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A woman in a rust-brown sari with a gold border stands beside a tall copper-coloured pillar and an ornate copper shrine niche, reaching up to an orange flag with a white upper section and a purple circular emblem. Her neck and shoulders are draped with long white and pink garlands and a heavy gold beaded necklace, and she wears gold bangles. A silver plate is held by a second person's hands at the lower right. Behind her a yellow flower garland hangs on the shrine. The flag bears white painted motifs of a sun, crescent, lotus-like plant and a seated figure.

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April 14 20132013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14Outdoor temple scene under bright sky with palm trees. A man with dark hair, a red bindi and a pale mala-like garland of red and white flowers stands at right in a rust-brown robe with an orange-gold waist cloth, wearing a layered gold-bead necklace and a gold armband. He looks down while holding a silver tray of flowers and offerings held by another person's hand. Beside him, an ornate copper-coloured shrine pillar with a small seated figure and yellow marigold garlands stands before a grey stone sculpture of a seated deity murti. At left hangs an orange cloth banner with a white bull (Nandi) motif and yellow flower garland.2013-04-14A photograph outdoors under a pale blue sky with palm fronds at the edge. A man with long dark hair and a red bindi, wearing an orange-brown shawl and a dense gold necklace, stands with a steel plate in one hand and a small bundle of white and red flowers in the other. He is wearing red and white flower garlands across his chest, and gold bangles on his wrists. Beside him is a tall copper pillar wrapped in brass rope and an orange cloth banner with yellow marigold garlands and a green leaf bunch. Another person's hand reaches in from the right edge holding the plate. The setting suggests a ritual offering or padapuja-style ceremony.2013-04-14Outdoor ceremony beneath tall palm trees. A man with swept-back dark hair wears a rust-brown dhoti-style garment, a long rudraksha mala over bare shoulders, and a thick garland of white flowers with red blooms. He stands beside a tall saffron-orange fabric banner printed with a crescent moon, a sun, a lotus-like motif and a stylised leaf, and he gently touches the banner's hanging orange rope. Beside him stands a copper-coloured ornate shrine with yellow flowers, and a striped canopy is visible at the right edge. Possibly the a person given the hair, mala and ornate gold necklaces, presented as the central figure.2013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14A photograph of an outdoor ritual at a temple-style copper or bronze pillar with carved tiers and floral garlands of yellow marigolds and red flowers wrapped around it. A woman with short dark hair and a red bindi stands at right, wearing a maroon-brown garment with gold border, a long brown beaded necklace, a heavy gold ceremonial necklace, gold bangles and a large white-and-red flower garland. She extends her right hand toward the pillar. Palm trees and greenery fill the background, and an orange banner hangs at left with white emblem designs.2013-04-14February 28 20132013-02-28 +1 copiesPhotograph of a person standing at the base of a red sandstone temple structure carved with floral and foliate motifs, beside a seated golden deity murti in a niche wrapped with white jasmine and red flower garlands. The standing person wears a red-orange silk garment with gold stripes, a long red and gold flower garland, multiple strands of rudraksha beads, a gold pendant necklace, gold bangles and a red bindi, raising one hand while smiling. Another person's hand holds a silver bowl at the right edge. Palm trees and casuarina trees fill the background under bright sky.2015-04-21April 14 20132013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a bare-shouldered man in a copper-brown silk cloth with a broad gold border, wearing a thick red flower garland and a gold-beaded necklace, pulling an orange cloth on a rope upward. He gazes skyward with his head tilted back. A coconut palm frames the outdoor scene under a pale sky. The gesture resembles raising a flag or banner, possibly an outdoor ceremonial act.2013-10-05