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Outdoor ashram courtyard at dusk with a red-and-white striped platform and an orange wall. A man with long dark hair, wearing a sky-blue sleeveless garment and loose blue trousers, a gold ceremonial necklace and gold bangles, walks barefoot across the sand with palms pressed together in greeting. Devotees in white and pastel clothes stand along the back and right side. On the ground is a colourful geometric kolam in purple, red and yellow, and on the platform a brass oil lamp. A signboard reads Ashramotsava and a red poster hangs at left. Palm trees and a parked vehicle sit behind.

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December 26 20102010-12-26Outdoor ashram courtyard at dusk with palm trees and an orange-walled building bearing a Kannada sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a gold-and-white garland, wearing white dhoti-style cloth and gold armlets, walks barefoot across a woven mat toward a raised seat with an orange cushion on a decorated kolam. Behind him a crowd of devotees in white and red saris and white robes stands in rows. An orange draped cloth covers a cart at right, a silver SUV is parked nearby, and a small oil lamp sits on the kolam. Speaker and banner visible. Watermarked archive photo.2010-12-21Outdoor photo at a temple precinct. A man with long swept-back dark hair and a heavy gold necklace walks across a red-and-white striped platform, wearing a bright blue cloth draped over one shoulder and a gold armlet. Behind him, people in orange and white garments stand on steps before an orange building with a sign reading Anandeshwara Temple, and a kalasha and deity murti are visible near the entrance. Several devotees in white and saffron stand along the right, and a man in white holds a camera.2010-12-26Outdoor photo at a palm-lined ashram courtyard with a sandy ground. In the foreground a barefoot man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a dark rudraksha mala, walks along a striped woven mat toward the right. Behind him, a line of people in white ritual clothes stand with hands folded in namaskar, some women in yellow and red saris. An orange-draped arch and a small brass lamp sit on the right, with an orange-and-red painted platform on the left. A sign on the orange building reads in Kannada script, and a banner and tall wooden structure stand beside it.2010-09-02Outdoor ashram scene in front of an orange-painted building with a sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Darshana in Kannada script. A man with long dark hair in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, walks barefoot across a sandy courtyard toward a white platform with red-and-white striped edges. A bald man in white dhoti and an orange shawl walks beside him. Several people in white clothes stand near the platform with hands folded, a black speaker stands nearby, palm trees and thatched huts surround the area, and a silver SUV is parked in the background.2010-07-07A photograph of a central figure in a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti with long dark hair and a gold headband, walking down red-and-white painted steps at a temple entrance. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shawl stands with his hands clasped, and a man in orange robes with a shaved head stands further back. Several people in white and cream clothing stand on the steps and by the doorway, and a woman in a cream sari with red border and an orange-clad woman walk nearby. On the right, a woman in blue kneels with hands folded near a red signboard showing a portrait and text, beside a pillar with a garland and a Kannada-language sign. A red banner hangs from a bracket above.2010-12-27Outdoor photo at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple complex, its orange walls bearing a signboard reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple and a Kannada sign. A long-haired man in plain white dhoti and shawl, with a gold-coloured garland and a rudraksha-style necklace, walks barefoot down white-and-red striped steps toward a raised platform with a central stone pedestal. Behind him a bald priest in white dhoti with red border walks on a woven mat, and a row of devotees in white clothes stands with palms pressed together. Inside the temple a deity murti stands in an arched doorway. Striped flags hang from the roof. Roughly a dozen visible people in total.2010-12-21Outdoor ceremonial procession climbing a tiled stone staircase at an ashram. In the foreground a man with long dark swept-back hair wears a turquoise-blue wrap, a heavy gold multi-strand bead necklace and a gold armlet, and smiles while walking up. Behind him men in white dhotis and ceremonial attendants carry ornate teal-and-gold embroidered umbrellas with tasselled fringe and a larger fringed canopy overhead. A man in white with a shaved head and a yellow-and-white sash holds his hands in anjali; others in white dhotis follow. Maroon drapery hangs at right beside potted plants and a black speaker, with orange buildings and a red-doored hall behind.2010-12-26Outdoor photo of a procession descending striped red-and-white steps at a temple entrance in Bidadi. In front, a young man in an orange saffron shawl and dhoti with a gold headband walks barefoot, and behind him a man in white dhoti and shawl carries an orange cloth. Behind them, people in white and orange robes and saris follow, some with palms pressed together in greeting. Nearby on the right a woman in a light green sari and others stand with hands folded. A red wall displays a framed sign and portrait, with a deity murti and flower garland beside the steps and a palm tree in the background.2010-12-27December 21 20102010-12-21 +1 copiesDecember 22 20102010-12-22November 08 20102010-11-08