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March 25 2005

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A photograph of a large banyan tree trunk with a dark cave-like opening formed between its thick, tangled aerial roots. Many roots are wrapped and interlaced around each other, and several show small red and yellow marks of pigment. Dry, sandy earth lies at the base, with a few fallen leaves on the ground inside the opening. No people are visible, and no figure appears in the image.2007-05-04December 07 20132013-12-07A large old banyan tree with thick, grey, tangled aerial roots wrapping a trunk and forming an arched opening at its base. Inside the dark hollow beneath the roots, a single small oil lamp flame glows, and a few yellow flower petals lie on the red earth in front of a low stone threshold. Sunlight flares at the upper left edge while green leaves hang from branches above. No people are visible in the scene.2013-12-07A large old banyan tree with many thick grey aerial roots and hanging prop roots wrapping around a massive trunk. Between two buttressed roots at the base sits a dark recess with a small flickering oil lamp. Dry leaves lie on the reddish earth, with sunlight filtering through the canopy at upper left. No people are visible.2013-12-07A photograph of a large banyan tree trunk with dense, tangled aerial roots wrapped around the base. A dark hollow opening sits between the roots and trunk, with a few small red and yellow smears of pigment on the bark and a scattering of leaves on the dry, sandy ground. No people are visible in the scene.2007-05-04A photograph of a massive old banyan tree with many thick, grey aerial roots and trunks wrapping around a narrow dark opening at its base, set on reddish-brown earth. Small red dots. No people are visible in the scene.A photograph of a large old banyan tree with thick grey trunks and many tangled aerial roots forming a dark hollow at its base. A small shrine-like recess sits beneath the roots on bare dry earth, with red and pink flower garlands and petals placed at its entrance and faint yellow marks on nearby roots. No people are visible.December 21 20182018-12-21A photograph of a large banyan tree with many thick, twisting aerial roots and trunks forming a dense, intertwined mass. Between the roots at the base is a small dark opening where a small brass or gold-coloured object. Sandy, reddish earth lies at the foot of the tree, lit by warm late-day sunlight. No people are visible. A small purple bird logo appears in the upper left corner and a copyright line in the lower right.2005-03-25Photograph of a large banyan tree with dense, tangled aerial roots and thick trunks forming a dark arched opening at the centre. A small stone shrine block at the left base is marked with vertical bands of red and yellow pigment and has white flower petals or garland pieces placed on it. Dry yellow leaves are scattered over the sandy ground at the entrance. No people are visible. The setting is an outdoor sacred tree shrine.A photograph of a large banyan tree whose thick, tangled aerial roots and trunk form a dark hollow or shrine-like opening at the base. A small brass oil lamp sits on a white-painted ledge at the right, and a faint white chalk design marks the left ledge. Red and orange pigment stains the earth at the base. No people are visible.2012-04-05A large banyan tree with a dense canopy of spreading branches and many hanging aerial roots dropping down to the bare reddish-orange earth around its trunks. A small dark opening is visible at the base of the central trunk. Green foliage and a few younger trees stand in the background, and no people are visible.