A large old banyan tree with a dense canopy of green leaves and a thick network of hanging aerial roots and grey trunks forming a pillared shape. Several roots have been wrapped into a trunk-like cluster around a small shrine-like opening at the base, with a stone platform in front. No people are visible; the scene is outdoors in daylight with reddish earth ground. - Nithyanandapedia

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A large old banyan tree with a dense canopy of green leaves and a thick network of hanging aerial roots and grey trunks forming a pillared shape. Several roots have been wrapped into a trunk-like cluster around a small shrine-like opening at the base, with a stone platform in front. No people are visible; the scene is outdoors in daylight with reddish earth ground.

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