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September 05 20092009-09-05September 05 20092009-09-05A photograph of the inside of a large banyan tree trunk, where thick grey-brown aerial roots and buttress roots form a hollow enclosure lit by a shaft of sunlight. The ground is bare earth scattered with small petals or offering fragments, including a yellow and a red flower bit. No people are visible. Hanging aerial roots curve down on the left, and the bark shows vertical ridges.2009-09-05September 23 20062006-09-23A photograph of a large banyan tree's thick, pale aerial roots and trunk arching to form a natural doorway into a dark hollow space. Red kumkum-like marks and some yellow smears dot the root surfaces. On the dirt floor inside the opening lie a few small white leaves or petals. No people are visible.2007-05-04A photograph of the interior of a large banyan tree trunk with a dark hollow opening at its base, the bark marked with splashes of red and yellow pigment. Several small white flower petals or leaves lie scattered on the dirt floor inside the cavity. No people are visible in the frame.2007-05-04A dark cave-like opening framed by thick, buttressed roots of a large banyan tree. Scattered flower petals in red, orange, yellow and white lie on the sandy earth at the entrance, and a thin rope or string runs diagonally across the ground toward a small wooden post inside. A black stone slab sits at the bottom edge of the frame. No people are visible.2014-08-28Close view of excavated ground beside a large banyan tree. Thick aerial and surface roots spread across dark soil, and a red-and-white barrier tape runs across the left side. On the right, grey dressed stone blocks lie stacked and scattered along a trench edge in brown earth. No people are visible.2014-07-13A close view of the base of a large, thick banyan tree trunk with grey, rough bark and exposed roots, its surface marked with red and yellow vermilion and kumkum dabs. In the dim earth at the foot of the trunk lie a small heap of scattered white and pale green leaves, possibly offerings, on bare dusty ground with pebbles and thin roots. No people are visible, and no figure resembling a person is present.2007-05-04A photograph of a dim, earthen-floored shrine chamber framed by thick, twisting banyan tree roots. At the centre sits a dark black stone shivalinga on a tiered base, with a single small oil lamp flame burning on its top. Scattered petals or offerings lie on the sandy floor, and faint white markings are painted near the base. No people are visible in the scene.2013-04-12A photograph taken inside a deep excavated pit in reddish-brown soil. Thick pale tree roots. A red-and-white barrier tape runs along the left edge of the pit. No people are visible; the scene documents ground work around the roots during temple construction.2014-07-13December 12 20062006-12-12