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Outdoor photo of a large old banyan tree with thick aerial prop roots and spreading branches over reddish-brown bare earth. Circular low stone or concrete platforms surround the trunk base. A small shrine with a red and white decorated canopy stands in the background among the trees. Scattered rubble stones and a green-painted pole sit in the foreground. No people are visible.

September 10 2013

A large, sprawling banyan tree with many aerial roots and wide spreading branches forms a shaded canopy over an outdoor grounds area. Beneath it stands a small shrine on a round concrete platform, with a mound of red-orange powder or pigment and a dark statue wearing an orange cloth. Thin white poles and a hanging rope are visible around the tree, and a shallow dark pool and low stone-edged planters sit on the dusty ground. No people are visible in the scene.

A large banyan tree dominates an outdoor shrine setting, with long spreading horizontal branches and dense hanging aerial roots descending to the red-brown earth. At left, a small shrine holds a stone lingam draped with an orange-saffron cloth, set on a raised circular platform with a dark red-brown mound of offerings. A low circular stone wall encircles the tree base, and a small shallow pool or basin sits among the trunks. No people are visible.

A large, ancient banyan tree dominates the frame, its many aerial prop roots hanging and clustering around a thick trunk and spreading limbs with green leaves. Near the base, a small shrine area with a red-draped seat or altar is visible on the right, and a person in dark purple clothing stands partly hidden at the left base of the tree. Outdoor temple grounds with reddish earth surround the tree, and stone steps lead toward it.

A large, ancient banyan tree dominates the scene, with a thick central trunk, many aerial prop roots hanging and descending from wide-spreading branches, and dense green foliage. Beneath it, reddish-brown earth is bare in places, with patches of grass, stones and a low curved stone border. A small flagpole with a purple flag rises at left, and a metal lamp post stands at right. Behind the trunk, a red-draped structure or shrine area is partly visible. No people are visible.

July 16 2013

A large banyan tree spreads its wide canopy and many aerial roots over an open shaded courtyard. At the right, a small shrine on a red-decorated base holds a deity murti draped with an orange saffron cloth and adorned with garlands. A snake-like coiled stone or offering sits at the shrine's base beside marigold flowers. Paved flat stone and sandy earth paths lead around the tree, with low curved stone borders. A person in pink clothing stands at the far right edge. No one is conspicuously in the central scene. The cloth and garlands mark a sacred tree shrine.

A large banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots and spreading branches shades a dirt courtyard. At the base of the trunk, a small figure in orange robes stands near a low stone platform. To the right, a dark stone shrine or deity murti is draped in a yellow cloth and sits on a mound of red powder, beside a tall orange and white flag fixed to a pole. A narrow stone path leads through the dust toward the tree.

September 28 2014

A large, sprawling banyan tree dominates the scene, its many thick branches and aerial prop roots spreading across an open outdoor courtyard. Beneath the canopy stands a small shrine with a dark stone Shiva linga, draped with white cloth and decorated with flowers, set on a raised platform. Nearby a large mound of red-painted stones or kumkum-covered base surrounds a dark stone deity murti. Pale paved paths and low stone platforms lie around the tree. No people are visible in the scene.

A large, ancient banyan tree dominates the scene, its spreading branches and dangling aerial roots forming a dense canopy over a red earthen ground. Beneath the tree's trunk, a shrine niche with a red cloth backdrop and a small deity murti sits to the right, enclosed by metal railings. No people are visible in the frame.