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November 14 20182018-11-14November 14 20182018-11-14November 14 20182018-11-14Outdoor ritual photograph under bright sunlight with palm trees behind. A tall copper-toned ornate pillar or flagstaff, wrapped with a pink and white flower garland, stands at left, its base carved with relief figures. A figure in a maroon-red dhoti and upper cloth with a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands in silhouette, both hands gripping a long rope that rises to the top of a white-wrapped pole at right. Beside them a second person in dark clothing holds a brass plate with flowers and offerings. Another person in white sits lower at the bottom edge, with a brass vessel nearby.2013-11-22October 03 20162016-10-03 +1 copiesPhotograph taken from below of a tall copper dhwajasthambha or flagstaff rising against a pale evening sky under a tin roof edge. The mast is wrapped in rings and topped with a small finial and red-and-yellow cloth. Its base is a carved wooden or metal pedestal draped with white jasmine garlands, green leaves and a bundle of straw. A man in a dark robe wears a red-and-yellow marigold garland and a beaded necklace, and raises his arm to pull a rope that hoists the pole. Palm trees and leafy trees frame the right and left edges.2016-10-03A woman in a rust-orange sannyasi-style sari with a gold-bordered edge stands at a gilded flagpole, her right hand pressed on a white cloth with a red-and-maroon border that wraps the pole. The pole's top is bound with a bundle of dry golden grass and green mango leaves, a ritual dwajarohanam flag-hoisting setting. Another person in orange stands partly visible at the right edge with hands folded in anjali. Palm trees and dry ground surround a dark stone base with red platform steps.2018-12-22 +1 copiesJanuary 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.2016-08-27August 27 20162016-08-27Outdoor photo looking upward at a tall, slender copper pole topped with a small roofed finial and flower decoration. Near its base is an ornate copper-coloured shrine-like structure with a carved figure, dressed with white and red flower garlands, and a bundle of straw and green leaves is tied around the pole. A person in an orange-red garment and gold ornaments wears a red and blue flower garland and pulls on a thick rope attached to the pole, with a palm tree and clear sky behind. Yellow ribbons hang from a shelter edge at upper left.2015-01-04Photograph at dusk of a dhvajarohanam flag-hoisting at a temple-style setting. A tall polished copper dhvaja staff, its base carved with a shrine motif and wrapped in red and yellow marigold garlands, is topped with a bundle of green grass. A priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with gold bangles and a beaded necklace, pulls a white rope with one raised arm to raise an orange and yellow flag with a garland. Coconut palms stand behind. A second man in orange cloth is partly visible at the right edge.2011-11-29