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A photograph looking up at a large banyan tree with thick grey aerial roots and spreading limbs descending around a central trunk, set among green leaves against bright sky. Rounded grey boulders sit in the foreground with reddish soil and small stones between them. No people are visible in the scene.

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A large, spreading banyan tree with many thick horizontal limbs and dense green foliage fills the frame. Aerial prop roots hang down and merge into multiple trunks around a central trunk. Bare reddish earth and large rounded boulders lie at its base, with scattered dry leaves on the ground. A faint light-blue circular logo appears in the upper left corner. No people, deities, or ritual objects are visible in the scene.2005-04-07A large banyan tree photographed from below, with a dense canopy of green leaves overhead and many thick aerial roots and tangled branches descending into the trunk mass. Sunlight filters through the foliage. No people, deity murti or ritual activity are visible. A small purple logo appears in the upper left corner, and a pedia source credit is overlaid on the lower right2010-09-29A photograph looking up at a large banyan tree with thick, grey, sinuous trunks and many long aerial roots hanging and twisting downward through the frame. Dense green leaves and bright sky are visible through the canopy. At the lower right, a stone platform edge and a small warm light glow in a dark recess among the roots. No people are visible.2013-12-07August 01 20122012-08-01Looking upward through a dense banyan tree, its thick grey trunks and branches split into many hanging and twisting aerial roots that descend around the trunks. Green leaves fill the canopy overhead, with a small purple flower visible at upper left. No people, deity or ritual objects are visible in this view of the tree.2010-08-09A photograph of a large, ancient banyan tree with a broad canopy of green leaves and many spreading grey branches. Numerous aerial roots hang down and thicken into pillar-like supports around the trunk, and the ground beneath is bare red earth with a concrete step or pathway at lower left. No people are visible.2011-08-01Looking upward through a large old banyan tree with thick grey trunks and branches that spread outward, many hanging aerial roots dangling down and fine vines and green leaves clustered among them. Bright sky shows through the canopy. No people are visible in the scene.2016-08-18A photograph of a large, ancient banyan tree with many thick grey aerial prop roots hanging and descending from wide spreading branches. Dense green leaves filter sunlight through the canopy. At the lower left, a garland of marigold-yellow and red flowers with a purple and green thread is tied around a root. Reddish-brown earth lies at the base, with a white structure partly visible at the right edge. No people are visible.2010-10-05A large, ancient banyan tree with a massive grey trunk, many thick arching branches and numerous hanging aerial prop roots dominates the frame. Green leaves fill the canopy overhead, and a sunlit grassy temple grounds area with low stone platforms and bare earth lies beyond. No people or a person are visible in this outdoor view of the temple grounds.2012-05-16 +1 copiesAugust 01 20122012-08-01December 25 20152015-12-25A large banyan tree dominates the frame, its wide spreading limbs and dense green canopy arching overhead. Many aerial roots and hanging vines descend from the branches and wrap around a thick, buttressed trunk. Several tall white vertical posts stand around the base on a rocky outcrop with a small paved area at the lower right. Some strands of cord or rope hang from the branches. No people are visible in the scene.2010-07-14