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Indoor evening event on a raised stage with white and red striped steps. On the left stands a large blue-skinned deity murti dressed in red and white with a garland, holding a trident-like weapon, beside a golden shrine. Centre stage is a dark murti draped in orange cloth. On the right, a woman in a leopard-print top sits in a red velvet throne chair with gold trim, facing a man in orange clothes seated on the floor beside her. A red banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and text. Brass lamps, fruit offerings, plates of flowers and sweets sit on the floor in front. Audience members are seen from behind in the foreground.

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November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05A photograph of a temple ritual before a large deity murti of Kali, painted blue-black with a red tongue, wearing a white crown, a red and white garland and a long white and red garment, holding raised hands with a sword in one hand. Above the murti hangs a red and multicolour canopy, flanked by two decorated yellow-and-red banners and brass lamp stands with oil lamps. In the foreground a bald man in orange robes with white markings on his forehead sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in prayer beside a tray of fruit, bowls of offerings and brass vessels. White-and-red striped steps lead up to the murti. Bananas and other fruit are arranged at the lower right. Behind the scene a golden framed image and potted plants appear.2010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05Evening ritual outside the orange-walled Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a painted sign reading SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE above the entrance. A row of priests in white dhotis sits on a raised red-and-white striped platform before a blue-faced deity murti garlanded in red, flanked by oil lamps, a kalasha and brass plates of fruit and offerings. Seated devotees in white and mixed colours fill the foreground and watch. At right, a figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban sits on a red chair beside a banner reading Life Bliss Program, a 2 Days Meditation Camp. The setting is a covered outdoor temple courtyard at night, with a homa-style ritual in progress.2010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05