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Night photo of an outdoor temple courtyard lit by moonlight and many oil lamps. A tall golden flagstaff with a saffron flag rises from a white plinth at the back, with a small deity murti and garlands at its base. In the foreground, a square white platform with a red-and-white striped base is ringed by lit diyas, and a floor rangoli glows with lamps. Two people in saffron robes stand with palms pressed together before the flagstaff, and a man in white clothes with folded hands stands at left. Coconut palms and garden statues fill the background.

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Night photo of an outdoor temple courtyard lit by many oil lamps set along a white platform with red and white striped edging and a central square shrine block. A tall golden flagstaff with a red and dark pennant rises beside a coconut palm under a moon. At the base of the flagstaff a figure with a dark shaved head is seated on a white plinth, draped in garlands. Two people in saffron-orange robes stand near the platform, one with hands pressed together in namaskar. Two people in white clothing stand at the left edge, hands folded, and a hand in namaskar appears at the right edge. Kolam floor designs with lit lamps decorate the ground in front. Stone statues stand in the background.2009-12-01Night photo of an outdoor temple courtyard lit by oil lamps and moonlight. A tall tapering golden flagstaff with a small orange-and-dark pennant rises beside a white-and-red striped platform wreathed in flower garlands, with a deity murti at its base. Two people in orange saffron robes stand before the platform with hands folded in namaste. On the left, two men in white ritual clothes stand with hands joined. A dark stone-topped square platform is ringed with many small lit lamps, and a rangoli design glows with lamps on the ground. Palm trees and stone statues stand in the background under a full moon.2010-01-01 +1 copiesNight photo of an outdoor temple courtyard lit by many small oil lamps along a white platform with red-and-white striped edging and a dark stone slab, and a rangoli of lamps on the ground in front. A tall gold-coloured flagstaff or dhvajastambha rises from a white base, garlanded and hung with a flag, with palm trees and a full moon in a dark sky behind. Two people in orange robes stand with hands folded in namaskar near the flagstaff, and a third person in orange sits or stands at its base. In the foreground, a figure in white clothes stands at the left edge and another person in white is partly visible at the right, also with hands pressed together. Stone statues stand in the background at left.2010-01-01December 01 20092009-12-01July 28 20102010-07-28December 30 20092009-12-30Dusk view of an open courtyard at a temple-style ashram with a tall wooden flagstaff, a dhvajastambha, rising from a white stepped plinth near palm trees. Several small ring-shaped arrangements of burning oil lamps glow across the sandy ground, with a seated deity murti visible at the base of the pole and a fire pit-like stone platform in the foreground edged in red and white bands. Two figures in white clothing walk near the shrine, and a third person in white stands at the right edge, with a kolam design drawn on the pavement in the lower corner. Hazy smoke hangs in the blue evening light.2010-07-28November 21 20102010-11-21December 21 20072007-12-21Night photograph of a tall, ornate bronze deepa stambham lamp pillar with a carved base and a spiral-ringed shaft rising toward a faintly visible moon behind clouds. Two men in saffron-orange robes with gold borders stand beside it at night. The taller man in the centre wears a rudraksha mala and a leopard-print shawl over orange clothing and holds a lit oil lamp aloft. To the right, a bald man in orange robes holds a gold bowl. Coconut palms and a roofed structure frame the scene, with flower petals scattered at the base of the pillar.2010-11-21Evening outdoor ritual at night on a raised platform with red and white striped edges and orange cloth draped over a central seat. A figure in orange robes sits cross-legged beside a tall ceremonial pole with a silver top, and a golden throne-like seat with red cushions stands at left. Many people in white clothes sit on the ground in rows with small oil lamps and red-cased lamps before them, while a man in white kneels at the front with a microphone. A decorated float on the right carries a deity murti framed by garlands and red cloth. Kolam patterns are drawn on the ground in front.2009-12-30Night photo of a ritual at a courtyard with string lights strung overhead. A tall copper-coloured flagstaff stands on a white raised platform, and a man in an orange robe stands on the platform, reaching up to the top of the pole and tying or hoisting saffron and red cloth. Around the base, about a dozen people in white dhotis and white kurtas stand in a loose ring, several holding ropes or looking up. A woman in a white sari with a red border stands at the left edge. A white building with a sign is behind them, and a small wooden stool with a brass lamp sits to the right. The scene looks like a flag-raising or pole-hoisting ceremony.2007-12-21