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Outdoor ashram courtyard with sandy ground where young men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow sashes sit cross-legged inside circular ash-rimmed pits, facing forward in meditation. A small orange building with a sign reading Sri Anandeshwar Mandir stands at right, with a few seated people in front of it and blue plastic chairs nearby. Palm trees, green shrubs and a white shed with a red door frame surround the courtyard under a pale sky. Several small stone figures sit along the left edge.

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Outdoor scene at an ashram courtyard during Panchatapas practice. Many people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged inside circular rings of grey ash on bare ground, facing away from the camera. Behind them stands an orange building with a white-and-red striped wall and a sign reading Sri Aneswar Mandir, with a small white outbuilding and green shrubs to the left. Nearby, rows of devotees are seated in the background.2010-07-19Outdoor photo of a dusty courtyard in front of a white temple building with red trim and the signboard 'Sri Anandeshwar Mandir'. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit cross-legged in a grid on circular ash-and-earth mandalas on the ground, facing a central figure seated on a raised platform. Palm trees, a leafy tree, and a small white house with a red door frame stand behind. Several figures in white clothing are scattered across the courtyard, and a statue with orange garments appears at the temple entrance on the right.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a ritual at the Sri Anandeshwar Mandir, with a salmon-red temple wall bearing the sign "श्री आनंदेश्वर मंदिर". Several men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on bare ground around circular fire pits full of grey ash, with smoke rising from them; several wear yellow shawls or sashes. Behind them a row of seated devotees sits on mats in front of the red-and-white striped wall, some in white, one in an orange shirt. To the right stands a dark statue of a deity with a raised arm and a potted plant beside it. The scene resembles a homa or yagna.2010-07-07Outdoor photo at the Sri Anandeshwar Mandir, an orange-painted temple wall with a white-on-maroon sign reading Sri Anandeshwar Mandir. About two dozen people sit on a raised platform facing the front; several wear white, one in an orange shirt and another in a maroon-and-white shawl. Two men in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit cross-legged in the foreground on mats before ash-marked square fire pits, facing away from the camera. A black stone deity murti, draped in an orange-and-white cloth, stands at right beside potted plants. A small blue and white plastic chair set and a loudspeaker on a stand are at left.2010-07-15Outdoor Pancha-Tapas ritual in front of an orange-walled temple labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a red-and-white striped plinth. Men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on mats around several circular fire pits with ash rings, facing the temple; a few wear yellow-trimmed white shawls and one wears a grey-green shirt. Two deity statues flank the entrance and a speaker stands at left. A bordered banner at right is partly visible. Multiple people sit in a loose semicircle in the background near the temple steps.2010-07-23A photograph of Pancha-tapas, a group of sadhaks seated in white clothes with yellow shawls around their shoulders, each sitting beside a circular fire pit of ash and embers in an open dirt courtyard. Smoke rises from several fires. In front of a red-orange hall, a figure stands among the seated group. Behind the courtyard stand a red building and a tree, with a small white structure at left.2010-07-07A photograph of a courtyard outside a white temple with red-and-white striped trim. Signs read Sri Anandeshwara Temple and a Hindi-script sign on the left building. Several people in white dhotis and white kurta-style shirts with yellow sashes sit cross-legged inside circular ash-filled patterns on the sandy ground, facing the temple. A few other seated people are under a canopy at the left and at the temple steps. Green trees and a flag pole sit under a blue sky with clouds. Two decorative figures flank the temple entrance.2010-07-10July 04 20102010-07-04 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a sandy courtyard where about a dozen men in white dhotis and white kurtas sit cross-legged on circular sand platforms ringed with white ash, some wearing yellow shawls over their shoulders. Behind them stand white buildings with red-and-white striped borders; one sign reads Sri Anandeshwara Mandir and another reads Sri Anandeshwari. Palm and tree foliage frames the scene under a blue sky with clouds. A group of seated people in white watches from near the left side of the temple porch, and a statue of a deity stands in the doorway on the right. Pale ash-ringed pits and a red flagpole are visible.2010-07-10A photograph of a courtyard in front of a white temple building with a signboard reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Several rows of men in plain white dhotis and shirts sit cross-legged on the sandy ground, many with yellow shawls or cloth draped over one shoulder. They are seated in circular rings of grey ash marked on the earth, with small wooden logs placed among the rings. A larger group of seated white-clad people sits in the background near the temple steps, and two statues flank the temple entrance. Trees and a small outbuilding with a motorbike frame the scene.2010-07-04Outdoor photograph of a Pancha-Tapas ritual at an ashram courtyard. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit cross-legged in rows around small circular fire pits ringed with grey ash and charred logs, smoke rising from several. In the foreground a bald man in a white dhoti with a red border sits before one pit with an open book on the ground. Behind them stands a red-brick building with a signboard reading Sri Anandeshwar Mandir, palm trees and overcast sky behind. Several people in orange or yellow robes sit further back near the temple entrance. Several people in white watch from the right.2010-08-03Outdoor Pancha-Tapas ritual at Sri Anandeshwara Temple: several men in white dhotis and shirts sit cross-legged on mats inside circular ash-lined fire pits on dirt ground, while others in white and a few in yellow-striped scarves sit in rows before an orange temple building with red-and-white striped steps, palm trees and a blue-draped Nandi-style sculpture at right. A man in orange robes sits at right; a figure in grey shirt sits among the pits. Signboards read Sri Anandeshwara Temple and a Kannada name board.2010-07-23