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December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoors beneath palm trees, three men tend a tall ornately carved wooden kalasha-like pillar wrapped in white cloth and crowned with a bundle of green mango leaves. The man on the left wears an orange dhoti and has long dreadlocks, with his hands on the cloth. In the centre, a man in a red-brown head turban and red-brown garment with a long mala and gold armlets reaches up to touch the pillar, which is draped with yellow and red marigold garlands. On the right, a bare-chested man with a bun of dreadlocks wears a white and gold-bordered dhoti and a sacred thread, looking toward the pillar. A red cloth is visible at the lower right edge.2016-12-03December 23 20082008-12-23December 22 20182018-12-22December 30 20172017-12-30Outdoor 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.2015-05-05December 30 20172017-12-30December 23 20082008-12-23October 01 20172017-10-01December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor festival scene with palm trees overhead. In the foreground, a man in orange robes kneels at a white platform, coiling thick white rope, which is decorated with scattered flower petals in purple, yellow and pink. Beside him, another man in orange clothing bends over the rope. At center, a man in an orange robe with a white floral garland and white markings on his arms raises a white rope upward with one hand. On the right, a man with a long dark beard in orange and white clothing holds up a fringed, colourful parasol and a bundle of straw. Several other people in orange and white stand nearby, and a red, yellow and green canopy with tassels appears at top right.2009-01-02December 03 20162016-12-03