-24