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Outdoor scene at a large banyan tree with many aerial prop roots and spreading limbs. Several devotees dig in reddish-brown soil at the base of the trunk, using shovels. A woman in white clothes stands at left, a woman in a white dress with a green-and-white sari-like wrap is in the foreground, and men in orange and saffron robes stand nearby, one holding a shovel. Some people wear white, others black or grey shirts. A small child in blue appears among them. A small shrine-like opening is visible in the trunk base, with a metal railing at right. Roughly a dozen people are visible.

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A large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots dominates the scene, with a group of people gathered around its base on reddish-brown earth. Several people wear orange and saffron clothing, including a man in orange on the right holding a spade, and a man in an orange top and dhoti in the centre. Others wear white kurtas, a woman in a white sari with green border and a woman in a white top with purple leggings stand on the left, and a man in a pink shirt and black trousers stands in the middle. A person in a grey top and shorts stands barefoot on the right, holding a spade. Two shovels lie among the group near a small cavity at the tree base.2016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and spreading limbs, a crowd of devotees works on bare earth. Several people in white clothing bend low with brooms and tools, while others in orange and saffron robes stand nearby, including a shaved-headed man in an orange shirt at left and a figure in orange with rudraksha beads. Women wear saris and salwar kameez in green, blue, teal and yellow. A man in a white shirt holds a long-handled broom, and a woman in an orange top leans over the ground. The scene suggests a community cleaning or seva activity around the sacred tree, with an ornate archway visible at right.2016-09-11A photograph of devotees gathered beneath a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and spreading branches. The ground is bare red-brown earth with circular raised stone platforms around the trunk. A woman in a orange-and-gold sari stands near the center. Several people in white ritual clothes and white dhotis work at the base of the tree, one man in a white shirt carrying a camera, and a woman in a white sari kneels beside a small tool. Others in dark and patterned clothing stand nearby. The scene appears to be an outdoor ashram tree-tending or ground-preparation activity. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2016-09-18September 11 20162016-09-11Outdoor photo beneath a large old banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, where a group works on freshly dug reddish-brown earth. A woman in a bright orange-yellow sari hands a bowl to a man in a black t-shirt and grey trousers, while others in orange and saffron clothes stand nearby, some holding buckets and a green bucket sits on the ground at right. Several older men in white kurta-style clothing and white caps stand at right, and a woman in a black tank top and grey trousers stands at left. Children in orange and a girl in white are visible among the crowd, and a purple cloth hangs from a branch at upper left.2016-09-11Outdoor 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.2016-09-04September 11 20162016-09-11Outdoor photo of devotees digging and clearing bare earth beneath a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. A woman in an orange sari in the foreground bends with a tool, and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers wields a long-handled hoe beside her. Nearby, a bald man in orange robes and a woman in a yellow-and-pink top work with digging tools, and several people in white and in red saris stand around the excavated patch. A woman in an orange top with a rudraksha mala stands at right, and a woman in a red sari with gold bangles looks on. Foliage and a small shrine-like structure are visible behind them.2016-09-11September 11 20162016-09-11September 04 20162016-09-04Outdoors beneath a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, a group of devotees digs in red-brown earth with shovels. A central man with long dark hair and a full beard, bare-chested, wears a rust-red cloth wrap and a dark rudraksha-style cord across his shoulder, holding a shovel and standing at the edge of the pit. Around him, many people in saffron-orange robes and a few women in pink and blue saris work or watch. A white arched garden shrine with a small deity image sits in the background among green foliage.2016-09-04