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Outdoor photograph of a ceremony under an orange, yellow and red canopy hung with saffron pennants, in front of a whitewashed building with the sign "Sri Ananda Eshwara Temple". Monks and priests in saffron-orange robes sit on a raised platform around a fire pit with burning offerings and a golden ceremonial vessel decorated with flower garlands. Behind them stands a dark-robed figure and a deity murti in the temple doorway. A large seated crowd of devotees, mostly women and girls in white, pink and yellow saris and salwar kameez, with long braids, sits on mats in the foreground facing the platform. Striped red and white steps frame the platform.

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December 28 20082008-12-28Outdoor ritual at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple during Brahmotsavam celebrations. Under a canopy of orange, red and green cloth with saffron flags, a crowd of seated devotees in white and yellow clothes faces a raised platform. On the platform, figures in orange robes sit and stand around a deity murti decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands, while a woman in white kneels at trays of offerings and marigold petals. Brass pots and a kalasha sit nearby, and a sign above the temple entrance reads Sri Anandeshwara Temple.2008-12-28 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual gathering under a canopy of orange, yellow and red fabric with pennants reading a temple's name. A sign on the building above reads Sri Anandeshwara Temple. A dense crowd of seated devotees in white clothes sits on the ground in front. On a raised stage, several people in orange and saffron robes sit and stand around a deity murti decorated with flower garlands, with brass plates and offerings laid on the platform. A man in orange robes sits cross-legged at the right side of the stage near a microphone stand, while others in white and orange attend nearby. Two women in white sit on the left of the platform. Palm trees and a blue sky are visible at the upper right.2008-12-28 +1 copiesOutdoor ceremony under a large canopy hung with orange and marigold garlands and triangular orange pennants. A seated group in orange robes conducts a ritual on a raised platform in front of a white temple facade bearing the sign "Sri Anakadeshwara Temple". Behind the platform, a central deity murti is decorated with flower garlands, with a kalasha and offerings nearby. A large crowd of devotees sits on the ground in white and pastel clothing, with women in saris and saffron-clad participants at the front. Smoke rises near the temple entrance.2008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28 +1 copiesDecember 28 20082008-12-28December 24 20082008-12-24December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28 +1 copiesOutdoor temple ceremony under a canopy hung with orange, yellow and green cloth and small orange pennants. Behind a white shrine building with a red-lettered banner reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple, a deity murti adorned with garlands sits on a white dais. Several saffron-robed sannyasis sit on the platform, one at the front centre with a bare upper body, while a large crowd of devotees in white, yellow and orange clothes sits in rows on red-and-white striped matting. Smoke rises from a fire pit near the dais. Several people are seated on the left in white and orange, and figures in white stand near the shrine. Some attendees hold up palms in prayer, and a sound system stands at each side of the stage.2008-12-28 +1 copies