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August 23 20112011-08-23February 28 20132013-02-28August 23 20112011-08-23February 28 20132013-02-28Outdoor 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.2016-08-27January 04 20152015-01-04 +1 copiesApril 10 20162016-04-10Low-angle photo of a tall ornate copper dhvaja (flagstaff) rising beside a carved stone and metal base decorated with yellow and magenta flower garlands. A person in a red garment with a bead mala is seen from behind, arms raised, pulling ropes that guide the flagstaff upward. A red-and-white flag hangs at the top, with palm fronds and white sky behind. Ritual flag-hoisting setting.2011-08-23Photograph looking up at a tall, copper-clad ritual pole rising from an ornately carved wooden base wrapped with yellow marigold garlands and red flowers. At the top a small red-and-orange figure hangs from the pole's crown, and a rope runs down from it. In the lower right a single person in orange robes and a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands on the ground, arms raised, holding the orange cloth and ropes that lead up to the pole. Palm fronds and a covered roof edge frame the view against a bright sky.2011-08-23Photograph of a tall copper ritual flagstaff or dhvaja stambha standing on a stepped copper base, with a small gilded deity murti set in its shrine niche, adorned with marigold and white flower garlands and a bundle of straw at its midsection. A man in a rust-red dhoti and a red-and-gold flower garland, with a red-and-yellow marigold mala and gold necklaces, stands at right holding a rope and gazing upward as he raises the staff. Devotees sit under a corrugated roof at left, watching the ritual, with a palm tree and greenery behind.2016-08-27Low-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.2016-08-27February 23 20152015-02-23