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January 02 2012

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Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered around a tall blue metal pole in a sunlit open ground with palm trees and striped blue-and-pink canopy tents behind. A central figure in saffron-orange robes, a long rudraksha mala and bare feet grips the pole and looks upward, raising his right arm; beside him another saffron-robed man with a shaved head raises both arms and holds a yellow object. Devotees in white dhotis and orange garments raise their hands and clap, and children in orange stand at the front. A small white-and-orange object is visible high in the air above the pole.2012-01-02Outdoor scene at a temple grounds beside a white wall and tall palm trees. Four men in saffron-orange robes stand in a line, hauling ropes to raise a large saffron flag with a white panel toward the sky. The foremost man on the left, with long dark hair, holds the rope with both hands and looks upward. Beside him a man in orange hands on another rope. Behind them two more men in orange clothing look up. A small table draped in pink cloth holds a brass lamp and a brass pot. A stool with an orange cloth sits at left beside a white pillar. Palm fronds fill the upper frame.2008-09-30Outdoor photo of a ceremony at a village site with palm trees and striped tent awnings. A man in a long-sleeved white shirt and white dhoti stands at a metal pole, tying or fixing an orange cord to it, while a shaven-headed man in orange holds an orange umbrella overhead. A central figure in orange robes and a dark rudraksha mala stands barefoot inside a stone-rimmed circle with chalk kolam designs on the ground. Several people in orange and white stand around, including a young girl in white and boys in white and orange, with a crowd behind them.2012-01-02Outdoor temple ritual at a white stone platform under an orange and gold canopy. A devotee in orange robes with long dark hair kneels with his back to the camera, hauling a white rope that raises a tall orange flag topped with orange cloth. Nearby, a young man in orange robes with white sacred ash marks and a white flower garland pulls the rope and looks upward. A bald man in orange robes and a mala stands at left holding a brass vessel, and a crowd of onlookers in the background watches. A coloured umbrella and a deity murti sit in the background. Other orange-clad men assist near the platform.2009-01-02Outdoor photo of a flag-hoisting ceremony in a garden with green trees and yellow flowering shrubs. A man in a deep orange-red robe with a long dark rudraksha mala holds a rope attached to a tall white flagpole while a red umbrella with colourful fringe is held above him. Two decorated yellow-and-red ceremonial banners stand nearby. Another man in an orange dhoti and shawl, bare-footed, stands at the flagpole's base, which is ringed by brick and scattered with yellow flower petals. To the left, several people in orange and white clothing carry a silver tray of offerings and flowers. Several bystanders in white are behind them. The scene reads as a ritual ceremony around the flagpole.2008-11-12A photograph of a flag-raising ritual at a temple courtyard. In the foreground, a kneeling man in orange-red robes with a wrapped waist cloth pulls on a rope to raise a tall orange and white flag topped with a dried grass bundle and a red cloth finial. A second man in orange robes behind him looks upward, and another in orange holds a rope wrapped with white and yellow garlands. A crowd of onlookers, mostly in white and muted clothing, gazes upward with hands pressed together. A yellow and green fringed canopy stretches across the background, with a decorated shrine area, flower garlands and a dark stone bull figure visible at right. The visible people number roughly twenty.2009-01-02November 12 20082008-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20082008-11-12Outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony (dwajarohanam) under green trees. A figure in an orange-saffron robe and orange turban, wearing a white and red flower garland and a gold pendant, pulls the rope of an orange flag up a tall white pole with both hands, looking upward. Above him a multicoloured canopy umbrella with tassels is held by an attendant. To the left, a man in orange holds his palms together in prayer beside men in white dhotis. On the right, a woman in a white and yellow sari holds a tray of rose petals, next to a man in orange robes. Several men in white clothes raise their hands and clap, and a few others stand among the crowd.2008-07-27November 12 20082008-11-12January 02 20122012-01-02