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A large banyan tree with dense, tangled aerial roots and thick hanging prop roots forming a natural hollow at its base. Sunlight filters through the leaves onto sandy ground. A small dark cave-like opening sits between the roots. At the far left, a seated figure in orange clothing is visible near a low stone platform, and a standing person in white clothing appears at the far right edge, partially hidden by roots.

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A large banyan tree with a dense canopy of spreading branches and many hanging aerial roots dropping down to the bare reddish-orange earth around its trunks. A small dark opening is visible at the base of the central trunk. Green foliage and a few younger trees stand in the background, and no people are visible.A large, ancient banyan tree dominates the scene, its wide spreading limbs and many hanging aerial roots forming a dense canopy over reddish-orange earth. Thick trunks and roots curve around a small dark opening at the base, with more trunks visible in the background. Green foliage and bright sky show through the branches, and a few stones and a curved border edge sit on the ground. No people are visible.A large banyan tree with a sprawling horizontal limb and many hanging aerial roots forming multiple trunks, standing on bare sandy ground with scattered stones and a low stone edging. Dappled sunlight falls through green foliage. No people are visible. A small dark opening appears at the base of the trunk on the right.September 04 20142014-09-04A large banyan tree dominates the frame, its many thick aerial roots and hanging prop roots descending in dense clusters to the reddish-brown earth around a circular raised platform. Green leaves spread across the upper right. A seated man in a white shirt sits at the far left edge, partly visible, near the trunks. Black cables run along the ground between the roots. A white cloth hangs faintly among the trunks on the right.2009-09-05September 18 20142014-09-18A photograph of a large ancient banyan tree with dense hanging aerial roots and thick trunks forming a shrine-like hollow at its base, with a small raised stone platform and a dark recessed niche beneath. In the left foreground a woman with long dark wavy hair wears a flowing saffron-orange garment and presses her body against the tree trunk with her arms wrapped around it, while a man in white clothing stands in the background at the left edge. Dry leaves cover the sandy ground.2011-02-20A large banyan tree dominates the frame, its many thick aerial roots and hanging prop roots descending in dense clusters to a reddish-brown earthen ground. Green leaves spread at the upper right. At the lower left edge a seated man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits near the tree base, and a black cable runs across the soil. A white cloth hangs among the roots at right.2009-09-05August 23 20152015-08-23A large old banyan tree with a dense network of hanging aerial roots and thick grey trunks, forming a sheltered shrine-like space at its base. A small brass or steel vessel sits on a low stone platform in the lower right. No people are visible. Bright daylight and dry earth surround the tree.2004-07-02September 05 20092009-09-05August 03 20132013-08-03