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Pre-dawn temple scene with an orange-walled shrine strung with fairy lights. A person with long dark curly hair, seen from behind, wears a rust-orange wrap and stands with hands folded at the edge of a white-and-red stepped platform. Beside them a black stone deity murti with orange cloth stands near a speaker and potted plant. A shrine on the right carries a sign reading Sri Anandeshwara, with a red-and-gold deity image beneath a tent roof. A small child in a patterned top and pink leggings stands at the left edge. A square fire pit with marigold offerings sits on the white floor, consistent with a lamp-lighting or Karthikai Deepam observance.

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November 21 20102010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21Night photograph at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple, its orange facade strung with lights and a signboard reading SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE. In the foreground a person with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange wrap, stands with palms pressed together before a white stone yoni-pitha base with a shallow dark basin and a small flower offering. Two dark deity statues stand on either side of the steps, and a lit shrine glows inside. A young boy in a yellow shirt sits on the steps, a man in white shirt stands at left, and a cameraman is visible near the entrance.2010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21August 23 20112011-08-23Photograph at dusk of the Sri Anandeshwara Temple entrance, its orange facade covered in small lit oil lamps and strung with orange triangular pennants. A woman in a flowing orange-red sari stands in the foreground, her back to the camera, facing a white-and-red tiered platform with a dark ritual pit and flower offering. Beyond, an illuminated deity shrine glows inside the hall. On the right, a seated boy in a yellow shirt and several people in white and cream clothing watch, one holding a camera.2010-11-21A seated figure in orange robes with long dark hair sits with their back to the camera on a circular raised platform surrounded by white stones, facing the Sri Anandeshwara Temple. The temple has red-and-white striped steps and a bordered entrance; two dark stone dvarapala-style statues with orange shawls flank the steps. A small brass kalasha sits beside the seated figure. A row of people in white and colourful clothes sits on the ground at right, and a dark stone bull or Nandi figure with a red flower garland occupies the left foreground. Banners on the white wall include a Kannada-language notice. a person cues: long dark hair and an orange robe with a shawl, seated as the central figure, though the back-turned view leaves identity uncertain.2010-06-30August 23 20112011-08-23November 21 20102010-11-21A photograph of Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a long-haired figure seen from behind in an orange sleeveless top standing before a shrine on a sandy courtyard. The shrine holds a deity murti in a garland of yellow, orange and purple flowers, mounted on a grey bull mount (nandi) with an orange cloth draped over it, with a dark Shiva-type sculpture beside it. Two women in white stand at the side, and a few more people are partly visible at the right edge. The wall has a painted sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple, and a bamboo ladder leans against the orange wall. Swamiji (probable) is the long-haired figure in orange, identified by long swept-back hair and saffron clothing.2010-09-03