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Outdoor photo of devotees in white clothes seated cross-legged in a ring of circular ash-lined fire pits on sandy ground before a whitewashed temple labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. White-clad participants wear yellow sashes, with a figure in orange robes seated among the crowd. Stone bull statue sits near a tall ornate kalasha-topped column. Palm trees and a crowd of seated onlookers fill the background under an overcast sky.

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Outdoor photograph at Sri Anandeshwara Temple, a white building with a central doorway and red-and-white steps. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on bare ground inside circular ash-ringed pits, facing the temple. Near the steps a figure in white stands at the entrance, and a person in orange robes sits among the group. Tall copper-coloured kalasha-style pillar stands on a white plinth at right, with palm trees and a lion statue beside the temple. Small signboards and a stone plaque are visible. Clouds and dense green trees fill the background.2010-06-27Outdoor photograph of a whitewashed temple complex with red-and-white striped steps and the signboard Sri Anandeshwara Temple above a doorway. Several dozen people sit on the sandy ground in white clothes, many with yellow shawls, seated in circular raised earth or ash rings arranged across the courtyard. Some seated figures wear orange garments. A man in white stands at the temple entrance flanked by two small statues with garlands. Palm trees and a leafy hillside stand behind the building, and a dark carved animal statue with a flower garland sits at the right edge.2010-06-27Outdoor photo at a whitewashed temple building labelled SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE in English, with a Kannada signboard above the entrance. Two dark stone deity murti stand on either side of the steps, each draped with an orange garland. Dozens of seated men and women in white clothing with yellow shawls sit on a sandy ground arranged in rows, with small circular ash or fire-pit rings marked in the dirt. A single person in orange robes sits near the right side among the gathered crowd. Banners and notice boards hang on the building, and palm trees and a thatched shelter stand behind.2010-07-03 +1 copiesOutdoor photo at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple compound with a white building, red-and-white striped steps and palm trees behind. Several men in white ritual clothes with yellow sashes sit cross-legged inside circular ash-lined fire pits on sandy ground, apparently performing a homa-style ritual. Behind them a large group of seated devotees in white clothes fills the steps, with a few women in orange and white saris visible. Two statues of seated figures with orange garments stand beside the temple entrance, and a white SUV is parked at right. Printed notice boards hang on the building wall.2010-07-04A photograph of a courtyard outside a white temple with red-and-white striped trim. Signs read Sri Anandeshwara Temple and a Hindi-script sign on the left building. Several people in white dhotis and white kurta-style shirts with yellow sashes sit cross-legged inside circular ash-filled patterns on the sandy ground, facing the temple. A few other seated people are under a canopy at the left and at the temple steps. Green trees and a flag pole sit under a blue sky with clouds. Two decorative figures flank the temple entrance.2010-07-10A photograph of an outdoor fire-ritual ground in front of a whitewashed temple labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a red-and-white striped plinth. Several devotees in white dhotis and shirts, many with yellow shawls, sit cross-legged within circular ash pits on bare earth, seemingly performing a homa or yagna. Behind them rows of seated participants in white fill the steps, and a figure in orange robes sits at the right. Two standing statues in saffron-toned garments flank the temple doorway, and palm trees and a parked white van complete the scene.2010-07-04Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with an orange-walled building labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts with yellow sashes sit cross-legged in a grid on bare earth, each within a circular ring of grey ash holding small fires, a fire-pit ritual practice. A tall copper-colored flagpole or dhwajasthamba stands to the right beside white-painted platforms and a stone nandi, with palm trees and an overcast sky behind. A few people in orange and other clothing stand near the temple steps. Pancha Tapas, the five-fire practice, appears to be the activity shown.2010-07-15Outdoor Pancha-Tapas ritual at Sri Anandeshwara Temple: several men in white dhotis and shirts sit cross-legged on mats inside circular ash-lined fire pits on dirt ground, while others in white and a few in yellow-striped scarves sit in rows before an orange temple building with red-and-white striped steps, palm trees and a blue-draped Nandi-style sculpture at right. A man in orange robes sits at right; a figure in grey shirt sits among the pits. Signboards read Sri Anandeshwara Temple and a Kannada name board.2010-07-23Outdoor photograph of a pancha-tapas fire ritual in an open courtyard before a white temple building. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on the sand, several wearing yellow shawls, arranged around shallow circular fire pits filled with grey ash. Behind them a larger crowd sits in rows in front of the white hall with red and white striped border and a sign reading Sri Anandeshwar Mandir. To the right, a deity murti stands on a raised platform near a Sri Anandeswar sign. Trees and a cloudy sky are in the background.2010-06-27Outdoor photo of a Panchatapas ritual in a sandy courtyard before the white Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with palm trees behind. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts, several with yellow shawls, sit cross-legged inside ring-shaped ash-filled fire pits, which show smoke and embers. A tall copper-clad pillar stands at right beside a black Nandi bull statue on a white plinth. A figure in orange robes sits centrally near the pits, and a man in white stands nearby. Along the temple steps other white-clad participants sit in rows, and orange-clad deity statues flank the entrance.2010-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 11 20102010-07-11Outdoor photograph of a white temple complex with a red-and-white striped plinth and entrance, bearing the signboard "SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE" with Kannada-script lettering on the wall. Dozens of men in white dhotis and yellow shoulder cloths sit in rows on the sandy ground, each seated inside a circular ash-marked ring, apparently in meditation or satsang. In the background a figure in orange robes stands near the temple steps, and a robed figure in white stands near a stone sculpture of a seated figure. Palm trees and thatched sheds stand behind.2010-07-03 +1 copies