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A large banyan tree with sprawling branches and many hanging aerial roots forms a canopy over an open sandy courtyard. In the centre-left, a few people in white clothing sit on a dark mat and low stone platform near the trunk, meditating or sitting in quiet posture. On the right, a dark stone shrine holds a deity murti draped in yellow and adorned with garlands, with a green cloth hanging beside it and a red-and-maroon platform of offerings or flower decorations below. Sunlight filters through the leaves.

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September 29 20132013-09-29June 14 20132013-06-14September 29 20132013-09-29A large, ancient banyan tree dominates an open dirt ground, its wide spreading branches and dense green canopy casting shade across the scene. Aerial prop roots hang down and thicken into a massive trunk, which rises from a low raised concrete platform. Morning or evening sunlight filters through the leaves at left. Several white metal poles and a small green structure stand nearby, and a few figures in white clothing are faintly visible at the far left edge. Trees and a red-brick wall frame the background.2010-11-12October 12 20132013-10-12A large ancient banyan tree dominates the scene, with dense aerial roots hanging from its wide spreading branches over a paved circular platform. Two people in plain white clothes are visible: one seated cross-legged near the base of the trunk on the left, and another standing on the right beside a pillar. Tall white poles stand around the tree, and a green cylindrical object sits at the lower right. Sunlight filters through the leaves.2010-11-12A large, sprawling banyan tree dominates the scene, its many thick branches and aerial prop roots spreading across an open outdoor courtyard. Beneath the canopy stands a small shrine with a dark stone Shiva linga, draped with white cloth and decorated with flowers, set on a raised platform. Nearby a large mound of red-painted stones or kumkum-covered base surrounds a dark stone deity murti. Pale paved paths and low stone platforms lie around the tree. No people are visible in the scene.2013-07-04A large banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots spreads over an open dirt courtyard. Beneath its canopy, a group of about twenty devotees in white clothes sit on the ground and on low stone benches in a semicircle. A standing figure in white stands among them near the centre. To the right, a dark stone deity murti with a red-garlanded base, a cobra-like serpent coil and an orange-marked statue stands on a platform.2013-05-13A large banyan tree dominates the frame, with thick spreading branches, dense green leaves and many hanging aerial roots forming multiple trunks. Beneath it, a raised stone platform surrounds the base. Several people in white clothing and orange or saffron garments stand and sit around the tree; one figure in white leans forward near the platform, and others in orange and white move among the roots. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, and the scene reads as a sacred tree setting with devotees gathered near it.2016-09-18A large banyan tree dominates an outdoor shrine setting, with long spreading horizontal branches and dense hanging aerial roots descending to the red-brown earth. At left, a small shrine holds a stone lingam draped with an orange-saffron cloth, set on a raised circular platform with a dark red-brown mound of offerings. A low circular stone wall encircles the tree base, and a small shallow pool or basin sits among the trunks. No people are visible.2012-11-06A photograph under a large, spreading banyan tree with dense green canopy and many aerial roots. In the foreground at left, a dark stone shrine or murti is draped with red and orange cloth and garlands, with a red-flowered offering base. Near the tree trunk, a person in white clothing stands, and a second person in white sits on a low platform. In the centre foreground, a person in a red top and white dress sits cross-legged on a flat rock. Several white posts and low stone platforms surround the tree, with reddish earth underfoot.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12