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Outdoor scene under a large, spreading banyan tree with many aerial prop roots hanging from its branches. Green leaves frame the foreground. Beneath the tree is a raised concrete platform with a magenta-pink cloth draped over a central structure, possibly a shrine or murti area, with dark items on the ground near it. Sandy earth paths and low concrete borders surround the site. No people are visible.

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A large, ancient banyan tree dominates an outdoor temple grove with sprawling horizontal limbs and many hanging aerial roots. Beneath it sits a dark stone platform and low circular stone planters. On the right, a red-painted rock shrine holds a snake-like black form and a tall orange cloth draped over a pillar. A paved concrete path with stepping stones leads through reddish-brown earth. No people are visible.2013-07-16A large spreading banyan tree with many aerial roots and dense green leaves dominates the frame, its low branches arching over an open sandy ground. Beneath the canopy stands a small raised platform with a red-and-orange offering on it, a few small stone blocks and a white-rimmed circular base nearby. A pink cloth hangs at the left edge beside a white-and-red arched structure, and a ropes hang from the branches. No people are visible.2013-07-07November 06 20122012-11-06July 06 20132013-07-06An outdoor photograph of a large, old banyan tree with a wide, spreading canopy and many hanging aerial roots forming multiple trunks. Beneath the tree a small shrine area is visible: a raised stone platform with a mound of red-tinted offerings and a magenta cloth draped over the side, a tall pole with a small flag, and a paved path leading in from the ground of reddish earth. No people are visible in the scene. The setting appears to be a sacred tree shrine in a rural outdoor location.2013-07-30A photograph of a large banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots and dense green leaves, shading an open dirt courtyard. At the right, a red-painted shrine platform holds a black linga-like stone with a green cloth draped behind it and a person in blue clothing standing beside it. Stepping stones lead through the earth in the foreground, and low circular stone curbs surround the tree trunks. No people are clearly visible except the one figure near the shrine. a person's presence is not established by the scene itself.2013-06-17August 12 20142014-08-12June 29 20132013-06-29A photograph of a large, old banyan tree with a dense canopy of spreading branches and many hanging aerial roots forming pillars around the trunk. Beneath the tree, a low circular stone platform surrounds the base, and a dark stone slab sits at left. On the right, a deity murti of Shiva Linga style stands in a carved arched niche draped in magenta cloth, garlanded with flowers and a green cloth, with a small offering plate and red powder in front. Red-and-white rugs lie on the sandy ground. No people are visible.2013-07-13A large, ancient banyan tree dominates the scene, its wide canopy and many hanging aerial roots spreading over a dusty red-earth ground. Several white-painted circular platforms or raised bases surround the trunk. Thin white metal poles stand in a row on the left, and a rope or pole runs diagonally on the right. Far to the left, a small figure in red and orange clothing stands near a red-cloth-covered area beside the tree, and another person in white sits or stands further left near the base of the trunk. Clear white sky shows through gaps in the leaves.2010-07-14A large old banyan tree with thick aerial roots and spreading branches dominates the frame, growing over a low white-washed circular platform with a small dark shrine opening at its base. In front, a flat black stone slab sits on bare reddish earth, with a red and white placard on it and a folded red cloth nearby. Green leaves and a few yellow leaves hang overhead; no people are visible.2013-04-12April 26 20132013-04-26