Close photograph of a large banyan tree's aerial roots and trunk forming a dark, narrow opening at centre. Many smooth grey roots intertwine and arch across the frame, with small red and yellow dots of vermilion and turmeric marks dabbed on several roots. A dark cave-like passage or hollow lies beneath the roots. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photograph of a large banyan tree's aerial roots and trunk forming a dark, narrow opening at centre. Many smooth grey roots intertwine and arch across the frame, with small red and yellow dots of vermilion and turmeric marks dabbed on several roots. A dark cave-like passage or hollow lies beneath the roots. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a large banyan tree's tangled, pale grey aerial roots and trunk forming a natural archway. Beneath the roots a dark opening leads into a shadowed hollow at the base of the tree. Red and yellow vermilion and turmeric marks dot the roots, and a faint yellow mark spots the trunk. No people are visible.

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A photograph of a large old banyan tree with thick grey trunks and many tangled aerial roots forming a dark hollow at its base. A small shrine-like recess sits beneath the roots on bare dry earth, with red and pink flower garlands and petals placed at its entrance and faint yellow marks on nearby roots. No people are visible.

A photograph of a large banyan tree trunk with a dark cave-like opening formed between its thick, tangled aerial roots. Many roots are wrapped and interlaced around each other, and several show small red and yellow marks of pigment. Dry, sandy earth lies at the base, with a few fallen leaves on the ground inside the opening. No people are visible, and no figure appears in the image.

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Close photograph of a large banyan or fig tree's thick, pale grey aerial roots and trunk tangled together, with a dark opening between them. White and yellow-orange paint or powder marks dot the trunk surfaces. No people or a person are visible in the frame.

A photograph of a large banyan tree whose thick, tangled aerial roots and trunk form a dark hollow or shrine-like opening at the base. A small brass oil lamp sits on a white-painted ledge at the right, and a faint white chalk design marks the left ledge. Red and orange pigment stains the earth at the base. No people are visible.