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Outdoors under palm trees, a man in saffron-orange robes with a dark rudraksha mala stands beside a tall red-brown ceremonial pillar or chariot post decorated with yellow and red flower garlands and a carved tree relief. He holds and adjusts white ropes at the top with his hands, while the bare-chested edge of another orange-clad figure and a partly visible person in white appear at the bottom right. The scene suggests a flag-hoisting procession.

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October 07 20112011-10-07September 02 20112011-09-02December 11 20112011-12-11Outdoors beneath palm trees, a man in saffron-orange robes and a red-orange dhoti stands beside a carved stone kalasha-topped column wrapped with yellow and pink marigold garlands. He holds a rope and garland while a deep maroon cloth with white patterning is lowered or hoisted from above, consistent with a flag-hoisting ritual. Another person's hand is visible at the right edge. He wears a rudraksha-style mala and garlands of flowers across his chest. Green foliage and a light sky form the background.2014-10-05Outdoor photograph beside a palm grove. A person in a rust-orange dhoti with gold-and-maroon borders stands at a carved ornamental pillar draped with white and red flower garlands and topped with a thatched mango-leaf bundle. The person bends forward and holds red marigold garlands with blue ribbon accents while a rope passes through the scene. Another arm in a red-patterned cloth reaches in from the right, and a blue-and-orange cloth edge appears at the far right. The appearance is ambiguous, so no identity is asserted; the visible person is a devotee or priest performing an offering at the pillar.2015-01-04September 11 20132013-09-11Outdoor photograph at a temple site with coconut palms behind. A tall copper dwajastambha (flagstaff) decorated with white, yellow and orange flower garlands stands on a white stone base. A man in orange ochre dhoti and sash, bare-chested with long dark hair, pulls a rope to raise the flag. Beside him a second man in orange robes holds a brass tray of flowers and offerings. Fabric banners in red, green, yellow and purple hang at right, and a few partially visible people are at the lower edge. Suggests a dwajarohanam flag-hoisting ceremony.2009-07-08Outdoor photo of two men in saffron-orange robes at a decorated copper kalasha or temple-pot structure hung with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a purple flower garland. The man at left, with a red tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala with gold beads around his neck and bare upper body under an orange shawl, holds the orange rope that is tied around the copper vessel. The second man in orange robes, with longer dark hair, grips the rope beside him. Palm fronds and hanging orange and white paper decorations sit behind them.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a copper flagstaff, or dhvaja stambha, decorated with marigold and red flower garlands, standing in an outdoor ritual setting with palm trees behind it. Three or four men in rust-red and saffron dhoti-style clothing raise their arms high, holding ropes or cords connected to the flagpole during a dwajarohanam, the flag-hoisting rite. One man wears a flower garland and a beaded mala. The base of the copper pillar has carved relief decoration, and devotees in orange clothing are partly visible at the lower edge.2014-09-26April 14 20132013-04-14January 11 20162016-01-11March 11 20132013-03-11