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July 24 2011

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Outdoor temple courtyard in front of an orange-brick building with a sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple, a red-and-white striped plinth and steps leading to the open shrine doorway. A person in an orange robe with dark hair sits cross-legged on the ground facing the temple, inside a circle of ash with a small brass pot and a plate nearby. Around them, rows of devotees in white clothes and some in red and yellow sit on mats. Two stone dvarapala guardian statues flank the entrance, and a banner beside the temple shows a portrait of a saffron-robed figure. Rose petals lie on the ground.2010-07-23June 30 20102010-06-30Outdoor temple courtyard in front of a white building with a red and white striped staircase leading to a shrine entrance labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. A seated figure in long, loose orange robes with long dark hair sits cross-legged at the centre of a circular ash-ringed platform, with a brass kalasha pot beside them, facing the temple. Two black stone statues in orange-draped garments flank the steps. Several people in white clothing sit on mats to the left and right, and a person in white with a yellow shawl sits in the foreground. A stone bull statue and red flower garlands appear at the lower right edge. Banners hang on the wall behind.2010-06-30Outdoor satsang in front of the Sri Anandeshwara Temple at the Bidadi ashram. A seated speaker in a lavender-purple dhoti-style wrap sits on an orange cushion on a raised wooden platform at the right, facing a crowd. Devotees in white, orange and pink saris and kurtas sit on the striped red-and-white steps and floor in front of the temple entrance, some with hands folded in prayer. A sign above the doorway reads SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE, and a red banner beside the entrance carries Anandotsava text. Two deity murtis flank the entrance, one garlanded in orange. Kolam designs are drawn on the ground, and strings of bunting and hanging colourful tassels hang under a corrugated roof. A tall shadow falls across the foreground.2010-12-28Outdoor scene in front of a white temple building labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a Kannada sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Mandir on the left. Three women sit on the sandy ground within white-lined circles: one in an orange top and white dhoti at far left with a brass lamp, one in white with a long braid holding a small object, and one in the foreground wearing an orange shawl over white clothes, seen from behind. About a dozen seated people in white clothes and orange shawls face them from a raised platform on the right, and two orange-robed figures stand beside two dark stone statues flanking the temple entrance. Red and white striped steps and a potted-plant border frame the scene under a blue sky with trees.2010-07-10July 19 20102010-07-19Outdoor satsang at a temple courtyard with orange walls and a sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple. A woman in an orange sari sits cross-legged on a mat in the foreground, facing a seated audience of about twenty people in white clothes and mixed dress on mats. Orange and white triangular pennants hang under a corrugated roof, and decorative painted pillars frame the space. A red-and-white striped stage holds a deity murti and a microphone, with a pink banner showing a robed figure beside a Life Bliss Ashram sign. A kolam-style pattern decorates the ground in front of the meditating woman, with a brass vessel beside her.2011-02-01A photograph of an outdoor ritual at Sri Anandeshwara Temple. A priest in orange robes stands at left holding a lit lamp or offering before a large deity murti decorated with colourful garlands and flowers. Around a flower-strewn platform, about ten to twelve seated devotees in orange and saffron clothes sit on orange mats in front of brass plates of fruit and offerings. A woman in white stands at the back near the temple entrance, and a green-leaved plant and flags frame the scene beside a banner reading the temple name.September 18 20112011-09-18Outdoor satsang in a courtyard before an orange brick building with the sign Sri Anandeshwara Temple above its central doorway, and a banner on the right reading Life Bliss Program. A seated person in an orange robe sits on a low mat at the front, centred on a white and grey rangoli kolam with a small brass lamp beside them, facing a large crowd. Audience members sit on white mats in rows: men in white shirts and dhotis on the left, women in saffron, pink, purple and blue saris on the right. Tall multicoloured decorative poles and red and white bunting frame the courtyard under a corrugated roof, and a red and white striped plinth leads to the temple entrance flanked by statues.2010-10-21A person stands barefoot with palms pressed together in namaskar on a painted white and red-striped platform before the entrance of a Sri Anandeshwara Temple, whose orange-painted facade has a sign reading SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE above the open doorway. The standing figure wears a leopard-print shawl over the shoulders and orange dhoti-style trousers. Black flip-flops lie on the ground beside a rangoli of white dots and pink flower designs. Dark deity statues with orange garlands flank the steps, and a black speaker sits on the platform. Colourful cloth decorations hang from the left edge, and small potted plants sit near the entrance.2010-11-27Outdoor temple courtyard with orange-painted walls and a sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple above the entrance. In the foreground, a figure in an orange robe with long dark hair sits cross-legged on an orange mat, back to the camera, before a circle of ash and red powder with a small brass oil lamp (pot). Two black stone bull statues (Nandi) with yellow and orange flower garlands sit at the left and right of the temple steps. Roughly eight to ten seated people in white and light shirts sit on the left side of the courtyard facing the temple, and a few women in saris sit near the right statue. The steps are painted red and white, with a deity murti visible inside the shrine.2011-02-25