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Silhouetted against a pale sunlit sky, a hanging banana bud with its dark purple-red petals hangs from a strand of green garlands at the top of the frame, the low sun glowing directly beneath it. On the right, broad green banana leaves frame the view. In the foreground, a few small figures stand in a dusty open ground, including a man in a white shirt on the left; a row of parked vehicles and distant palm trees and low buildings lie along the horizon.

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2013-06-10 +1 copies

September 14 2016

2016-09-14 +1 copies

Low-angle photo of an outdoor flagpole ritual. A tall carved wooden dhwaja stambha, wrapped with rope-like bands and topped with a small orange flag, rises against a partly cloudy blue sky with palm fronds at the right. A man in a flowing saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala stands at the base, holding the orange rope that runs up the pole. A second figure in orange-red cloth stands at the right edge, partly cropped. A carved figure is visible on the pole's base. A metal roof edge crosses the upper left corner.

2010-10-18 +2 copies

A tall copper-coloured pole, banded with raised rings, rises against a pale sky. A saffron-orange cloth is tied around the pole with golden cord and chain, and a coconut palm frond with a hanging orange streamer and a wrapped palm trunk stands beside it. No people are visible.

November 22 2013

A single saffron-orange flag, slightly darkened by the sky, flutters on a tall silver metal flagpole against a plain white overcast sky. No people are visible; the frame is dominated by the flag and empty sky, with a small purple emblem in the upper left corner. The flagpole rises from the bottom edge of the frame, and the flag's fabric is caught mid-billow in a light breeze.

A woman with long blonde hair tied back performs a standing forward bend yoga pose on a raised wooden platform with a red-edged mat, bare feet, dark red top and black leggings. The platform juts over calm, misty water at sunrise, with the sun low on the horizon, palm trees and a leafless tree along the shore, and a reflection of the pose shimmering below. A carved stone pillar with a red garland stands at the left edge.

A photograph of a white rope pulley hanging from a rusty red metal beam against a pale cloudy sky. A rope runs through a black pulley block and is knotted to a small cloth bundle, folded white and orange-red fabric, dangling mid-air. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible; the scene is a simple outdoor rigging setup.