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A temple ritual inside a shrine where a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and sacred thread holds a brass kalasha with a lit flame and flowers above the gilded metal deity murti of a seated couple, the figures draped in white and red garlands with yellow marigolds. Beside him a man in a white shirt and orange shawl holds a small offering, and a glowing blue sign on the wall reads Sri Anandeswarar Samesu Ananda. A bright tube light and brass pillars surround the abhishekam scene.

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A shirtless priest with a light blue dhoti and a thread across his chest performs aarti with a lit multi-flame oil lamp before two gilded metal deity murtis adorned with white and yellow-red garlands. The murtis wear jewelled crowns and ornate necklaces; one is draped in a red cloth. Gold-coloured temple pillars and a blue Tamil neon-style sign reading Sri Anandeswarar Samedha Ananda frame the shrine, with a dark wall board behind. The scene is a temple puja inside a shrine.2006-10-10October 10 20062006-10-10October 24 20062006-10-24October 10 20062006-10-10October 23 20062006-10-23Two golden metal deity murtis sit side by side on a decorated ratha-style platform beneath an open canopy. The left murti, a male form in a white dhoti with a gold border and a tall crown, raises one hand in abhaya gesture and wears a large white and gold necklace. The right murti, female, wears a silver crown, a gold and silver necklace and a pink sari. Both are garlanded with white jasmine and pink, green and red flower garlands. Behind them a man in white clothing lifts a garland, a bare-headed attendant in white stands at the left edge, and a figure in orange cloth is partly visible at the bottom left. A blue-lit sign reads Sri Anandeshwarar Samedha Anandeshwari. A small white van is visible beside the platform.2006-10-28October 24 20062006-10-24A photograph of a temple abhishekam scene. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wearing an orange robe with a gold border and a white and red flower garland pours liquid from a silver vessel over a black lingam at the base of a shrine. Behind him stand two ornate golden deity murtis adorned with jewelled crowns, necklaces and red and green garments, framed by yellow and red marigold garlands and a decorated arch. A small bronze utsava murti in a silver prabhavali sits in the foreground with yellow and red garlands draped around it, and a second person in white dhoti sits at lower left. The shrine is decorated with bright flower garlands and a green and gold border.2007-01-01October 24 20062006-10-24October 22 20062006-10-22November 05 20062006-11-05October 24 20062006-10-24