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A large wood fire blazes in the foreground of an outdoor ground with patchy grass and scattered debris. Behind it, several people in white clothes sit and kneel near the flames, some in yellow shawls, as part of a fire ritual. A tall flame rises at right, with a smaller fire burning at left. In the background, a building with a sign reading Sri Ananda Eshwara Devasthana and a pale-orange wall stands near a white structure and green plants. A person in white clothes is seated at far right. A poster on the wall shows a robed figure with a saffron head wrap, and a banner reads Life Bliss Program.

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Outdoor fire ritual in front of a red-and-white Sri Anandeshwara Temple building. Several men in white dhotis wear yellow shawls and sit cross-legged on the ground around small open fires, with smoke rising. A large flame and burning logs fill the foreground, with a long-handled ladle lying on the grass. Palms and a flowering frangipani tree frame the scene. Banners on the temple facade show a smiling saffron-robed figure and a Life Bliss Program poster. The people count is several, with one partially visible at the left edge. The people in white are not clearly identifiable as a specific individual.2010-08-08Outdoor homa scene at an ashram courtyard before an orange-walled temple labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Several people in white and yellow clothes sit on the ground around small fire pits with flames and smoke, and a man in white with a long-handled tool tends the fire on the left. A large stack of split firewood lies in the foreground, a tall ornamental pillar stands at right, and palm trees and a frangipani tree frame the scene under an overcast sky.2010-08-08Outdoor homa at a temple complex. Several fire pits burn with flames and smoke on bare ground and grass. Men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with yellow or saffron shawls, sit or stand tending the fires; one man at left holds a long stick. A tall brass-coloured ritual pillar stands at right, with palm trees behind and a brick-red building labelled Sri Amaideswara Temple. A stacked pile of firewood lies at lower left, and frangipani shrubs grow at right. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2010-08-08Outdoor fire ritual in a courtyard before orange-walled temple buildings labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with yellow shawls, tend and sit before several burning wood fires. The nearest fire is a large pit of split logs with flames rising; a man in a yellow-and-white cloth sits cross-legged beside it. Stacks of firewood lie to the left, a tall ornate pillar stands behind, and palm trees and plumeria shrubs frame the scene under an overcast sky.2010-08-08Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard: a large stacked pile of dry logs stands at left, awaiting or near a fire. Several women in white and cream sarees with yellow borders sit cross-legged on the bare ground around small circular rings of ash and charcoal, in what appears to be a fire ritual. A saffron-robed figure stands near the left, and a few seated people in white sit at the back near a red-and-white striped platform. Behind them is a terracotta-coloured temple building with a dark doorway and two deity murtis flanking the entrance. A printed sign reads Sri Anandeshwara Temple, and a red banner at right shows a portrait of a saffron-robed man beside text about a Life Bliss Program and a 2 Days Meditation Camp. Small wisps of smoke rise from the ash rings.2010-08-04Close view of a wood fire burning on bare ground, with flames rising from stacked logs and smoke drifting upward. Two people in white clothing sit beside the fire at the top of the frame, with only their white garments, legs and hands visible. Partially visible red and white cloth or a mala appears near one seated figure. Ash and embers lie scattered around the fire pit, consistent with a homa or yagna fire ritual.2010-08-09July 11 20102010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11June 13 20102010-06-13Outdoor photograph of a large sacred fire burning on a sandy ground at an ashram site, with several circular fire-pit outlines arranged across the sand. Several men in white clothing stand around the fire and at the edges of the pit area, one tending the blaze. A white-and-red striped boundary wall, white cloth shade and tall trees form the background. A thin vertical pole stands at the left. The scene suggests a homa fire ritual.2006-08-18July 11 20102010-07-11A large wood fire burns in an open sandy courtyard in front of a white building with a signboard reading "Sri Ahandeshwara Temple". Several men in white dhoti and white shirts with yellow shawls sit cross-legged on the sand around the fire, while a man in a striped shirt stands at left holding a long iron rod near the blaze. Circular fire-pit marks are etched into the ground, and a tall copper-coloured dhwaja pillar and palm trees stand at right. This appears to be a homa/yagna ritual with the sacred fire kindled outdoors. Around eight people are visible.2010-07-11