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Photo 11683848 +1 copiesSeptember 02 20112011-09-02March 23 20082008-03-23Photo 11684244October 18 20102010-10-18 +2 copiesDecember 18 20132013-12-18July 08 20092009-07-08Looking upward from ground level, a tall carved wooden dhwaja stambha (flagstaff) rises against a pale sky, its ringed shaft wrapped with green leaves and grass at the base and draped with white and orange-red marigold garlands around the carved pedestal. A woman in an orange-red sari and matching orange-red marigold garland stands at right, holding a brass handbell in one hand and a small brass lamp with flame in the other, with a palm tree behind her. Two people are not visible; one person is physically present, not a depiction.2015-02-23Photo 11682553 +1 copiesPhoto 11684241Outdoors under a pale sky, a tall copper ritual pillar (dhwaja-style staff) rises from an ornate base decorated with yellow marigold garlands and a carved deity murti. A man in a dark red-brown robe with a long white-and-yellow flower garland stands at right, holding a small brass ritual lamp and a bell, with palm fronds and trees around. Possibly a dhwaja or kodimaram-style flagpole ceremony. One person is visible.2016-09-26Photo 11683850 +1 copies