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A blurred photograph of a temple entrance with white and maroon checkered steps leading up to a doorway glowing with a large fire. A man in a blue shirt and dark trousers walks up the steps toward the fire, while a small child in a red and white outfit stands at the lower steps beside a pink and gold Ganesha murti seated on a white plinth. Smoke drifts across the scene and a string of multicoloured lights hangs above the doorway.

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October 01 20082008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01Dusk view of the white facade of Sri Anandeshwara Temple, its name in dark lettering above the open doorway. Strings of warm and pink fairy lights outline the walls and roofline, and red-and-white striped borders run along the base. Inside the entrance, a lit deity murti sits under a canopy with a plate of offerings on the steps. A man in a blue shirt walks across the courtyard, and a small child in red kneels near a white platform, while a rolled pink-and-orange cloth banner hangs on each side of the door. A patterned mat is spread on the right.2008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01A photograph of a temple homa or fire ritual in progress. A woman in a deep blue sari stands on the steps holding a bundle of papers or offerings, beside a smoking fire pit with a kalasha-style brass pot. On the left, a man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border stands at the edge of the frame, with brass ritual vessels, a bell and a lamp on the ground. Behind them a deity murti with red and gold drapery sits in a shrine within an open temple hall with red and white striped steps and orange mats.2012-04-07September 30 20142014-09-30Outdoor temple scene with a white-painted homa fire pit in the foreground, its square platform steps covered in scattered rose petals and smoke rising from the central pit. Behind it stands a small white shrine with a dark deity murti and a tall copper kalasha-like pillar amid palm trees. On the right, a painted clay Ganesha figure in red, green and gold garments sits beside a brass pot with a mango-leaf arrangement and a yellow-orange cloth covering the foreground, with a multicoloured striped mat beneath. No people are visible.2008-10-01A photograph inside a temple hall during a puja. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged on a purple cloth, holding a microphone and chanting beside a brass oil lamp, brass vessels and a tray of fruit. A fire pit with a small flame sits at the centre of a white-and-red stepped platform. To the right, a table holds kalasha pots wrapped in white and orange cloth with green leaves. Behind, a deity murti in red and gold garments is decorated with garlands and framed by red drapes. Two dark stone dvarapala figures stand on either side. No a person is shown.October 01 20082008-10-01Night photograph of a temple shrine lit by warm light. A brightly illuminated deity murti group, with multiple figures and gold-and-red ornamentation, sits in a shrine alcove at upper left. In the foreground, a figure seen from behind with dark hair in a bun wears a rust-red robe over the shoulder and holds hands together in prayer. Before them stand a pink-and-gold pedestal with a canopy and three small grey-and-orange carved figures with folded hands. Red-and-white striped steps lead up to the shrine, and foliage with pink blossoms fills the background.2015-02-24 +1 copiesFebruary 24 20152015-02-24 +1 copies