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Outdoor satsang at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a red-and-white painted temple building behind and a banner reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple above the doorway. A seated figure in orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace sits on a red-and-gold throne on an orange-draped stage, with a fire pit and brass plates of offerings, fruit and flowers in front. Audience members in white and orange clothes sit on steps and the ground, a camera on a tripod is set up at left, and a wooden bowl of firewood sits at lower right. Palm trees and a parked silver SUV appear at right.

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December 16 20102010-12-16December 16 20102010-12-16Outdoor ritual at Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a red-orange temple building behind a covered open-air stage. A man in an orange robe stands at a fire pit, holding a vessel aloft while smoke rises, with another man in white nearby. A golden throne with a red cushion sits at the right edge beside the stage. Rows of people in white clothing sit on the ground in front, including many children, and more people in white are seated under the shelter. Orange and multicoloured pennants and hanging decorations are strung across the roof, and a palm tree stands at the left.2010-12-16December 16 20102010-12-16A homa or fire ritual performed outdoors in front of a red-walled temple labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. A standing priest in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl holds a lit torch or flame aloft with one arm. Seated beside a raised white and red-striped platform, a man in white ritual clothes sits near offering plates of dried leaves, grains, and bowls on the platform. Behind them, a row of white-clad devotees sits on steps before an inner shrine holding a deity murti. Kalasha-like tall decorative banners and pennants hang overhead. On the right, a red and gold throne stands empty beside a framed portrait of a smiling man in an orange turban, whose printed caption is not legible. Dozens of children and adults in white clothes sit in front of the platform, watching the ritual.2010-12-16December 22 20102010-12-22Outdoor ritual at Sri Anandeshwara Temple, a red-orange building with a signboard reading SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE. On a white and red-striped stage, a bald man in an orange robe holds a lit lamp toward a deity murti at the temple entrance, while a man in white sits cross-legged with a basket of leaves nearby. Brass bowls and offerings sit on the stage. Seated devotees in white fill the foreground and steps. A tall red chair with gold trim stands at the right beside a man in white holding a fan, and a banner portrait captioned Anando... shows a smiling man in an orange turban. Two large deity statues flank the temple, and the image is a photo of an abhishekam or puja setting.2010-12-16December 16 20102010-12-16December 16 20102010-12-16October 01 20082008-10-01December 16 20102010-12-16December 16 20102010-12-16