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Outdoor ritual photo at a temple-like courtyard with green trees behind. A man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a white floral garland stands at a tall silver flagpole, holding the rope to hoist a palm-frond topped pole. Beside him, another priest in orange holds the rope overhead, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti pulls the yellow cord. A bald priest in orange with rudraksha mala raises his arms. Behind them, white-clad devotees and women in saris watch. On the right, a large black Nandi bull statue draped in a pink cloth and garlanded with flowers stands beside a table with fruit and offerings. A photographer is visible at the lower right.2015-05-05January 08 20102010-01-08Outdoor photo of a flag-hoisting ceremony at a temple-like site under bright sky with tall coconut palms. A tall copper-toned flagstaff stands on a white platform while several people in orange-saffron robes work at its base, one pulling a rope to raise the flag. A large black stone nandi-like figure draped with a yellow and white marigold garland sits in front. Devotees in white clothes stand at the right and left, some with hands folded in prayer, and a red and orange umbrella is held over an orange-robed figure at the right. Girls in white dresses and braids stand in the foreground with their backs to the camera.2008-12-232010 - Photo AlbumMay 05 20122012-05-05Outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony beneath bright blue sky and tall coconut palms. A tall copper-coloured flagstaff stands on a white stepped platform. At its base sits a seated deity murti garlanded with orange-yellow marigold flowers. Around it, a dense crowd of devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some with yellow shawls, watches and gathers. Several people in saffron-orange robes stand near the pole, one holding a red-and-gold umbrella. Drummers in the left background play drums. Large orange and saffron flags hang at the right edge. A low concrete wall and more palm trees frame the scene.2008-12-23January 08 20102010-01-08December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoors among palm trees, a tall tapering flagstaff rises beside a white-based shrine platform decorated with a yellow-and-orange garland. A figure in a saffron-orange robe stands on the platform near the pole's base, apparently raising or tending the flag. A crowd of devotees stands around in white and cream clothing, several with hands pressed together in namaskar; one man on the right wears a white shirt and dhoti, and women wear saris in cream, peach and pink. Sunlight haze washes over the scene and a small orange pennant is visible on the left.2006-12-23May 05 20122012-05-05Outdoor temple ceremony at a flagpole-like copper pillar topped with a kalasha and tied with orange cloth, beside a black stone nandi bull garlanded with marigolds, in a palm-lined courtyard. Two people in saffron-orange robes and one in white dhoti pull on the cord to raise the pole, while a shaven-headed monk in orange stands at right. Devotees in white and cream saris and dhotis stand with palms joined at left, and a crowd of onlookers in white and dark clothing watches at right. A stone deity murti stands in the background.2011-07-15Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered in sunlight among tall coconut palms around a tall copper-coloured flagstaff standing on a white-draped platform. Several figures in saffron-orange robes stand on the raised platform near the flagstaff, one under an orange-and-red canopy umbrella, with marigold garlands hanging from the pole. Devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas, women in white saris and an orange sari, and a man in a beige shirt crowd the sandy ground, many holding orange and red flags. A drummer with a drum slung at his side stands at the right edge. Tents and flags are visible in the background.2008-12-23