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A large crowd celebrates Holi outdoors, with many people covered in bright pink, purple, orange and green powder paint. In front of a white building with the sign "SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE" over its doorway, people stand on steps and a platform, some in white kurtas and sarees and others in maroon, pink and teal clothes. Several men in red and maroon dhotis and kurtas dance and gesture near a raised stage with speakers, while dark-haired devotees fill the foreground, faces and clothes stained with colour. No figure can be clearly identified as a person candidate by appearance.

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A large crowd celebrates Holi outside the entrance of a white building labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Many people are covered in bright pink, green, blue and yellow coloured powder. A tall figure in a blue-grey robe stands near a central platform with speakers, and a man in a white shirt stands nearby. Several women wear saris in pink, orange and blue, and a person in an orange top stands in the foreground. A cluster of devotees and children fills the courtyard steps, with a lit temple interior visible behind the entrance.2008-03-22March 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-walled temple building with the signboard "SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE" over an arched doorway, and a Kannada-script sign "ಶ್ರೀ ಆನಂದೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ" on the right. A large crowd, many in white dhotis and kurtas or saris, is covered in bright pink, red and orange powder. Several people in the foreground wear faded red and brown robes, and a man in front wears a light blue shirt with his arm raised. Two speakers on tripod stands stand near the left edge beside a painted platform. Coloured powder fills the air and clothing across the crowd, with palm trees and a tree visible above the rooftops.2008-03-22A Holi celebration in an open courtyard in front of a white building with a sign reading "SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE" above its dark entrance. Many people are covered in pink, magenta, blue and purple powder colours; several wear saffron, orange, pink and white clothing, and some women wear saris. Participants splash colour on one another on a raised concrete platform and on the wet ground, while a crowd gathers on the steps and at the back. A metal pot and a small plate of offerings sit on the platform edge, and a speaker stands at the right. Some figures in the foreground have their hands raised in clapping gestures. No individual can be identified as a person in this image.2008-03-22Holi 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.2008-03-22A 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.2008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22March 22 20082008-03-22