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Low-angle photo of a tall copper dhwajasthamba, a ceremonial flagstaff with a broad ornate base carved with leaf motifs. Its shaft is wound with copper rings and a small shrine-like housing near the top holds a flag. A seated gilded figure with raised hand sits in a niche on the lower shaft, and marigold and red flower garlands hang from it. Nearby stand a covered open-sided shelter with saffron pennants strung from its frame, palm trees, a parked silver van, and a large portrait banner at right showing a smiling man in an orange turban. The scene is an outdoor ashram courtyard, and no people are clearly visible.

Low-angle photo of a tall copper dhwaja stambha, a flagstaff with a ribbed, spiralled copper shaft topped by a saffron flag bearing a dark emblem. Its ornate stone base carries carved floral motifs and a seated golden-brass figure of a teacher in a small shrine niche, its base wrapped in marigold and red flower garlands. Saffron pennants hang from a metal-roofed canopy on the left. On the right, a large poster shows a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe. A bluish-clad seated person sits at far left beside palm trees, a parked silver van and a brick building with a sign.

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A tall copper dhwajasthamba, a ceremonial flagstaff, rises from an ornate, carved bronze-coloured base with a seated figure in a small niche on its lower section. Marigold and red flower garlands drape its base and shaft, and a saffron-orange flag with a dark emblem flies from the top. Strings of small orange pennants stretch under a metal-roofed open shelter on the left. Palm trees and a silver SUV are behind it. On the right, a large portrait on a banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robes beside Kannada text. No physical people are clearly visible in the foreground.

October 24 2012

A tall, slender copper dhwajastambha, the ceremonial flagstaff, rises against a plain white sky beside a metal-framed roof. The pole is ringed with ribbed copper bands and topped with a small decorated copper canopy wrapped in orange and yellow flowers. Its base is wrapped in green grass, leaves and a rope, and a yellow marigold garland hangs around a small gilded seated figure set in a niche on the plinth. Palm trees appear at the bottom edge. No people are visible.

September 10 2012

A tall, polished copper dhwajasthambha flagstaff rises from a stone base carved with small shrine motifs, topped by a finial with a red cloth fluttering from its upper bracket. A corrugated metal roof with steel trusses shelters the area, and a red-and-cream canopy and a small shrine with a deity are visible at lower left. Green trees fill the background. No people are visible in the scene.

June 08 2014

A tall, polished copper dhwajastambha (flagstaff) rises steeply against a clear blue sky, its segmented shaft ringed with decorative bands and topped by an ornate finial with a small carved crown-like element. Its base is wrapped with pink and white flower garlands and sits in front of a carved stone plinth on a metal-framed open canopy roof. Two lower finial pieces appear along the roof edge. No people are visible.

March 10 2013

A tall copper dhvaja stambha (flagstaff) rises from a white-painted base decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands, topped with a multi-tiered finial and a small golden figure, with a saffron flag fluttering from its upper section against a pale sky. Palm trees surround the site. In the lower left, a signboard shows a portrait photo and reads 'Nithya Annadhaan With the blessings of Paramahamsa Nithyananda'. Beside the base, a dark stone deity murti sits adorned with a garland. A small figure in a pink sari stands near the sign at the bottom left. The scene appears to be a temple or ashram courtyard.