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At night, three men in saffron and orange robes hoist a large red-orange flag on a pole. The flag carries a painted deity figure seated on a rock with a kamandalu-like vessel and a small attendant figure at its base, plus a blue and white bird emblem at the top edge. On the left, a bald man in orange wrap looks upward, while a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds the lower flag fabric. The man on the right, bald with an orange robe and red border, raises both arms to fasten the flag. Small dark heads of onlookers appear at the bottom edge. This is a flag hoisting for a Gurupurnima celebration, as the page describes.

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January 03 20082008-01-03Night-time photograph of a flag-hoisting at an outdoor ritual site. A tall, slender figure with long dark hair stands at centre in a salmon-pink top over orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth, wearing a red-and-orange floral garland, one arm raised toward a long orange flag being raised on a white rope. Two men in orange robes assist: one at left crouches and pulls the rope with both hands, another at right bends forward holding the pole. Behind them is a brass-coloured ornate pillar or kalasha-style base on a white platform. Dark sky and palm fronds fill the background, with a few devotees' heads visible at the bottom edge. The pictured figure matches the a person cues of long hair, saffron clothing and garland, so this is a probable in-person presence.2008-01-03January 03 20082008-01-03Night-time photograph of a flag-hoisting ritual at a temple-like site. A copper-coloured flagpole stands on a white plinth. A man in a crimson-and-orange robe with garland and bangles holds up a large orange silk flag while another orange-robed man at the pole steadies a white cloth rope. Other orange-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees, one holding an orange cloth, surround the pole. A golden-yellow cloth lies on a white bench at left.2008-01-03Night photograph of a flag-hoisting at a temple: a tall copper-clad pillar stands on a white stone platform. A man in an orange robe with a red-orange flower garland holds the pole of an orange flag while others in orange robes pull the rope; one stands on the platform reaching toward a brass tray. A man in a white dhoti with orange shawl stands in the foreground. Several people in saffron robes surround the pillar. a person is the central figure, in a saffron robe with a garland, hoisting the flag, which matches the page's account of the Nithyotsav flag hoisting. Palm fronds and dark sky are behind.2008-01-03Night photograph of a flag-raising at a tall bronze flagstaff, lit by a dark sky with blurred bokeh. Two men in orange clothing work at the pole: a man kneeling at the left pulls on a rope, while a standing man in a long orange robe with a pink-and-orange shawl and a red-green floral garland tugs the orange and white flag up the pole. Another figure holds a pair of scissors at the right. A small crowd is partly visible at the bottom edge. The flag is orange and white, and the pole is wrapped in rope and straw.2008-01-03January 03 20082008-01-03Two sannyasis in saffron-orange robes hold up a large saffron flag with a gold fringe, bearing a painted image of a seated figure with a mala and raised hands, with a small blue emblem at top. The flag is being raised at night beside a carved metal pillar or structure. The figure on the flag is a depiction, not a physical person present. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person by appearance; the two physical people are shown in saffron robes, one on each side of the flag.2008-03-26March 26 20082008-03-26Night photograph of a flag-raising ceremony against a black background. A central man in an orange saffron robe with a red-and-orange garland stands before a tall copper pole, holding and gathering a large orange silk flag. To his left, a man in orange robes with a white forehead mark grips a white rope running along the pole. To his right, a man in orange robes with a white tilak handles the flag's fabric. Copper pot-like fittings and wisps of grass appear near the base of the pole. Swamiji (probable): the central figure wears a saffron robe, a garland and long swept-back hair, a combination of cues consistent with the page's account of Swamiji hoisting the Nithyotsavam flag. Visible people are in the foreground at lower edge, partially cropped.2008-01-03Night photograph of a flag-hoisting ceremony at an outdoor white platform beside a tall copper-clad pole. Three men stand on the platform: two in saffron-orange robes handling a large saffron flag printed with a seated deity figure, and a third in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl and a beaded necklace, hands folded. A dark green vehicle and a white-draped table are at the edge of the frame. Ceremonial flag hoisting for a festival at night, with a deity murti printed on the flag.2008-03-26January 03 20082008-01-03