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Outdoor scene at the base of a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and thick grey trunks. Two devotees bow low to the ground in prostration. The woman in front wears a white and pink sari with a pink blouse and a garland of white and orange flowers around her neck. The person kneeling in the foreground wears a white shirt and white trousers and places a white flower garland on the sandy ground. A sandy clearing and a low brick ledge are visible at left. Another person in white stands at the edge of the frame. No a person candidate is visibly identifiable.

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A photograph of a large banyan tree with many thick, buttressed trunks and hanging aerial roots, draped with a garland of yellow and red flowers. At right, a man in a saffron-orange robe and a matching orange head covering stands with his palms pressed together in prayer, facing the tree. He wears a white flower garland over his shoulder. A second person in white clothes stands partly visible at the far right edge, also with hands joined. Scattered petals and flower bits lie on the sandy ground, and the background shows dense green trees in soft light.2006-12-26December 30 20062006-12-30Four women in saris stand at the base of a large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots, pressing their palms together in prayer and leaning close to the trunk. Two wear white saris, one wears a white sari with an orange border and blue dots, and the fourth on the right wears a pink sari. The ground is dry dirt and the late light falls across the bark.2007-02-24Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with aerial roots. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers stands at left, while a group of people in festive dress stand nearby: a woman in a red and white sari with flower garlands, a woman in orange, and a young man in white with a flower garland. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at centre, watching. In the foreground, a man in white kneels and bows with his forehead to the ground on a striped mat, in front of a grey stone deity murti draped with orange-yellow marigold garlands. Pink-red ornamental stones surround the base of the murti.2007-02-15Outdoor photo beside a large banyan tree with many aerial roots and garlands of yellow marigolds and red and white flowers wrapped around its trunk. A woman in an orange sari with long dark hair and a garland stands leaning against the trunk with her hands pressed to it. In the lower right, a man in white clothes with an orange cloth over his shoulder kneels on a mat, adjusting or spreading it on the dirt path. Trees and a hillside are visible behind them, and a flower arrangement sits at the base of the tree on the left.2007-12-23A large banyan tree with thick aerial roots and buttressed trunks stands on sandy ground under a canopy of green leaves. A person in an orange saffron garment with a bare upper back stands at the right, hands pressed together in namaste before the tree, with long dark hair swept back and a white and red garland around the neck. A yellow, red and white flower garland hangs from a branch of the trunk, and scattered petals lie on the ground. The scene is outdoors in bright daylight.2006-12-26Outdoor photo of devotees gathered around the base of a massive banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and thick trunks on bare reddish-brown earth. Several women in white saris with gold borders stand or bend close to the trunk, including one in a white sari with an orange-and-blue patterned border who is kneeling and touching the roots. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand nearby, and children in casual clothes watch. A few people in the background sit under the trees. No readable signage is visible. a person is not clearly identifiable among the people shown.2007-05-04June 12 20102010-06-12February 15 20072007-02-15A photograph of a single person in an orange sari-style garment standing beside a large banyan tree with many aerial roots, hands held together in prayer near the trunk. A garland of yellow and pink flowers hangs on the roots, and scattered flower petals lie on the sandy ground. The person has long dark hair and a rudraksha-style mala visible in the hands. Bright open ground and trees fill the background.2008-01-17A photograph of a large ancient banyan tree with thick aerial roots and sprawling branches at an outdoor shrine. Several people in white and saffron-orange clothing stand on a dark polished stone platform around white-painted raised bases. A man in white with a yellow sash holds a tray of flowers, and a figure in orange robes with a shawl stands near the tree in prayer. Golden poles or lamp stands and white pillars stand nearby, and a trail of flowers rests on the ground.2009-12-27December 25 20072007-12-25