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Outdoor photo of a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and a red-painted stone platform around its base at a temple site. The paved ground in front has white and yellow painted layout lines marking a square grid and a yellow circle, with a bronze pot and a small steel bowl placed on the stones. A white cloth lies on the pavers, and a small blue sign is fixed near the trunk. Yellow-painted stone pillars and a golden temple structure appear at the upper right, with bright sunlight at the top left. No people are visible.

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A paved courtyard around a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and a trunk wrapped with a red thread. The square flagstones are marked with white chalk lines and a yellow circle outlines a layout for a temple plan, with a small bowl and a brass pot placed on the ground near the trunk. A blue sign reads a short line of text near the tree base. One person in a red-brown robe stands in the background, partly hidden by foliage. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the scene shows the layout marking for the Nithyanandeshwara temple construction beside the Kalpataru banyan tree.2018-02-01Outdoor photo of a paved courtyard beside a large banyan tree with many aerial roots at Nithyananda Peetham, where workers mark the layout of a planned temple. White and yellow chalk-like lines run across the flat stone tiles. Two men in white dhoti-style cloth with orange and green shawls stand near the center-right, one bare-chested with a rudraksha-style necklace, facing the lines. A woman in a red-orange sari stands at the right edge holding a blue object, and several other men in white shirts, lungis and orange cloth stand under the tree in the background. A small pole with yellow-and-white garland decoration appears at right.2018-02-01February 01 20182018-02-01A stone-paved courtyard beside a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and a dark hollow at its base, marked out with white and yellow lines and a yellow circle on the paving for a planned temple layout. Three people stand at the right edge: a bare-chested man with long braided black hair wearing an orange cloth wrapped at the waist, a second man beside him in a rust-red dhoti with a sacred thread, and a woman in a rust-red sari with a tilak on her forehead and beaded necklaces. A small brass dish and a tumbler sit near the tree base. A blue plaque is affixed to the trunk.2018-02-01A large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and thick trunks surrounds a small dark cave-like opening at its base. A round raised stone platform with curved low walls encircles the tree base on reddish-brown earth. A small oil lamp flame glows inside the dark opening. Two dark granite slabs lie on the ground at the front, and a small grey stone block sits near the entrance. A red-painted root and a reddish mark appear on the trunk. No people are visible.2013-09-10February 01 20182018-02-01September 18 20132013-09-18December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph of a large ancient banyan tree with thick aerial roots and sprawling horizontal limbs in an open grove. Around its trunk are circular stone platforms with steps and a low stone bench on a sandy ground, with a dark polished stone pavement in the foreground. No people are visible, and the scene is shaded by dappled sunlight through the leaves.2013-10-13December 31 20092009-12-31September 11 20132013-09-11Photograph of a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots at Nithyananda Peetham, with a stone-paved courtyard marked out in white lines for temple layout. Four men stand on the paving: a man in white shirt and white dhoti on the left, a man in a pink shirt and green lungi in the centre-right, a man in a tan shirt and red cloth, and a man in white dhoti with a red-bordered shawl walking at right. Sunlight filters through the leaves. A small bowl sits near the tree base.2018-02-01