A photograph of a shrine set into the base of a large banyan tree, its thick aerial roots and trunk wrapping around a dark stone linga or shrine stone inside a small recess. White and green flower garlands drape the stone, a small oil lamp flame glows at its base, and yellow and white flower petals are scattered across the ground between low pale concrete walls. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a shrine set into the base of a large banyan tree, its thick aerial roots and trunk wrapping around a dark stone linga or shrine stone inside a small recess. White and green flower garlands drape the stone, a small oil lamp flame glows at its base, and yellow and white flower petals are scattered across the ground between low pale concrete walls. No people are visible.

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