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Outdoor photo at a large banyan tree with many aerial roots hanging from wide, sprawling branches over a sandy red-earth ground. Several people in white ashram clothing stand and walk around the trunk on a dark stone platform; a man in white dhoti and a woman in a green-and-cream sari stand near the centre. A woman in a maroon salwar kameez holds a small object, and a woman in a bright orange outfit walks at the right. Strands of marigold-style garlands hang from the trunk, and a few other people sit on a low white platform on the right. A man in a green checked shirt and blue jeans stands in the middle of the group. No identifiable a person is visible.

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Outdoor photo beneath a large, sprawling banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and thick horizontal limbs. A white circular platform surrounds the trunk. Several women in sarees gather around the tree: one in a red-and-black saree reaches toward the trunk, another in pink and orange, and others in pink, orange and blue saris stand nearby. A man in a white shirt sits on the platform edge, and men in light and dark shirts sit or stand at the lower left and background. A young boy in red stands near the white wall. The setting appears to be a temple-style courtyard with sunlight filtering through the leaves.2010-01-17September 04 20162016-09-04Outdoor photo beneath a massive old banyan tree with many thick hanging aerial roots and sprawling branches. A crowd of roughly two dozen devotees stands and walks on bare dusty ground. Many wear white dhotis and white saris, while women in red, green and patterned saris are also present. At the right edge, a dark stone or metal deity murti draped in orange cloth sits on a red stone base beside a tall pillar. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands near the murti, and a boy in a light shirt stands in the middle distance. Nobody in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person; the seated figure is a murti wrapped in orange cloth.2007-05-04July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesDecember 31 20092009-12-31Outdoor photo beneath a large, sprawling banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and thick low branches. Several people in orange and saffron clothing stand gathered near a wooden post at the left, including a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a man in a red-brown dhoti pressing against the trunk side. Women in orange saris and a woman in a blue-and-pink sari stand nearby. At the right, a seated woman in white sits beside a man in an orange robe on a raised platform, with a small shrine area and a colourful deity murti nearby. A smaller figure in orange stands at the center on sandy ground beside a hose. Green shrubs grow in the foreground.2016-09-04Outdoors under a huge old banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots and spreading branches, people gather around a circular raised stone platform at its base. A bare-footed man in a red shirt and maroon dhoti sits on the platform holding a long wooden stick. Nearby, a woman in a cream saree holds a small object, a woman in a blue and grey saree stands at left, and a woman in orange robes with a plaited bun stands at right. Other people in white dhotis and shirts stand around the tree, and a small shrine with a red-and-gold deity image is visible behind the trunk.2016-09-11A large banyan tree with many hanging aerial roots dominates the scene, with a group of people gathered around its base on reddish-brown earth. Several people wear orange and saffron clothing, including a man in orange on the right holding a spade, and a man in an orange top and dhoti in the centre. Others wear white kurtas, a woman in a white sari with green border and a woman in a white top with purple leggings stand on the left, and a man in a pink shirt and black trousers stands in the middle. A person in a grey top and shorts stands barefoot on the right, holding a spade. Two shovels lie among the group near a small cavity at the tree base.2016-09-11February 01 20182018-02-01A photograph under a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and spreading branches. In the left foreground a line of devotees in orange and saffron garments, some in orange saris, walks along a dirt path, while a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands at the front. A monk in orange robes stands near a wooden post, and a few people in red and maroon clothes are nearby. On the right, a figure in orange sits under the tree near a seated woman in white and green, with a small deity shrine and metal railings beyond. Dirt ground, green shrubs, and cables are visible in the foreground.2016-09-04Outdoor photograph beneath a large, sprawling banyan tree with thick aerial roots and dense canopy. Many devotees, mostly women in saffron and orange saris and salwar, some in white and blue, crowd around the tree trunk and its lower branches on reddish-brown earth. A few people are climbing or standing on the branches, and others crouch or kneel near the base. A woman in a vivid red-orange sari stands in the foreground, and a figure in a yellow garment crouches at left. Small offering-like objects and a metal stand sit near the trunk. The scene suggests a tree-related ritual gathering.2016-09-04A photograph of devotees gathered at the base of a large banyan tree with dense aerial roots and sprawling limbs in an outdoor shrine area. Several people in orange and saffron garments and white dhotis stand in a cluster near a small roped-off enclosure, some reaching toward the tree trunk. A bare-chested man in an orange cloth stands at the front of the group, and a woman in a green sari and another in a pink sari stand to the left. A small figure in orange robes stands further right near a red-painted structure, and a woman in white sits on a bench at the far right. Tall railings and a red shrine structure are visible beyond the tree.2016-09-04