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April 14 20132013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14A tall wooden ritual flagstaff with a carved, ringed shaft rises against a bright sky, its top decorated with a carved finial and a small cloth flag. Its base is wrapped with green leaves and grass and draped with white and red flower garlands. A single person in saffron-orange clothing and a matching orange-red garland stands at right, pulling a rope that raises the flag, with a coconut palm behind and a roof edge at top left. The photograph is taken from below, looking up.2015-02-23Low-angle photo of a tall wooden flagstaff with copper-banded sections, wrapped with a yellow and magenta flower garland near its carved base and topped by a small red and white flag. A single person in a red-orange robe and a beaded necklace stretches up on the right, pulling an orange cloth and rope toward the top of the pole. A coconut palm and a bright sky fill the background under a corrugated roof edge.2011-08-23Photograph looking up at a tall copper-clad flagstaff (dhvaja stambha) rising from an ornate carved stone base decorated with yellow and magenta flower garlands. A red and orange flag is tied near the top. A single person in a red dhoti-style garment with a gold-bordered cloth and a light beaded necklace stands at right, both arms raised, pulling the ropes that raise the flag. A coconut palm and a tiled canopy edge frame the scene against a pale sky.2011-08-23August 23 20112011-08-23April 10 20162016-04-10August 23 20112011-08-23Low-angle photograph of a tall, ornately carved copper or bronze pillar with a decorated shrine-like pedestal at its base, draped with white and red flower garlands and topped with green leaves, grass and a red pennant. A standing man in a red-orange dhoti and shawl wears a long pink-and-white flower garland and gold-toned ornaments and holds a brass bell and a small lamp or bell in one hand while ringing or waving it beside the pillar. Blue sky, palm fronds and a white roof edge frame the scene. A seated figure is visible inside the pedestal niche.2015-02-23A man in a rust-orange robe stands beside a tall copper-coloured ornamental pole wrapped in green mango leaves and grass bundles at its base, pulling on ropes that run up the pole toward a carved top fixture. He wears a long red and orange floral garland, layered rudraksha-style beads, a gold-toned necklace and bangles, and a red bindi. Clear blue sky and a palm frond are visible. The man appears to be the a person by appearance, with distinctive ornate necklaces and saffron-orange clothing, though this is uncertain.2015-02-23A man in orange-saffron cloth, bare-chested with a shawl draped over his shoulder, pulls a rope to raise a tall copper ritual pillar topped with a red-tipped finial. The pillar is decorated with rings and a small seated figure carved near its base. Coconut palms and a metal-roofed shelter frame the scene under a pale sky, and a few hands and a phone are visible at the lower edge. a person cues are the long swept-back hair and saffron shawl, but the face is turned away and appearance alone is uncertain.2013-02-28