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A person in an orange sleeveless robe stands with palms pressed together in namaskar on a dark polished stone platform beside a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and spreading branches. Low white stone platforms surround the tree trunks, and a small leaf offering sits on the ledge at right. Another figure in orange appears faintly in the background among the trees. Dappled sunlight falls across the grounds.

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December 02 20092009-12-02A photograph of a large ancient banyan tree with many aerial roots and spreading branches in an open courtyard. A single person stands with their back to the camera on a dark polished stone platform, wearing a saffron-orange robe wrapped over the shoulders and an orange lower garment, with a dark mala around the neck. The person faces the trunk, which is encircled by a low raised stone platform. A small printed sign sits at the base of the tree. Dry earth, a white pole and a hanging rope are visible to the right, with a red brick wall in the background.2011-02-08A photograph of a large old banyan tree with many aerial roots and sweeping branches, growing from circular raised stone platforms with red earth. On the left, a figure in an orange saffron garment with hands pressed together in prayer stands at the edge of the frame. The orange cloth wraps the upper body and the head is covered with dark hair tied back. Hanging cords and a thin hanging root run through the center of the tree.2011-09-19A man in an orange saffron dhoti stands at the left edge of the frame with his hands pressed together at his face in prayer, near a large banyan tree. Its thick, twisting aerial roots and sprawling branches spread across the scene, rising from circular raised stone platforms with bare earth inside. Green leaves fill the upper frame and a reddish-brown wall shows in the background. The setting is an outdoor grove in daylight, with a coiled orange cord hanging from a branch at the upper left.2011-09-19December 03 20092009-12-03A person in a plain brown wrap garment stands barefoot on a dark stone slab in an outdoor grove, hands pressed together in namaste near the chest, facing a massive banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. A circular raised stone platform surrounds the trunk base, with a small white flower offering and a string of marigold garlands with red and yellow flowers draped on the tree. Tall trees and a green lamp post fill the background, and the ground is bare reddish earth.2011-08-31September 20 20112011-09-20A standing man in an orange saffron robe with a gold-edged dhoti stands on a dark stone platform beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots. He has long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a beaded rudraksha-style mala and bead bracelets, and his palms are pressed together in front of his chest in anjali. Concrete planters surround the tree and a yellow and purple flower garland hangs from a root at right. a person is present as the robed figure with long hair and saffron clothing and beaded malas, shown in devotional stance.2011-12-22February 23 20112011-02-23A large old banyan tree with many thick aerial roots and hanging prop roots fills the right side of an outdoor courtyard of reddish-brown earth. A lone standing figure in a saffron-orange dhoti and matching orange shawl, with a bare upper body, stands on a dark stone slab at the left, hands folded in front of the chest in a prayer gesture. Small stone platforms with raised edges surround the tree trunks, and a low tree-trunk stump with white offerings sits at the base. Trees and sky fill the background. The figure's face and hair are not clearly visible, so their identity cannot be determined.2011-09-02A large banyan tree with many aerial roots and spreading branches dominates the outdoor scene. A single person in orange ochre clothing, a wrapped top and loose orange garment, with long dark hair and bare feet, stands with their back to the camera on a dark polished stone platform facing the trunk. A small purple garland hangs near the base of the tree, and a low circular stone platform surrounds the trunk. Metal poles stand around the tree and a sandy ground with white kolam-style floor art appears at the right edge.2011-01-23 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a large ancient banyan tree with many thick aerial roots and hanging prop roots, set on a raised white-painted circular platform on red earth. A barefoot person in a long orange-saffron robe and a purple flower garland stands at the base of the trunk, facing forward with hands together. To the left, another person in orange clothing holds a plate of flowers near a dark stone slab. Small figures in white are visible far in the background behind a low fence. A thin wooden stake and rope border the platform.2008-12-31