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Outdoors among palm trees, a tall tapering flagstaff rises beside a white-based shrine platform decorated with a yellow-and-orange garland. A figure in a saffron-orange robe stands on the platform near the pole's base, apparently raising or tending the flag. A crowd of devotees stands around in white and cream clothing, several with hands pressed together in namaskar; one man on the right wears a white shirt and dhoti, and women wear saris in cream, peach and pink. Sunlight haze washes over the scene and a small orange pennant is visible on the left.

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