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Outdoor temple scene at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple, a white corrugated-roof building with a painted sign reading SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE above the entrance. In front, a framed portrait garlanded with red flowers and white marigolds sits on a low platform. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shirt stands at the left, bending toward the frame and reaching to it. Around the platform, about a dozen devotees in orange robes sit cross-legged on the ground, several with palms pressed together in prayer, and offering plates with flowers and sweets are set out in front of them. Colourful banners and posters with Kannada text hang beside the entrance. Nearby, a small blue and white deity figure stands beside the portrait. The garlanded portrait shows a person in orange robes, but the scene does not establish the role of any individual beyond the devotees and attendants.

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Outdoor ritual at the white-walled Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a standing priest in orange robes offering a lit flame in front of a large framed portrait garlanded with red flowers and white jasmine. Several seated devotees in orange robes sit on mats in front of the portrait, with brass plates, bowls and offerings, some with hands folded in prayer. Printed banners on the temple walls read Kalpataru Darshan and list Saturday and Sunday schedules. The portrait shows a saffron-clad figure with long hair, but no identity can be confirmed from appearance, so the person is not counted as in-person a person.2008-10-08Outdoor ritual on a raised orange-draped platform in front of a white tent-like structure with the sign "SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE" above an open doorway. Smoke rises from a fire or incense near the entrance. About a dozen people in saffron and orange robes sit cross-legged facing the shrine, several with hands folded in prayer. A framed portrait decorated with red flowers sits on the platform, and brass plates of offerings, including coconut and grains, lie in the foreground. Banners on the right read Kalpataru Darshan with event times listed.2008-10-08Outdoor photo of a white temple-style pavilion with a sign reading "SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE" above a dark entrance. Around a seated group of about a dozen devotees in saffron-orange robes on an orange-draped platform, several sit cross-legged with hands folded in prayer or holding brass items, while a figure in white stands in the dark doorway. In front is a framed photograph garlanded with red flowers, and brass lamps and offering plates of fruit and food sit on the platform. Flanking banners read "Kalpataru Darshan" and "Every Saturday & Sunday" with dates in October 2008. A puja or darshan programme is in progress.2008-10-08 +1 copiesOctober 08 20082008-10-08October 09 20082008-10-09A photograph of an outdoor puja at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple, a white building with a dark entrance and a painted sign reading SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE. On a red-and-white striped platform draped with a multicoloured cloth, several robed devotees in saffron-orange garments and orange sashes sit cross-legged. A standing man in orange lifts a flower or offering, while brass plates of offerings, flowers and red kumkum or vibhuti sit before them. A woman in orange sits at right with hands folded in namaste, beside a man in white with an orange sash. A striped umbrella shades the scene. In the foreground, seated devotees in white and orange face the platform with hands joined. Several people sit in the sunlit courtyard, and the photograph is watermarked for archive use.2008-10-08Outdoor puja at the front of a white building labelled "SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE" with a dark doorway. Several robed devotees in saffron and orange sit on a striped red-and-white platform arranged with brass plates, bowls, flowers and a red offering. A man in orange stands on the steps at left, pouring or attending, while a framed portrait of a deity garlanded with marigolds sits at the center. Seated devotees in white and orange frame the foreground, and a multicoloured umbrella stands at right beside hanging banners reading "Darshan" and "Every Saturday & Sunday". A man in white with an orange shawl stands at right. Photographed from the front of the platform with a cameraman at left.2008-10-08October 08 20082008-10-08A photograph of an outdoor stage in front of a white-walled building marked as Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Several devotees in orange robes sit cross-legged on an orange cloth before a richly decorated deity murti of a goddess, adorned with colourful garlands and flowers. Trays of offerings in front of them hold fruits, flatbreads, sweets and betel-leaf items, with brass bowls nearby. A carved wooden seat with a red cushion stands at right, where an orange-robed person sits, and a woman in white stands near the temple entrance. Banners reading Kalpataru Darshan hang on either side, with Every Saturday and Sunday printed on one panel.2008-10-08October 08 20082008-10-08October 08 20082008-10-08Outdoor ritual at a temple-style facade labelled "SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE" with a garlanded deity murti, its face decorated with flowers and colourful cloth, set in a shrine doorway. A standing man in orange dhoti and orange shirt holds a brass vessel and lamp near the murti. Around a mat on the ground, a group of devotees in orange robes with red borders sit in rows, some with hands folded in prayer, one woman in front with long light hair. Plates of offerings, a brass lamp and incense smoke are in front. On the right, a seated figure in orange sits on a wooden ornate chair. A banner reads "Come! Be Blessed with Kalpa Darshan Every Saturday & Sunday starting on Oct" beside a painted pillar on each side.2008-10-08