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Outdoors under a bright sky, a standing man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl holds a lit brass aarti lamp with smoke rising, offering it toward a tall copper flagstaff draped with a large orange banner. The banner bears white painted motifs of a sun, crescent moon, trident, a seated bull (Nandi) and leaf designs, and is garlanded with yellow marigold strands and a red-and-white floral bundle. In front, a kneeling priest in orange robes with gold borders faces the banner, his hand on the rope, while a white cloth lies on the raised stone platform. Coconut palms and trees stand behind.

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November 06 20102010-11-06A photograph of a temple flag-raising ritual. A copper-coloured dhvaja stambha (flagpole) rises on the right, decorated with yellow and green garland strands at its base. An orange flag with a white and red emblem, topped with a bundle of straw, is being hoisted on white ropes. In the foreground a man with long dark hair in an orange robe kneels on a white platform, while another man in orange clothes pulls the rope above him and a third man, shown in front with white markings on his arms and a white flower garland, grips the line. Behind them a crowd of onlookers watches under a yellow and green canopy, with a stone nandi visible near the pole.2009-01-02Outdoor temple festival photo at a tall copper-coloured flagstaff (dhwajastambha) wrapped in ornate bands, decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands at its base. A man with dark, tousled hair and an orange robe leans forward at the top of a white platform, holding the rope that raises an orange flag with a white emblem; straw bundles are tied to the pole. Around him, a standing man in orange robes with a white garland pulls a rope, and a crowd of onlookers fills the courtyard behind. A multicoloured umbrella and a gold-trimmed canopy with green and maroon valances stand to the left, and a painted deity panel appears beyond. The scene reads as a ritual raising of the festival flag.2009-01-02Outdoor photo of a temple chariot festival under a pale sky with palm fronds. On the left, a tall white-and-orange ratha (chariot) is draped with an orange banner bearing white embroidered motifs and a crescent, trimmed with a yellow marigold garland. In the centre, a man in orange ochre robes with a gold-trimmed shawl, a topknot, gold bangles and a long gold-beaded necklace reaches up, gripping a rope that runs to the chariot's top. At right, a second man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands watching, and a third person in orange with a gold-bordered shawl leans in at lower right. A red and gold canopy edge appears at the upper right.2011-04-07Outdoors at a temple festival, a crowd of onlookers stands behind a white-painted stone platform beside a tall copper-coloured ritual pillar decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands and dried wheat-like sheaves. In the foreground a man in an orange robe kneels on the platform, facing away, while a bearded man in orange with a white-marked face and a white flower garland raises his arm toward a long white rope hanging from the top of the frame. Other men in orange clothing stand nearby. Behind them a yellow and green canopy shades a shrine area with orange-clad figures and banana plants, and a multicoloured umbrella stands at the left edge.2009-01-02A photograph of an outdoor festival rite at a temple. In the foreground, a figure with long dark curly hair in an orange-saffron robe kneels on a white platform beside a tall ornate copper-coloured pillar draped with yellow marigold garlands. Nearby, a man in an orange robe and white flower garland holds a rope attached to a tall orange and white flag topped with a sheaf of grain. Behind them stands a crowd of devotees, several in red, yellow and white, beneath a yellow and green canopy. A blue and red umbrella with tassels stands at left, and a small golden kalasha-like object rests at the lower left. Banners with deity figures are visible in the background, and a white-robed figure walks near a shrine.2009-01-02October 09 20082008-10-09April 26 20202020-04-26November 06 20102010-11-06March 05 20112011-03-05 +3 copiesA tall copper dhwaja stambha (flagpole) rises against an overcast sky, its shaft wrapped in spiral copper rings and its base carved and draped with yellow marigold garlands. Two monks in saffron-orange robes stand on a red-painted platform: one in the foreground at right with a shaved head and draped robe, and a second beside the pole who is pulling an orange flag up on a rope. A corner of a metal roof and a palm frond appear at the edges.2010-11-06March 05 20112011-03-05 +1 copies