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Outdoor temple courtyard scene with an orange-walled backdrop and red-and-white painted steps. In the foreground a woman with long dark wavy hair, wearing a sleeveless orange garment, sits with her back to the camera facing the shrine. Behind her several men in white shirts and dark clothing sit on the low wall, one with hands joined in prayer. On the raised platform stands a dark stone statue of a standing figure draped with an orange shawl, beside a grey carved vahana animal mount draped in red, covered with flower garlands in red, yellow and orange, with a decorated deity murti at its top. Orange and blue striped cloth covers the front platform, and petals and red flowers lie on the ground.

Outdoor temple courtyard with a decorated deity murti on a blue vahana, a Ganesha-type form, garlanded with marigolds and red-orange flowers and seated on a white and red tiered platform draped in orange cloth. Beside it stands a dark stone statue of a seated figure wearing an orange shawl. In the foreground, a person with long dark wavy hair in a sleeveless orange top faces away from the camera toward the shrine. Behind them, a woman in white and a man in white and orange stand near the platform, with a few other people seated at the right. A pink-orange wall carries a signboard and a wooden ladder, with banana-leaf plants at the right and white floral petals scattered on the ground.

September 03 2010

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A photograph of Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a long-haired figure seen from behind in an orange sleeveless top standing before a shrine on a sandy courtyard. The shrine holds a deity murti in a garland of yellow, orange and purple flowers, mounted on a grey bull mount (nandi) with an orange cloth draped over it, with a dark Shiva-type sculpture beside it. Two women in white stand at the side, and a few more people are partly visible at the right edge. The wall has a painted sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple, and a bamboo ladder leans against the orange wall. Swamiji (probable) is the long-haired figure in orange, identified by long swept-back hair and saffron clothing.

Outdoor temple courtyard scene at Sri Anandeshwara Temple. In the foreground a woman with long dark wavy hair in an orange sleeveless garment sits cross-legged on a raised platform facing the temple, with a brass kalasha-style vessel to her right and a green mat before her. Behind her, a deity murti decorated with yellow, orange and red flower garlands sits on a blue-grey vahana beneath a large orange fringed umbrella. Robed people in white and yellow stand and sit on striped red-and-white steps; several women in saris and a man in a grey shirt watch. A black linga-like form with an orange cloth stands at the right beside a red-orange wall with a small poster.

June 30 2010

Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard. A person with long dark wavy hair, seen from behind, sits cross-legged on a mat in a saffron-orange sleeveless top and matching wrap, facing a small brass oil lamp on the ground within a white-ringed circle. Behind them, a group of devotees in white and light clothing sits on the ground to the left. Ahead, a red-and-white stepped platform holds a deity murti decorated with garlands and a golden canopy, flanked by two dark stone figures with saffron cloths. Painted orange walls carry signs reading Sri Anandeswar Mandir and Sri Nageshwara Temple. A paper-thin strip of pale green cloth lies near the lamp.

September 04 2010

Outdoor ashram scene at dusk with a black stone Nandi bull statue draped in green garland at upper left. In the foreground, three women sit cross-legged on sandy ground with ash-covered patches: the woman at left wears a white top with orange shawl, the middle woman wears cream and white with a striped wrap, and a third wears cream with orange border. At right, a man in a saffron orange robe sits on a low wooden platform beside a brass vessel. Behind them, men in white ritual clothes sit in front of orange-painted buildings with a tiled roof; a white-clad person sits near a seated figure, and a standing deity murti is visible in the doorway. Several seated devotees in white and grey sit along the right side.

March 02 2011

Outdoor photograph of an ashram courtyard with bare reddish-brown earth and a tiled walkway. In the centre, a person in orange robes sits cross-legged on a small mat within a white-outlined circle, seemingly in meditation with eyes closed. To the left stands a dark stone Nandi bull statue with a marigold garland on a red pedestal. Behind are low terracotta-roofed buildings, palm trees and a small red-and-white framed structure, and on the right several people in white clothing sit in a row. A hanging orange-and-yellow tassel decoration is visible, and a drum sits on the ground near the bull.

A photograph of a temple entrance with a red-and-white striped stepped platform leading up to an orange-painted shrine building. A devotee in an orange sleeveless top and orange skirt sits cross-legged on a mat in the foreground, facing the temple, beside a large dark stone guardian statue draped with a white and red flower garland. Two dark deity statues with orange shawls stand flanking the entrance, and a woman in a green-gold sari sits on the steps. A sign above reads Sri Kranduchwara Temple, and an ornate deity murti is visible inside the shrine with a kalasha-like decoration and a sandy kolam drawn on the ground.