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A woman in a white blouse and cream sari with a gold border stands with palms pressed together in prayer, her long dark plait falling over her shoulder. She wears bangles and a red-thread wrist band. She leans toward a large banyan tree whose thick, twisted aerial roots fill the right side of the frame. Another person in white clothing stands behind her with one arm raised, touching the trunk. The background is softly blurred with more trees and out-of-focus figures.

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A 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.2010-09-22Four women in saris stand at the base of a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, pressing their palms together in prayer and leaning close to the trunk. Two wear white saris, one wears a white sari with an orange border and blue dots, and the fourth on the right wears a pink sari. The ground is dry dirt and the late light falls across the bark.2007-02-24A photograph of devotees seated closely among the thick, tangled aerial roots and trunk of a large banyan tree. In the foreground a woman in a white blouse and cream sari with gold-coloured border sits with a white flower in her hair, facing the trunk. Beside her, a younger woman in a white sari with lilac floral print sits with her head bowed. On the left, a man in white clothes stands among others dressed in white, and a woman in a red-striped top sits at the lower left. The setting is an outdoor grove with sunlight filtering through leaves.2016-02-27Outdoor photo of devotees gathered around the base of a massive banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and thick trunks on bare reddish-brown earth. Several women in white saris with gold borders stand or bend close to the trunk, including one in a white sari with an orange-and-blue patterned border who is kneeling and touching the roots. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand nearby, and children in casual clothes watch. A few people in the background sit under the trees. No readable signage is visible. a person is not clearly identifiable among the people shown.2007-05-04A photograph of a large banyan tree with many thick, buttressed trunks and hanging aerial roots, draped with a garland of yellow and red flowers. At right, a man in a saffron-orange robe and a matching orange head covering stands with his palms pressed together in prayer, facing the tree. He wears a white flower garland over his shoulder. A second person in white clothes stands partly visible at the far right edge, also with hands joined. Scattered petals and flower bits lie on the sandy ground, and the background shows dense green trees in soft light.2006-12-26Two men in plain white shirts and white cloths stand at the base of a large banyan tree with many thick, twisted aerial roots. The man on the right, with short dark hair and a small moustache, presses his palms together in prayer against the trunk, while the man on the left, seen from behind, bows his head. An orange cloth is tied around a bamboo pole set against the tree, and yellow marks dot the bark. A sandy path and blue canopy appear at the left edge.2006-12-31A large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and buttressed trunks stands on sandy ground under a canopy of green leaves. A person in an orange saffron garment with a bare upper back stands at the right, hands pressed together in namaste before the tree, with long dark hair swept back and a white and red garland around the neck. A yellow, red and white flower garland hangs from a branch of the trunk, and scattered petals lie on the ground. The scene is outdoors in bright daylight.2006-12-26October 07 20062006-10-07July 08 20082008-07-08 +1 copiesDecember 31 20062006-12-31A photograph of a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and thick trunks. In the foreground, a person in a saffron-orange robe with a red and white flower garland stands barefoot at the base of the tree, leaning in with the head turned away from the camera. Behind them, a figure in white clothing holds a camera on a paved grey platform beneath the branches. The setting is outdoors on bare reddish earth with a stone border around the tree.2010-06-12A woman in a white sari with a thin orange border stands on a stone step, leaning against the massive trunk of a banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. She wears a garland of pink and yellow flowers draped over the trunk near her hands. Sunlight filters through the leaves onto the reddish earth and concrete platform around the tree.2010-08-09