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December 26 20102010-12-26October 18 20102010-10-18 +1 copiesOutdoor procession in front of the Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with its name board above the entrance. Men in white dhotis and shirts play drums and carry banners and a long ceremonial staff, while many devotees in white and saffron walk behind a palanquin-like group. A woman in an orange sari stands in front, and a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and ornate garland holds a brass vessel. Red-and-orange flags and a colourful decorated umbrella fill the scene.2011-12-11December 26 20102010-12-26Photograph of a procession at Sri Anandeshwara Temple during a festival. A central figure in an orange robe with a white-and-orange floral garland and a black headband stands under a multicoloured canopy with a yellow-and-blue umbrella on a pole, flanked by orange ceremonial banners. Around him, devotees in orange and saffron robes, several holding round painted drums or handheld items, and women and children in white dresses and white-and-orange shawls stand in a crowd under a white tent. A man in a saffron dhoti near the front holds a small object. Behind them a raised platform with flower decorations and a sign board, with a speaker on a stand at right.2008-12-24 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at an ashram temple entrance with a red-painted building and a sign reading "Sri Ahandeshwara Temple". A person in a red wrap and red dhoti stands on a path near a decorated wooden cart with orange and green cloth panels, marigold garlands and a red cushioned seat. Around them, devotees in white kurtas, white dhotis and saffron-orange robes stand together, with a woman in a white sari and a woman in a green sari nearby. A man in a white kurta at left holds a plate of white flowers. A printed banner reads "Anandotsava" beside a portrait of a saffron-clad figure. Strings of orange and yellow pennants hang from the roof above.2010-12-26Outdoor festival scene before a white tented structure with a banner reading Sri Nithyananda Eshwara Temple, flanked by two painted banners of a deity holding a staff. Banana plants, a green garland and striped canopy umbrellas frame the entrance. Saffron-orange flags on tall poles stand in the foreground. A crowd of devotees in white and orange clothing gathers, with several men in saffron-orange robes near the doorway, one holding a fan-like ceremonial object, and a photographer with a camera at the front. Clear blue sky above.2007-12-30A photograph of a procession on a dirt courtyard in front of orange-brick temple buildings. Several women in cream and white saris with orange shawls walk in front; the woman in the centre with arms folded wears a cream sari with an orange-bordered shawl, and the woman in pink-orange sari carries a large silver kalasha vessel with green leaves on top. Behind them men in white dhotis and cream shirts hold ceremonial items, one bearing a gold necklace and another playing a drum. Ornate umbrellas and decorated poles stand in the background beneath strings of bunting. A signboard reads Sri Aadhideshwara Devasthana, and a shrine is labelled Sri Aadhideshwara Temple. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-12-26December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor procession in front of a whitewashed building with a sign reading "...SHWARA TEMPLE" above a dark doorway. A man in saffron-orange robes and a bare upper body walks centre-left, smiling, with long dark hair and a short beard, holding a saffron flag with a black emblem. Beside him a man in orange dhoti holds a small orange-clad deity murti or ritual figure decorated with white flower garlands and a flower tray. Around them, men and women in white dhotis and saris, some in yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, clap and walk. Two decorative ceremonial umbrellas (chhatras) with red, orange, and gold fringes and embroidered panels frame the scene; a gold-tipped staff rises at right. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2008-08-07December 23 20102010-12-23