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Outdoors among palm trees, a figure with long dark dreadlocked hair wrapped in a dark turban-like tied hair, wearing a deep red-orange robe, a rudraksha mala and a long garland of red roses, grips a rope while lifting or hauling. Beside a decorated wooden-looking pillar or chariot-like structure topped with a copper-coloured shrine dome, a bundle of straw or dried grass, garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers, green leaves and yellow marigold. A second man in orange-red robe with a garland and rudraksha beads stands at right, watching.

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March 01 20162016-03-01March 01 20162016-03-01 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20162016-01-11January 11 20162016-01-11March 01 20162016-03-01March 01 20162016-03-01Outdoor photo of a man in saffron/orange robes with a long swept-back dark crown of hair, red and white flower garlands and a brown rudraksha mala, hoisting a white rope upward with both hands. Beside him stands an ornately carved brown temple-style pillar or kalasha wrapped in flower garlands with red blossoms and green leaves, under a palm-and-tree background. The scene reflects a dwajarohanam flag-hoisting at a temple. The man matches the Swamiji (probable) cues of swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, and is shown leading the flag-hoisting ritual.2016-01-11August 27 20162016-08-27January 11 20162016-01-11Outdoor photo of a man in saffron/orange cloth pulling a rope to hoist a flag, at a temple setting. He wears a long garland of red and white flowers and a rudraksha mala, with dreadlocks or long matted hair wrapped in a turban-like style and a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him is an ornate carved temple structure or chariot-like base with white and red flower garlands and a palm frond-topped kalasha. Trees and palm fronds are in the background under a blue sky. This appears to be a flag-hoisting (dwajarohanam) ceremony, with the man as the visible figure pulling the rope; appearance-based probable Swamiji cues include long hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland.2016-01-11A photograph of a saffron-robed sannyasi standing outdoors beside a carved stone temple pillar draped with white and red flower garlands. He holds a rope in his raised right hand and looks down with eyes closed, wearing a tall bun of dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, long rudraksha malas and red-and-white flower garlands around his neck. Palm trees and greenery fill the background, and a bundle of leaves sits atop the pillar. The scene reflects the flag-hoisting rite at the start of a Brahmotsavam, though the flag itself is not visible. The man's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, and no printed caption names him here.2016-01-11March 01 20162016-03-01 +1 copies