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A large crowd celebrates Holi outside Sri Anandeshwara Temple, its name on a white banner above the entrance. Many people are smeared with coloured powder in pink, red, green and blue. A figure with long dark hair wears an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap in the foreground, facing the crowd. Behind the crowd, a figure in a blue-grey robe stands between two black speakers on wooden stools, while others in white dhotis and saris clap and watch near the temple doorway with garlands and deity murti visible inside.

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Holi celebration outside the Sri Anandeshwara Temple entrance, with a large crowd of devotees covered in bright coloured powder. In the foreground a long-haired person in an orange saffron garment stands among the crowd, and a person in a blue-grey robe with colour smeared on the clothes raises an arm beside two black speakers on wooden stands. Behind them many people in white and saffron clothes stand clapping, while a sign reads Sri Anandeshwara Temple above the open temple doorway hung with red and maroon cloth and garlands. Children in red, grey and purple shirts crowd the front, faces stained with red and pink powder.2008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22Outdoor Holi celebration in front of a white building with a sign reading "Sri Anandeshwara Temple". A crowd fills the frame, many people with colour-stained faces and clothes in pink, red, blue and purple. In the centre a man in a blue-grey kurta points toward a black amplifier on a stand, while a man in white dhoti and shirt stands nearby with hands pressed together. Behind them a row of people in white and red saris and white clothes watches, and a temple entrance hung with garlands and red cloth is visible. Coloured powder lies on the ground.2008-03-22A large crowd celebrates Holi outdoors in front of the Sri Anandeshwara Temple entrance, a white building with a signboard reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Many people are covered in bright pink, red, purple and blue powder colours on their clothes and faces. In the centre, several men embrace each other tightly while surrounded by hands raised and clapping. Women in saffron, pink and turquoise saris stand along the steps and the crowd. Loudspeakers sit on wooden stands, and a red-and-white painted fence lines the entrance area.2008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22A large crowd celebrates Holi outdoors in front of the white facade of Sri Anandeshwara Temple, its open doorway visible behind. Many people are covered in coloured powder, with pink, red, blue and green stains on their clothes and faces. In the centre, a woman in an orange saffron sari stands with her arms raised among the crowd, and a man in a red-brown garment stands near the temple steps. Some people in white clothes, saris and braided hair fill the foreground and background, while a speaker stand and a stone Nandi-like sculpture sit at the lower edge. A signboard in the upper right reads Sri Ananda in Kannada script.2008-03-22