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A open-air ritual under a tented canopy with orange, red and green fringed valances and a corrugated metal roof. Banana plants and mango leaves frame a raised platform where several robed men in saffron-orange clothing sit cross-legged before a large painted backdrop of a deity and a pot-bellied figure. Offerings of fruit, flowers and plates are arranged in front of them. Along the right, women in yellow and white saris with yellow shawls sit playing harmonium and singing. Seated rows of devotees in white and dark clothes face the stage on white plastic chairs. A sign reads Sri Anandeshwara Temple above the platform.

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