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Photograph of an outdoor ritual under a corrugated metal roof with steel trusses. A shaved-headed man in a white dhoti-style garment with a gold-beaded necklace raises both hands to pull an orange cloth bundle suspended on an orange rope, decorated with a pineapple-like top and colourful painted poles. A second man in a light blue shirt looks up and reaches toward the same rope beside a dark stone figure draped with flower garlands. In the foreground, trays of red and orange flowers and a silver vessel sit on a yellow cloth. In the background a woman in maroon clothing stands near a red wall with a banner. The white-clad priest and the man in the blue shirt are the two physical people visible; the banner and figures on it are not counted.

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July 15 20112011-07-15September 13 20102010-09-13 +1 copiesSeptember 13 20102010-09-13May 05 20122012-05-05A photograph of a temple ritual in a covered pillared hall with white ornate walls. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a gold necklace, wearing saffron-orange robes, raises a bundled dhwaja (flag) with a red and orange cloth wrapped around a white rope at the top of a bamboo-like pole. Beside him, a younger man in orange robes holds a brass tray of yellow and orange flowers. Other people sit on the floor at left and right, one shirtless, and a deity murti stands in the background. The figure with long hair matches the page's a person cue only loosely, so the identity is uncertain.2006-09-29October 05 20132013-10-05A man in an orange saffron garment over a red undershirt stands in a white-walled hall, hoisting an orange cloth bundle up a long metal pole with white ropes while looking upward. Behind him a black deity murti is draped in orange cloth, gold ornaments and multicoloured garlands, with a black Nandi bull and a gold-trimmed cloth in the foreground. A framed painting of a temple scene hangs on the left. Another man in white with a glasses and a sacred thread stands at right, and a person with a camera is partly visible behind the murti.2007-11-15Outdoor photo of a temple flag-raising or chariot-related ritual under a clear sky. A seated man in saffron-orange robes at right, seen from behind with dark curly hair, looks upward toward ropes. In the centre, another man in orange garments and a shawl handles a coiled white rope on a wooden board. At left, a man in a white shirt holds a rope overhead, with a person in orange beside him wearing a white-and-orange flower garland. A yellow and orange canopy stretches overhead, and an orange flag flies from a tall ribbed white pillar at upper right.2009-01-02Low-angle photo of a tall polished copper flagstaff with ringed bands and an ornate finial topped with a red flag, set on a stone base strung with yellow marigold garlands. A woman in an orange sari with dark hair pulls the rope to raise the flag, assisted by a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with a maroon-bordered shawl, and a man in orange kneeling at the lower right. A large dark canopy and coconut palms stand behind under an overcast sky. A small signboard at left and a display board at right are partly visible.2010-10-07June 29 20142014-06-29A flag-hoisting ceremony at an outdoor temple platform under a corrugated roof. A tall copper flagstaff with a small ornate top rises into a pale sky. A man in orange dhoti and orange shawl with gold border holds an orange flag rope and pulls the cloth upward, while a second man in orange robes with a bare shaved head stands at the foot of the pole on the red-brick base. Several devotees in white clothes stand at the edge of the platform, watching and raising their hands in prayer. Palm trees and a blue-and-white draped canopy appear behind. Orange garlands hang on the pole.2011-07-15A tall polished copper flagstaff rises from an ornate stone base on an orange-red temple platform, wrapped with yellow and purple marigold garlands. A man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala reaches up to a rope, while a bald man in white dhoti and shawl with maroon borders stands on a black metal step ladder, pulling the rope and looking upward. A third person in orange holds a brass tray of offerings. Coconut palms and a white sky frame the scene, with a small table of fruit and flower offerings at right.2010-09-13