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Low-angle photo of a tall, slender reddish-brown wooden flagstaff rising against an overcast white sky. Near the top sits a decorated finial with tiered carved sections, small bells and a dangling red-orange cloth banner. The pole is ringed with carved bands and rests on a carved capital and square platform at its top. A green coconut palm with fronds spreads in the lower right, partly overlapping the pole. No people are visible.

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October 24 20122012-10-24March 08 20132013-03-08December 24 20092009-12-24Outdoor photograph of a tall copper flagstaff, or dhvaja stambham, rising against an overcast grey sky. Its top has a tiered crown of carved wooden or metal forms with finials, and a long white cloth or flag hangs from near the top. Coconut palms and trees stand behind, a colourfully painted pillar with a bird motif and a dark tin roof structure appear at the left, and a low yellow-and-red board is visible at the base. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.2010-11-12A tall copper dhwaja stambha, a ceremonial flagpole, rises from a white stone base at an ashram compound. The copper shaft is ringed with bands and topped by a multi-tiered crown-like finial with a saffron-orange flag attached. Yellow and orange marigold garlands drape the base, which holds a small carved deity murti in a niche. Orange cords run from the top of the pole down to the ground. Coconut palms and a thatched hut stand behind, under an overcast sky. At the lower left, a signboard shows a site map of an ashram. No people are visible in the scene.2009-09-29July 16 20132013-07-16 +1 copiesNovember 12 20102010-11-12A tall copper dhvajastambha, a ceremonial flagstaff, rises from a red stone base at a temple courtyard. Its shaft is banded with copper rings, topped by a tiered finial with a small gold-coloured cap, and an orange flag hangs from near the top. A dark thatched rope is wound around the lower shaft, and marigold garlands decorate the base. A tiled-roofed shed stands to the right, with a white-draped figure and a bull-like sculpture nearby. Coconut palms and a large tree frame the sky.2010-12-26Photograph looking up at a tall polished copper dwajastambha (flagpole) with rope-like bands wound around its shaft, topped by a copper capital and a carved wooden-and-metal finial with orange cloth tied to it and dark plumes at the crown. Taut guy wires run up to the top against a pale overcast sky. No people are visible in the frame. The flagpole is the main subject of this temple flag-hoisting setting.2009-07-08Photograph looking up at a tall copper-coloured pole topped by a small pavilion-style cap, banded with decorative ring bands along its length. An orange cloth flag hangs from the pole on the right, with a small orange bundle tied on the left and orange ropes running up to the top. A palm frond enters from the right edge against a pale overcast sky. No people are visible.2009-09-29Low-angle photograph of a tall copper dhwajastambha, the flagstaff of a temple, rising against a pale overcast sky. The copper pole is wrapped with ringed bands and rope-like moulding. At the top sits a carved wooden ornamental crown with a small orange cloth tied to it and a bundle of straw or fibre, with ropes running down the pole. A palm frond edges the lower right corner. No people are visible.2009-07-08A tall copper dhwajastambha flagpole rises against a pale cloudy sky, its ringed copper shaft topped by a carved finial and an orange flag wrapped around it. Its base is decorated with white and yellow marigold garlands. A person in orange ochre robes stands at the lower right beside coconut palms, holding a rope that runs up toward the flag, apparently raising or hoisting the flagpole during the dwajarohanam ceremony at a temple.2009-07-08