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October 14 20132013-10-14January 04 20152015-01-04Outdoor photo of a tall copper ceremonial flagpole (dhvaja stambha) with ringed segments and an ornate top, standing on a decorated base with a small gold deity murti niche, garlanded with white and marigold flower strands and fronded with leaves. A man with long dark hair, bare-shouldered in a maroon-red cloth, wears red and yellow flower garlands and gold chains while hauling the pole's rope upward with both arms. A white-shirted onlooker stands at right, and a few people are partially visible at the lower left near the base, under a metal roof edge and palm trees. Visible people are about six.2016-08-27February 28 20132013-02-28Photograph looking up at a tall copper-clad ritual flagpole or dhvaja stambha rising against a pale blue sky, its ring-banded copper shaft topped with a wooden crown and wrapped at the base with dried straw, green leaves and white jasmine garlands tied with red flowers. A man in a reddish-brown cloth and a garland pulls a rope to raise or steady the pole, while a coconut palm leans in from the right. Strings of small bulbs run across the top edge.2017-01-01Low-angle photo of a tall copper ceremonial flagstaff topped with a carved finial and a small saffron flag, decorated near its base with green leaves, dried grass and marigold garlands. A man with a bare upper body, a red bindi, orange garland and copper-coloured armlets pulls a rope attached to the pole under a clear blue sky, with palm fronds at the right edge and a tin roof at the upper left.2015-02-23Low-angle photo of a tall copper flagstaff (dhvajastambha) with a carved wooden-and-copper base wrapped in garlands of white jasmine and yellow marigolds, green leaves tied at its midsection, and a red-and-white flag at the top. A single man in dark maroon dhoti and maroon shawl, wearing a red and orange flower garland and gold ornaments, hauls on a rope to raise the flag. Coconut palms and a tree stand behind under an overcast sky.2016-08-27January 04 20152015-01-04August 23 20112011-08-23January 04 20152015-01-04 +1 copiesNovember 22 20132013-11-22January 04 20152015-01-04