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Outdoor Dasara celebration at a temple compound with a wooden cart bearing a large white lion-form deity figure with a golden mane, draped in red and gold cloth. A man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with long dark hair and a garland of red flowers, stands at the centre raising his arms toward the lion figure and holding a garland up to it. Around him are men in white dhotis and shawls, some with yellow shawls and a gold necklace, and others with faces and bodies smeared with red and grey colour. A brick building with a signboard reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple stands behind, with saffron flags and a canopy overhead. Person in orange robe is a person candidate by appearance: long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, though identity is uncertain.

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Outdoor festival scene at a temple-like compound with orange-brick walls and a tin-roofed canopy hung with colourful cylindrical decorations and orange flags. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with yellow shawls, stand on dirt ground beside a large statue of a seated figure on a blue wooden platform. A shirtless man in a white dhoti stands on the platform reaching up, and a man in white holds a red cloth over his head near the statue. A woman in an orange saffron sari with gold bangles stands with her back to the camera. Others have red-smeared faces and white cloths. A sign on the wall reads Sri Anandeshwari and a red banner shows a bearded saint portrait labelled Dasara. Hindu festival atmosphere during Dasara celebrations.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A street procession outdoors beside a red-brick building with a sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Devalaya. A large deity murti of Devi on a decorated float with a lion and blue-and-white ornamentation is carried past. In the foreground a shirtless man with long dark hair in an orange cloth raises an arm toward the lion, while several men in white dhotis with yellow or red shawls and orange-robed sannyasis walk alongside, some smeared with pink and purple powder. A woman in orange stands near the float. Palm trees and a parked silver SUV appear at right. A banner reads Dasara celebrations. Several visible men appear to be part of the procession; a partially visible man at upper left and others at the edges are included in the count.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17