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Outdoor photo at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple courtyard in the Bidadi ashram. A woman in a lavender-purple outfit sits cross-legged on a low seat at the centre of a decorated circular floor design with a small brass lamp in front of her. Behind her, a crowd of devotees in white clothes sit on the ground and on steps facing the temple's entrance, where a shrine with garlands is visible. A large black stone bull (nandi) draped with yellow, purple and white flower garlands occupies the right foreground. Orange and white pennants and colourful hanging cloth decorations hang beneath a metal roof supported by red poles. A banner reading in English and script marks the temple. Several dozen people are visible.

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Outdoor photo of a satsang gathering held in front of a temple, with a red-and-white striped platform and a sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple above the entrance. A woman in an orange robe sits cross-legged on a mat in the centre of a chalk-drawn floral kolam, facing the audience. Dozens of seated devotees in white clothes fill the courtyard, and a black Nandi bull statue with a yellow and red marigold garland stands in the right foreground. A corrugated roof shelters the front of the courtyard.2010-09-19November 14 20102010-11-14 +1 copiesOutdoor satsang in front of the Sri Anandeshwara Temple at the Bidadi ashram. A seated speaker in a lavender-purple dhoti-style wrap sits on an orange cushion on a raised wooden platform at the right, facing a crowd. Devotees in white, orange and pink saris and kurtas sit on the striped red-and-white steps and floor in front of the temple entrance, some with hands folded in prayer. A sign above the doorway reads SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE, and a red banner beside the entrance carries Anandotsava text. Two deity murtis flank the entrance, one garlanded in orange. Kolam designs are drawn on the ground, and strings of bunting and hanging colourful tassels hang under a corrugated roof. A tall shadow falls across the foreground.2010-12-28Outdoor satsang in an open courtyard before a red-and-white Sri Anandeshwara Temple. In the centre, a figure in an orange robe sits cross-legged on a mat within a circular chalk-drawn rangoli ring, with a small brass vessel placed in front. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes face the central figure, while a large black Nandi statue with orange base and a garland of marigolds sits in the left foreground. A corrugated metal roof shelters part of the gathering, and palm trees stand behind the temple.2010-09-19Outdoor satsang at a temple courtyard with orange walls and a sign reading Sri Anandeshwara Temple. A woman in an orange sari sits cross-legged on a mat in the foreground, facing a seated audience of about twenty people in white clothes and mixed dress on mats. Orange and white triangular pennants hang under a corrugated roof, and decorative painted pillars frame the space. A red-and-white striped stage holds a deity murti and a microphone, with a pink banner showing a robed figure beside a Life Bliss Ashram sign. A kolam-style pattern decorates the ground in front of the meditating woman, with a brass vessel beside her.2011-02-01Outdoor temple courtyard under a corrugated metal roof, with a large crowd of white-clad devotees seated on the paving in rows on the left. In the foreground centre, a figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on an orange mat inside a circular red and white rangoli design, facing the shrine. Behind them, a black stone Nandi bull is adorned with a red, yellow and green flower garland on the right. The shrine ahead has orange walls, banana plants, hanging decorative streamers, and a deity murti within an arched entrance. Signage reads Sri Arunachaleswara Temple. Several people are seated near the shrine steps.2011-07-15Outdoor photo of a ritual site under a corrugated metal roof strung with orange bunting and hanging cloth tassels in red, blue and white. A lone figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on the bare ground inside a circular patterned floor design, with a small lamp or offering in front. Along the right, a row of seated devotees in white and pastel clothing sit on a raised red-and-white striped platform, with a standing figure in white nearby. A black stone bull statue stands on a red plinth at left, and a red brick temple building with the sign reading Sri Nithyanandeshwara Temple is behind the platform, with palm trees beyond.2010-11-15Outdoor satsang in a courtyard before an orange brick building with the sign Sri Anandeshwara Temple above its central doorway, and a banner on the right reading Life Bliss Program. A seated person in an orange robe sits on a low mat at the front, centred on a white and grey rangoli kolam with a small brass lamp beside them, facing a large crowd. Audience members sit on white mats in rows: men in white shirts and dhotis on the left, women in saffron, pink, purple and blue saris on the right. Tall multicoloured decorative poles and red and white bunting frame the courtyard under a corrugated roof, and a red and white striped plinth leads to the temple entrance flanked by statues.2010-10-21Outdoor temple ceremony under a corrugated roof with orange tassel decorations and garlands hanging from the posts. Devotees in white clothes sit on mats in rows facing a central altar with deity murtis, marigold and flower decorations, and a red-cushioned seat. A priest in orange robes stands at the right edge, and more seated participants in white, some with shaved heads, fill the foreground. Red and orange temple buildings with white trim form the backdrop, and a sign on the left reads Sri Anandeshwar Mandir.2010-10-15Outdoor satsang courtyard in front of a temple with orange walls and a sign reading Sri Aadeshwar Temple. A sheltered platform with a central throne-like seat holds deity murti and floral decorations. A woman in an orange sari sits alone on a small mat at the left edge, while rows of seated devotees in white clothes, some with blue and green shawls, face the stage. A portrait on the right shows a figure in an orange turban and saffron clothing, captioned with a phone number, which is a printed portrait not a physical person.2010-10-10 +1 copiesOutdoor ashram courtyard with a small red-and-white striped platform in front of an orange temple building labelled Sri Anandeshwara Temple. Four women sit on circular raised platforms marked with white ash rings: the front-left figure in orange-bordered white sari near the foreground, a seated figure in an orange-robed garment at the left-centre, and two others in white saris with orange borders. A black Nandi bull statue with a garland sits at the left edge. Large seated crowd of devotees dressed in white fills the middle and right, with a few in orange, facing the temple steps where two dark deity statues flank the entrance. Palm trees and dirt ground complete the scene.2010-08-19Outdoor ashram courtyard under a corrugated metal roof strung with hanging orange, yellow and blue tassel ornaments. A lone figure in an orange robe sits cross-legged on the dirt ground at the left, facing a raised white-and-red striped platform. Behind the platform stands an orange-walled temple with a sign reading Nageshwara Temple and decorated deity murti figures. Seated in rows on the platform edge are women in white clothing and several in colourful salwar or dresses, listening in a satsang-style gathering. A banner at the right shows a portrait labelled with Kannada text. Several more people sit in the back rows near the pillars.2010-10-10