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October 05 20132013-10-05Outdoor photo of two shirtless priests in maroon and saffron dhotis with gold-bordered cloths, one on each side of a large copper-toned ceremonial kalasha-style pillar topped with leafy green foliage and a white cloth wrap. Both priests have their arms raised to the top of the pillar, adjusting or securing it. Garlands of yellow marigolds and red, pink and purple flowers drape the pillar and its base. A small seated figure in a niche of the pillar is visible. Palm trees and green shrubs fill the background, with a few more people at the bottom edge.2014-11-26October 05 20132013-10-05November 26 20142014-11-26April 14 20132013-04-14December 11 20112011-12-11November 26 20142014-11-26January 04 20152015-01-04Outdoor photo of a stone-and-copper ritual pillar or kalasha-topped column decorated with yellow and white flower garlands and a red flower garland, set on an orange-painted base near palm trees at dusk. On the left, a bald priest in orange robes with a white forehead mark raises a long yellow cord or staff toward the top of the column. On the right, a person in an orange-brown silk dhoti and matching shawl, wearing a red flower garland, a gold necklace and a white armband, reaches up to touch the pillar's top. A few saffron-robed attendants stand in the background.2013-10-05April 21 20152015-04-21December 11 20112011-12-11December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copies