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A photograph of a Gurupurnima celebration on the covered front platform of the Anandeshwari Temple at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Hyderabad. A man in a dark green shirt and dark trousers stands at left, gesturing. Beside him, a bald man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha-style necklace stands with arms folded in front of a cane sofa draped in red cushions and an orange cloth, garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. A framed portrait sits on the sofa. Two dark stone deity statues with garlands flank the entrance, and red, yellow and green striped pillar cloths decorate the columns. In the foreground, a group of schoolchildren in blue uniforms sit on the floor, several raising their hands. The orange-robed man's appearance is uncertain, so no identity is asserted.