A close outdoor photograph of a deep maroon ritual flag (dhvaja) on a bamboo pole bound with rope, its cloth bearing faint pale painted or drawn motifs. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame is held up beneath the flag by a bare forearm with a thin bangle at the wrist, against a blurred green lawn and trees under a cloudy sky. Only one partial person is visible, the arm. - Nithyanandapedia

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A close outdoor photograph of a deep maroon ritual flag (dhvaja) on a bamboo pole bound with rope, its cloth bearing faint pale painted or drawn motifs. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame is held up beneath the flag by a bare forearm with a thin bangle at the wrist, against a blurred green lawn and trees under a cloudy sky. Only one partial person is visible, the arm.

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