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Outdoor photo of a devotional gathering on a sandy courtyard before a whitewashed building with red signboard reading "Sri Anandeshwar Mandir" and a second sign reading "Sri Anandeshwar". Dozens of devotees in white ritual clothes and white dhotis or saris, many wearing white garlands with orange and yellow flower strands, stand facing a decorated float or raised platform. On the platform, a robed figure in saffron/orange clothing stands beside a colourful rainbow-arched canopy with red, green and yellow streamers, a kalasha-like decoration and a framed deity image. Some devotees carry backpacks and bags. Palm trees and blue sky frame the scene; a drummer or attendant in white stands at right. Several people appear to be in prayer, hands folded.

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Outdoor ritual procession at an ashram courtyard with palm trees and a white building bearing the sign "Sri Aadideshwar Mandir". A large crowd of devotees in white clothing, many wearing white garlands, stands facing a decorated red-and-gold palanquin topped with a canopy, carrying a figure in orange robes. A man in orange clothing stands near the palanquin and another person in orange stands on the right near the temple entrance. Several people wear white dhotis and kurtas, while women wear white saris and salwar-style outfits, some with orange shawls. Blue and white umbrellas shade part of the crowd.2009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01Outdoor procession scene on a paved courtyard in front of a white building with a signboard reading Sri Anandeshwar Mandir. A decorated red and pink palanquin with a portrait-like image and floral garlands sits at center, carried or attended by a figure in saffron-orange robes. Many devotees in white dhotis, white kurtas and white saris, with garlands around their necks, stand facing the palanquin; some hold bags and a blue umbrella is raised at left. Drummers in white at right play drums, and palm trees and a parked van frame the background.2009-06-01Outdoor photo of a crowd of devotees in white clothes with marigold garlands gathered in a dirt courtyard before a decorated shrine-like structure. An orange-robed figure stands beside a painted deity murti or shrine figure in red and green on a colourful ornamental platform, with palm trees behind. The white building on the right bears signage reading Sri Aadeeswar Mandir. Many devotees stand with hands folded or facing the shrine, some carrying backpacks and bags, a blue umbrella shading part of the crowd. Roughly thirty people are visible.2009-06-01Outdoor festival procession at a temple area under bright daylight, with palm trees behind. Many devotees in white clothes and dhotis crowd around a raised ritual cart or palanquin draped in red cloth. Several figures in saffron-orange robes stand near the front, one holding a tall ornate umbrella with green, yellow and red panels above a decorated pillar-like object. Saffron-robed attendants with bare arms stand around the cart, and some devotees in white watch from the side. Festival banners on poles and a temple signboard are visible at the upper left. The scene shows a deity procession during a temple festival.2008-12-23Outdoor photo of a Brahmotsava procession at a temple courtyard under palm trees. Devotees in white ritual clothes and yellow or pink saris and shawls crowd the sandy ground, several holding orange and yellow flags on poles. On the left, a white-plinthed shrine holds a bull statue garlanded with marigolds beside a tall pillar. Robed figures in saffron-orange clothing stand near the shrine, one holding a large multicoloured umbrella overhead. A woman in a brown top and dark skirt and a woman in a yellow sari are in the foreground. The scene is bright with sunlight.2008-12-23Outdoor festival procession at a temple courtyard in front of a white building with a sign reading Sri Nandeeswara Temple. Several people in saffron-orange robes stand on and around a raised palanquin or chariot, one holding a tall copper kalasha-like pole aloft beneath a red and gold ceremonial umbrella. Crowds in white ritual clothing, including men in white shirts and dhotis and women in white saris, stand around the procession with folded hands. Palm trees and decorated standards with orange and gold banners frame the scene, and a few children in white or dark clothes watch from the front left.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23A festive procession outside the white-walled Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a painted sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple above the doorway. A decorated palanquin with a red-and-orange canopy and a garland-draped deity murti is carried forward past a crowd. Many devotees in white clothes and marigold garlands raise their arms and clap, while some hold umbrellas and drums. One man in an orange shirt stands near the front, and a man in orange-and-saffron robes with long hair appears in the crowd. A large crowd fills the courtyard in a joyful procession.2009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01December 23 20082008-12-23