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April 14 20132013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14Outdoor photo of a man standing beside a tall temple-style flagpole, pulling a rope to raise a long saffron-orange flag with white-painted motifs including a sun, crescent moon, trident, Nandi bull on a pedestal, two ceremonial lamps and ritual fans. Yellow and red marigold garlands hang from the top of the flag. The man wears a white and red flower garland, a gold-beaded brown and gold necklace, gold bangles and an orange-gold dhoti, and looks upward. Palm fronds and a clear blue sky fill the background; a partial head of another person is visible at the bottom edge.2013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14A person in a rust-orange garment with a gold-toned waist sash and layered white and red-and-yellow flower garlands stands at right, gazing upward while pulling an orange rope that raises a tall orange banner. The banner has white-painted motifs of a sun, crescent moon, trident, seated Nandi bull on a platform, two ceremonial fans and two oil lamps, with a yellow marigold garland across its top and a white cloth hanging beneath. A coconut palm frames the scene against a pale sky, and a temple structure is partly visible at left.2013-04-14Outdoor ceremony beneath tall palm trees. A man with swept-back dark hair wears a rust-brown dhoti-style garment, a long rudraksha mala over bare shoulders, and a thick garland of white flowers with red blooms. He stands beside a tall saffron-orange fabric banner printed with a crescent moon, a sun, a lotus-like motif and a stylised leaf, and he gently touches the banner's hanging orange rope. Beside him stands a copper-coloured ornate shrine with yellow flowers, and a striped canopy is visible at the right edge. Possibly the a person given the hair, mala and ornate gold necklaces, presented as the central figure.2013-04-14A photograph of a person in a brown-orange dhoti-style garment, bare-shouldered and wearing a white and red flower garland, gripping an orange rope with one hand while raising a white cloth bundle hung from a wooden crossbar; the bundle has a green grass tuft and leafy sprigs on top and is draped with a yellow marigold garland. Gold bangles are on the wrist and upper arm. The orange cloth backdrop bears a sun-and-crescent motif, and a metal vessel is visible at the right edge under a corrugated roof with red steel framing. The person's hair is long and swept back, with distinctive adornments and ceremonial clothing supporting a person appearance, shown performing a ritual action with the hanging offering.2013-04-14April AF 2013Low-angle outdoor photo of a tall copper flagstaff decorated with a red cloth and garlands, with an ornate copper-gilt shrine niche and seated golden deity murti at its base. A man with long dark hair and a red tilak wears an orange robe and a beaded mala, pulling a white cloth along the flagstaff rope under a blue sky with coconut palms and strings of small flags overhead. Flag hoisting ceremony, flaghoisting of the Brahmotsav festival. Only one person is visible.2007-12-23January 11 20162016-01-11A photograph taken from a low angle of a person in orange saffron robes and a gold-bead necklace pulling on an orange rope that hoists a large saffron flag with a white panel and a gold emblem. Dry palm fronds are tied to the top of the flag and the rope. Palm trees and a temple tower with carved stone are visible at the edge of the frame against a pale sky. The person wears a white forehead band, a rudraksha mala, and gold bangles, and looks upward toward the flag.2013-02-28Outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony beneath a tall copper-clad flagstaff wrapped with decorative bands and garlanded with white and red flowers at its base. A man in orange robes and a long rudraksha-style gold bead necklace pulls a rope that raises a white cloth banner, with a red streamer above and string pennants strung between poles. Palm trees and a blue sky with clouds frame the scene, and several other people in white stand partly visible at the lower right.2007-12-23