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Outdoor ritual scene in front of a building with a sign reading Sri Anandeswara Temple, with Kannada script on a smaller sign beside it. Several rows of people in white clothes with yellow shawls sit cross-legged around circular fire pits of grey ash, with smoke rising between them. In the centre, a person in orange clothing sits facing the group. Palm trees, a white platform, a stone bull statue and parked vehicles are visible behind them, and a tall temple tower appears at the upper right.

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Outdoor homa ceremony at a temple courtyard labelled Ananda Eshwara Temple, with a white building and palm trees behind. Around seven men in white dhoti-style clothing sit cross-legged on mats at separate circular fire pits of ash, with smoke rising. Each man wears a yellow shawl draped over the shoulder. Behind them, a woman in an orange sari sits in the centre of the courtyard, and a group of seated devotees in white clothes sits near the temple. A white peetha-style platform and a stone deity murti stand to the side. The page indicates a person was present, but no figure in this image is clearly identifiable from appearance, so no a person candidate is recognised.2010-07-11Outdoor photo at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple compound with a white building, red-and-white striped steps and palm trees behind. Several men in white ritual clothes with yellow sashes sit cross-legged inside circular ash-lined fire pits on sandy ground, apparently performing a homa-style ritual. Behind them a large group of seated devotees in white clothes fills the steps, with a few women in orange and white saris visible. Two statues of seated figures with orange garments stand beside the temple entrance, and a white SUV is parked at right. Printed notice boards hang on the building wall.2010-07-04July 11 20102010-07-11A 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.2010-07-07Outdoor photo at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple compound, a whitewashed building with a dark doorway and palm trees behind. In the foreground, a row of people in white clothes with yellow sashes sit cross-legged inside circular ash-filled fire pits on bare earth, with small fires smouldering in the pits. Behind them, a larger crowd in white sits on red-and-white striped steps and a low wall. Two dark deity murti stand with orange garlands beside the temple entrance, and a signboard hangs on the wall.2010-07-04Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with an orange-walled building labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow sashes sit cross-legged in a grid on bare earth, each within a circular ring of grey ash holding small fires, a fire-pit ritual practice. A tall copper-colored flagpole or dhwajasthamba stands to the right beside white-painted platforms and a stone nandi, with palm trees and an overcast sky behind. A few people in orange and other clothing stand near the temple steps. Pancha Tapas, the five-fire practice, appears to be the activity shown.2010-07-15Outdoor photo of a ritual ground in front of a white building with a signboard reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with coconut palms and thatched huts behind. In the foreground, several men in white clothes with yellow sashes sit cross-legged on mats inside circular raised rings of ash and charred wood, with small fires or embers in the rings. Along a red-and-white striped stepped platform on the left, a seated audience of men in white and light shirts listens. A lone figure in orange robes sits near the centre background, and a few people in white stand nearby. Small statues flank the temple entrance.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor fire-ritual ground in front of a whitewashed temple labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a red-and-white striped plinth. Several devotees in white dhotis and shirts, many with yellow shawls, sit cross-legged within circular ash pits on bare earth, seemingly performing a homa or yagna. Behind them rows of seated participants in white fill the steps, and a figure in orange robes sits at the right. Two standing statues in saffron-toned garments flank the temple doorway, and palm trees and a parked white van complete the scene.2010-07-04Outdoor 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.2010-07-23June 18 20102010-06-18Outdoor photo at an ashram courtyard in front of a terracotta-coloured building labelled "Nandeshwara Temple" with Kannada text beneath. Several people sit cross-legged on bare ground inside circular rings of grey ash, the nearest man in white clothes with a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders and his back to the camera. Others in white with yellow shawls sit in the rings, and one figure in orange robes sits centrally. A large black Nandi bull statue decorated with a garland stands on a white plinth at right. Palm trees, a parked silver minivan and a banyan-style hut frame the scene, and a flower garland hangs on the Nandi.2010-07-15