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A large, ancient banyan tree with thick grey trunks, sprawling branches and many hanging aerial roots dominates the frame. Its base is decorated with strands of yellow and white marigold garlands and pink flower garlands tied around the trunk and roots. A small brass oil lamp and a scattering of pink flowers sit on a white stone platform at the base. A water channel or circular stone enclosure surrounds the tree on red earth. No people are visible.

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A large, ancient banyan tree with a massive, spreading canopy and many thick aerial prop roots hanging and merging into the trunk. A garland of red and yellow marigold flowers is draped around the base of the trunk. A low stone platform with steps surrounds the tree on a dirt ground, and a small blue sign is visible near the garland. No people are visible in the scene.2011-07-26A large, ancient banyan tree with thick grey trunks, sprawling horizontal limbs and countless hanging aerial roots forming a dense curtain around its base. A garland of yellow, red and purple flowers hangs on the left side of the trunk, and the ground around the tree is bare reddish earth enclosed by a low whitewashed stone border. No people are visible in the scene.2010-10-05A large old banyan tree with a thick trunk, many spreading aerial roots hanging down, and dense green leaves. At the base sits a low raised stone platform on a red earth floor, bordered by a curved whitewashed kerb. A yellow, red and purple flower garland hangs on the trunk at left. No people are visible.2010-10-05August 14 20122012-08-14Photo 11739588 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a large banyan tree with many thick hanging aerial roots and trunks forming a dense cluster. At the base sits a curved cream-coloured stone platform with steps, set on reddish earth. A garland of yellow, red, purple and green flowers hangs from a root on the left. A dark polished stone floor lies in the lower left foreground. No people are visible.2010-10-05January 13 20102010-01-13 +1 copiesA large old banyan tree dominates the frame, its thick grey trunk splitting into wide spreading limbs and sending down many aerial roots that wrap around the main trunk and hang toward a low circular stone platform in the foreground. Dappled sunlight falls on the reddish dirt ground and the pale cement steps of the platform. No people are visible in the scene.2010-10-02A large banyan tree with a thick trunk, many aerial prop roots and wide spreading branches dominates the frame, with dense green leaves overhead. The trunk stands within a low circular white-rimmed stone platform on reddish-brown earth. Two white vertical pipes and a small green-leaved plant sit to the right, and a white fixture is visible at upper left. No people are visible in the scene.2010-08-04January 14 20182018-01-14A photograph of a large, ancient banyan tree with a massive spreading canopy and many thick aerial prop roots hanging from its horizontal limbs and descending to the ground. The grey, smooth bark of the trunk and branches is visible, with green leaves above. The ground beneath is bare reddish earth with small stone platforms and a low paved edge. No people are visible in the scene, and no ritual activity is shown.2011-08-01A photograph of a large banyan tree with thick, low-spreading grey limbs crossing diagonally across the frame. Many aerial roots hang down from the branches and descend into the trunk cluster. Two circular white-rimmed planting beds sit on bare reddish-brown soil in the foreground. In the background at right, a small brightly coloured deity murti or statue sits beside a red base, partly obscured by foliage. Green leaves appear at the upper left. No people are visible.2008-12-10