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A woman with curly light hair stands with her back to the camera beneath a large banyan tree, raising both arms to grasp a thick low branch. She wears a white kurta and white trousers with a blue-to-turquoise gradient shawl draped over her shoulders. Aerial roots and hanging vines drape around her, and a paved path with a low stone border runs in front of her across reddish earth. Green grass and fencing are visible in the background among the tree trunks. The setting suggests a practice performed at the banyan tree, possibly a stretching or yoga posture, but no ritual is clearly identifiable.

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August 08 20102010-08-08A woman with curly light-brown hair stands with her back to the camera, both palms pressed against a large horizontal banyan branch overhead. She wears a white garment and a turquoise-to-blue gradient shawl with fringed ends draped over her shoulders, and a wristwatch is visible on one wrist. Thick aerial roots hang down on the right, and green foliage, a grassy field and a white fence form the background. No a person candidate is visible in this image.2010-08-10 +1 copiesAugust 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesA large banyan tree with many aerial roots and hanging prop roots forms the backdrop. A woman with blonde hair sits cross-legged in meditation on a pale stone platform in front of the trunk, wearing white clothing and a turquoise scarf. To the left, a person in white clothing stands near the tree. Another person in white stands at the far left edge, and a person in a blue top is partly visible among the roots. A man in a white shirt stands at the right near a small building. A purple object hangs in the upper left branches. The overlay credit reads 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam and2010-08-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a large banyan tree with sprawling horizontal limbs and many hanging aerial roots forming arches and columns. Around the circular stone platforms and sandy paths beneath it, a group of people in orange, saffron and white clothing walk and stand; one woman wears a teal-blue sari, another person in white and orange sits near the right edge. Several people hold orange cloth and move among the roots.2016-09-11November 05 20082008-11-05 +1 copiesA woman with blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail stands barefoot in a white kurta and white loose trousers, with a turquoise shawl draped over her shoulders. She leans into a dense cluster of banyan tree trunks and presses her palm against the bark, her head bowed. Sunlight falls across the grey, lichen-spotted trunks and hanging aerial roots. The photo appears to be a candid shot taken from behind. No a person candidate is visible.2010-08-10 +1 copiesOctober 01 20102010-10-01 +1 copiesPhotograph of a large old banyan tree with a dense canopy of spreading branches and many hanging aerial roots forming multiple trunks. Raised circular white-painted brick platforms with dark soil surround the trunks, and a sandy path runs in front. On the left, a single small figure in white clothing stands near the trunk, facing the tree, with the lower part of the body partly hidden by roots.August 23 20152015-08-23A photo of a large, ancient banda banyan tree with massive horizontal limbs and many hanging aerial roots forming pillars. Four people stand in the shaded area beneath the branches: a woman in white with an orange skirt and a shoulder bag, a woman in white trousers with her back turned, a person in white at the far left, and a man in a light shirt and yellow trousers standing among the roots. The ground is reddish-brown earth with a low stone-edged platform in the foreground.2010-10-04 +1 copiesA woman with light blonde hair sits cross-legged with eyes closed on a low stone platform beneath a massive banyan tree. She wears a white top, white loose trousers and a bright turquoise scarf draped around her neck. The banyan's thick trunks and countless hanging aerial roots fill the background, with green foliage at right and dappled sunlight on the reddish-brown earth. The scene suggests meditation under the tree.2010-08-10 +1 copies