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Outdoor procession at a construction site with dirt mounds and brick wall. A golden ornate ratha/chariot with carved pillars and a placard reading Sri Anandeshwar Ritha Anandeshwari is pulled through a crowd. Devotees in white and orange-saffron robes walk alongside, several holding saffron flags with a dark crescent-and-disc emblem. Ceremonial umbrellas with fringed borders shade the procession, and a deity murti is seated inside the chariot. Palm trees and dense green trees stand in the background. Several people in white kurtas and white saris carry umbrellas and flags.

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December 14 20062006-12-14December 14 20062006-12-14Outdoor procession at a construction site, with a golden ornate ratha-style palanquin on the right bearing a deity murti and a sign reading Sri Ananadeshwar with Ananadeshwari. Devotees in white and saffron/orange robes walk around it, some carrying colourful parasols and orange flags. A large white and red ceremonial umbrella stands in the foreground. Behind them are piles of sand, brick walls and a yellow excavator, with trees and palms beyond. A small sign with a bird-like logo is visible near the umbrella. Roughly thirty people are visible in the crowd.2006-12-14Outdoor procession on dusty ground under tall trees and a clear sky. A golden ratha (chariot) with an ornate gold canopy and carved pillars carries deity murtis; its plaque reads Sri Anandeshwar with Anandeshwari. Devotees in white dhotis and saris, and some in orange and saffron garments, walk around it. Orange flags and colourful striped umbrellas are visible. Some people in the foreground wear red and grey shirts. The crowd is dense and in motion around the chariot.2006-12-14December 14 20062006-12-14December 14 20062006-12-14Outdoor procession at a construction site beside green trees and a blue sky. On the right, a gilded wooden ratha/chariot shrine carries a deity murti and a framed portrait; a sign on its roof reads Sri Anandeshwari with Anandeshwari. Devotees in white and orange clothing walk alongside, many holding orange and white flags, and several carry ornate red, gold and green parasols. A woman in a purple top stands near the left edge and a man in a light blue shirt stands on a dirt mound. A rectangular framed portrait is held up near the chariot. Some devotees wear orange shawls and others white garments. Mounded soil and cement blocks surround the path.2006-12-14December 14 20062006-12-14December 14 20062006-12-14December 19 20062006-12-19 +1 copiesOutdoor procession on a paved road with a golden ratha carrying a deity murti pair labelled "SRI ANANDESHWAR WITH ANANDESHWARI" and "ESHWAR WITH ANANDE". The two figures sit in a red-curtained shrine; the male murti wears a shiva-linga style crown and a white-and-orange turban, and the female wears a green sari. A portrait banner labelled "PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA" stands at left. In the foreground a man in a white kurta with a saffron shawl walks with his back to the camera, flanked by devotees in orange robes, white flags and red-and-gold umbrellas.2006-12-14Outdoor procession at AadiKailaasa, Bidadi, with a golden wooden ratha (chariot) shrine carrying carved figures of Sri Anandeshwar with Anandeshwari, labelled by a sign reading "SRI ANANDESHWAR WITH ANANDESHWARI". Devotees in white and orange clothing walk around it, several carrying red and orange flags, and decorated umbrellas in red, green and white shade the ratha. A man in a white hat and orange shawl stands at left, a woman in pink and white sari and a girl in white are among the crowd, and a cloth bannered flag flies from the shrine. A large green-roofed hall stands behind under a bright sky.2006-12-14