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December 23 20082008-12-23December 25 20152015-12-25December 18 20132013-12-18December 18 20132013-12-18Outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony at a tall copper-clad flagstaff rising beside palm trees under a clear blue sky. A large dark nandi bull statue garlanded with yellow and orange flowers sits on a white pedestal in the foreground. Several saffron-robed sannyasis stand and sit on a raised white platform near the pole, one standing figure holding a red-and-yellow umbrella over a robed man who stands with hands raised in prayer. A large crowd of devotees in white clothes and some in colourful saris stands with hands folded in namaste around the platform. A white-robed woman in the lower right holds her hands together in prayer.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 18 20132013-12-18January 01 20172017-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 18 20132013-12-18December 20 20102010-12-20December 20 20102010-12-20Outdoor photo of a tall, slender ceremonial pole wrapped in white cloth and striped bands, topped with a bundle of leaves and a small red flag, rising above coconut palms and banana plants under a pale sky. Beneath it stands a decorated structure with garlands and yellow ornaments at its base. A large crowd of men and some women in white dhotis, kurtas and sarees, several with saffron-orange shawls, gathers closely around the base, looking upward. A man in white holds a drum, and a brass lamp is visible near the crowd. Strings of small flags line the background.2007-01-01