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Sri Anandeshwara templeDecember 17 20102010-12-17October 08 20082008-10-08Night photograph at Sri Anandeshwara Temple, an orange-walled shrine with a banner reading SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE above the entrance. A decorated deity murti, adorned with red and white flower garlands and a gold-trimmed cloth, sits on a raised platform. Several priests in white dhotis and shawls stand before it, one in front holding a lamp while others perform puja with lamps and offerings. A figure in saffron-orange robes holds a tall ceremonial staff on the left, and a young boy in a dark hooded jacket stands at the right edge. Orange-and-red flags hang at the corners, and a red-and-white information board is mounted on the right wall. Flower petals are scattered on the floor.2010-12-17December 17 20102010-12-17A night photograph of a ritual at an outdoor pandal. A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a red border stands at left holding a metal dish with a burning flame, his long dark hair swept back. Ahead is a deity murti set within a gold arch edged with red and green, flanked by smaller metal figures. In front, a large tiered arrangement of coconuts and offerings sits on a pale platform with marigold garlands, fruit and brass vessels scattered around. Men in white clothes stand behind. A printed banner reads Sri Anandeshwar Temple Maha kumbhabhisheka on 1st January 2007, 6 am at Dhyanapeetam, Bidadi, with a portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda above. Blue and red draped cloth frames the stage.2006-12-22July 15 20112011-07-15Night photograph of a temple ritual on an outdoor stage at Dhyanapeetam, Bidadi. A man with long dark hair and a bare upper body, wearing an orange-and-red dhoti-style cloth and an orange wrap, stands holding a silver tray with a lit flame while a kalasha-like arrangement of brass pots and flowers stands before him. A kneeling man in white clothes with an orange shawl holds his hands toward the flame. Behind them a banner reads Sri Anandeshwar Temple Maha kumbabhisheka on 1st January 2007, 6 am at Dhyanapeetam, Bidadi, with a portrait labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda. A golden arch frames gold and silver deity murtis on a decorated altar, and fruit, flowers and metal vessels sit on the stage. Several people in white clothes stand in the background under a canopy.2006-12-22September 01 20112011-09-01September 01 20112011-09-01Outdoor temple ritual in front of a red-painted building with a signboard reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple. A priest in white dhoti with a saffron-edged cloth stands at left holding a lit oil lamp toward a pair of metal deity murtis with orange crowns and garlands on a white-and-red stepped platform. A woman in a teal sari sits cross-legged at left. Dozens of metal bowls of food and fruit fill the floor in front of a white homa/abhishekam area, with a red velvet chair at right. Framed photographs hang on the wall and a small black stone figure stands near the entrance.2011-09-01Evening puja at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple, a shrine with an orange-walled facade and the name board 'SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE' above it. Three priests in white dhotis with maroon-bordered shawls perform rites before a decorated deity murti framed by a large yellow-and-orange umbrella, marigold garlands and a lit kalasha. The central priest holds a lamp aloft, the left priest raises a lamp, and the right priest stands with a ceremonial staff. Seated devotees in white clothes, some with long hair, sit on the floor in the foreground facing the shrine, with several children among them. Brass lamps stand on either side of the altar, and a small banner on the right reads 'FREE'.2010-09-05