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January 03 2008

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January 01 20142014-01-01January 03 20082008-01-03January 01 20142014-01-01Night photograph of a tall, ribbed wooden pole rising into darkness, topped with a small red and orange cloth. An orange flag with a red-and-white ribbon attached is being raised up the pole on ropes. At lower right, a person in an orange garment with a dark head is pulling the rope, visible only partially at the frame edge. Other hands grip the flag pole below. The scene is lit only faintly, with a white flower-like tuft tied near the flag.2008-01-03Night photograph taken from below looking up at a tall, slender copper-coloured pole with ringed bands, topped by a small dark-red and gold fitting with a tuft of pale fibres and a red cloth. A long white cord or flag line runs diagonally from the top down to the bottom right edge against a black sky with scattered blurred light spots. No people are visible. The pole appears to be a flagstaff used for hoisting a ceremonial flag. A small logo appears at top left and a copyright line sits at bottom right.2008-01-03January 03 20082008-01-03Photo looking up at a tall copper-clad dhwaja (flagstaff) against a clear blue evening sky. The copper pole has bands of twisted rope decoration and a wide ornate capital at its top. At the top sits a dark wooden frame with carved scalloped edges, from which a red and white flag bundle or garland hangs, tied with white rope and yellow cords. A round blue logo sits in the upper right corner. No people are visible.2013-12-18Night photograph of a tall copper flagstaff wrapped with rope and topped with a red-orange flag, set against a dark background filled with blurred bokeh lights. In the lower right, a man in orange robes and a red garland raises a rope with both arms toward the pole, while another man in orange, hands pressed in namaskar, looks upward beside him. A third person is partly visible at the lower left near a small gilded shrine at the pole's base. Three people are visible in the scene, with the pole and flag in the foreground.2008-01-03January 03 20082008-01-03December 18 20132013-12-18A photograph looking steeply upward at a tall, ornate copper-coloured pole against a dark blue night sky. The pole has a decorated finial with scrolled, carved metalwork and a flat plate at the top. A red flag with a blue emblem hangs from the pole, and thin ropes run alongside it. A white metal structure edges the left side of the frame. No people are visible.2013-07-22A photograph looking up at a tall polished copper dhwajastambha flagpole against a clear blue evening sky. At its top is a carved dark wooden platform with a small figure wrapped in orange cloth and garlanded with white and red flowers, hanging from ropes during a dwajarohanam flag-raising. A white cloth banner trails down beside the pole, and a dark building edge with a lamp runs along the left side. No people are clearly visible.2013-12-18