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December 18 20132013-12-18Low-angle photo of a tall, polished copper-toned pole with rope-wrapped bands rising against a clear blue sky, topped by a small ornate finial with an orange saffron flag fluttering from it. Garlands of red and white flowers hang on the pole's base. A single person in a saffron-orange robe with a beaded mala necklace stands at the lower right, arms raised, hauling on the ropes that run up to the flag, with a coconut palm frame behind. The person is seen from behind and partly cropped, with no visible face.2013-11-22A photograph looking up at a tall polished copper dhwajastambha flagpole against a clear blue evening sky. At its top is a carved dark wooden platform with a small figure wrapped in orange cloth and garlanded with white and red flowers, hanging from ropes during a dwajarohanam flag-raising. A white cloth banner trails down beside the pole, and a dark building edge with a lamp runs along the left side. No people are clearly visible.2013-12-18December 18 20132013-12-18November 22 20132013-11-22January 02 20092009-01-02A tall copper-clad flagstaff, wrapped in rope bands, rises steeply against a blue sky with scattered white clouds, seen from below. A red-orange cord runs down its length from a pulley and wooden cap at the top, and a red-orange flag or banner hangs near the top. A roof edge and a palm frond frame the corners of the view. No people are visible.2010-10-18 +1 copiesA tall, slender copper-toned flagpole rises against a clear blue sky, its shaft wrapped with twisted bands and topped by a small carved finial with a saffron-orange flag fluttering from it. The pole's base is decorated with garlands of yellow and maroon flowers and carved panels, one showing a tree motif. A lone person in an orange-saffron robe with a dark rudraksha-style mala around the neck stands at the right, both arms raised as they pull on a rope that runs up to the flag. Palm fronds frame the scene at the lower right, and a canopy edge appears at the top of the frame.2011-03-05December 18 20132013-12-18March 05 20112011-03-05 +1 copiesA tall, slender copper-toned flagstaff rises from a base wrapped with yellow and maroon marigold garlands and carved with a tree-motif panel. A single saffron-orange flag is tied near the top. One person in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands at the lower right, pulling on the ropes that raise the flag, with arms raised overhead. A palm tree and clear blue sky are behind, and a roof edge is visible at the top of the frame.2011-03-05A photograph looking up at a tall copper flagstaff, banded with twisted copper rings and topped with a small finial, rising from a base decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a relief panel of a tree. A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a shaved head, stands at right pulling on a rope to hoist an orange flag at the top of the pole. Blue sky and palm fronds are behind the pole.2011-03-05