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Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and spreading branches. A group of about a dozen people stands on a paved courtyard around a raised golden-hued platform draped with a red cloth. A shaved-headed man in a bare-chested pose with a sacred thread wears a red dhoti, while a man in an orange-saffron top and red cloth stands nearby. Several men in white dhotis and collared shirts stand around, and a figure in white clothing with a red wrap sits near a golden statue. Wires and a small speaker are fixed to the tree trunk, and a wooden table sits at the left edge.

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A photograph of an outdoor sacred site beneath a large spreading banyan tree with aerial roots and many branches. At the right, a golden sculpted pedestal or peetha stands beside a draped red cloth hanging from a tall frame. A cluster of devotees and attendants stand around the site: a bare-chested man in a rust-red dhoti, a man in white with a shawl near the centre, and a seated figure in white and red near the shrine. Several men in white dhotis and light shirts stand to the left beside a wooden table and a stone platform. Ropes and wires run up the banyan trunk.2019-04-07Outdoor scene beneath a massive banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and spreading branches. In the foreground, a person in a deep red-maroon robe stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a beaded necklace. Around the tree's base, a white-walled low platform surrounds the trunk. To the left, several men in white dhotis and orange/saffron shawls stand near a metal railing, and a colourful canopy structure with yellow and red tones is visible. Stone boulders lie at the lower right. Nearby visible people appear to be attendants in white and saffron garments.2016-08-02June 12 20132013-06-12 +1 copiesOutdoor photo beneath a large, sprawling banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and thick low branches. Several people in orange and saffron clothing stand gathered near a wooden post at the left, including a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a man in a red-brown dhoti pressing against the trunk side. Women in orange saris and a woman in a blue-and-pink sari stand nearby. At the right, a seated woman in white sits beside a man in an orange robe on a raised platform, with a small shrine area and a colourful deity murti nearby. A smaller figure in orange stands at the center on sandy ground beside a hose. Green shrubs grow in the foreground.2016-09-04Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and white-washed stone platforms around its base. A saffron-robed figure with a flaming oil lamp or arati flame raised in one hand and a red-and-white flower garland around the neck stands on a dark polished stone slab. To the left, another saffron-robed person holds a trident-topped staff and presses palms together in prayer, while figures in white clothes with yellow shawls stand nearby. The scene suggests an arati or puja at the sacred tree.2009-12-27December 05 20112011-12-05Outdoor photo beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A bearded man with long hair, wearing a red-brown saffron-toned shawl and a beaded necklace with a gold pendant, walks across rough rocks. Beside him a young man in white dhoti and shawl carries a rudraksha mala and an umbrella-like canopy with colourful fringed decorations, while people in orange and white robes follow behind a railing. A small lamp hangs from a pole. The setting is a sacred grove with a stone-paved platform.2016-08-02December 31 20092009-12-31A large, sprawling banyan tree dominates the frame, its thick grey trunk and many aerial roots hanging from wide spreading branches over a paved, low-walled platform with a dark slab. At the lower right, a seated figure in a red sari and a figure in yellow clothing stand beside a red-draped shrine with an ornate silver-framed arch, apparently at a small sacred site beneath the tree.2013-03-24December 05 20112011-12-05April 07 20192019-04-07December 31 20092009-12-31