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A photograph looking up at a tall, slender ritual flagstaff or dhvajastambha with a copper-toned metal sheath wrapped in bands and a decorative capital at its top, rising against a pale blue sky with scattered white clouds. Coconut palm fronds hang across the upper left, and the sun glares bright behind them with a faint rainbow arc visible on the right. No people are visible.

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Low-angle photograph of a tall palm tree silhouetted against a grey, cloudy sky, with a faint circular halo or rainbow arc visible through the clouds near the sun. At the base of the frame, a slender palm trunk is wrapped in an orange and red cloth or decorative covering near its top. No people are visible in the scene. The sunlit palm fronds frame the upper right of the image.2010-07-11Looking upward from below, a tall copper-coloured pole rises toward a bright sun surrounded by a large halo ring in a pale sky. A carved ornamental finial with a small figure sits at the top of the pole, which is wrapped with decorative bands and ropes. Wispy clouds drift at the upper left and centre. No people are visible in the scene.2010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11A photograph looking up through palm fronds at a pale grey sky with scattered clouds. A faint rainbow-coloured halo arcs across the sky. In the centre foreground stands a tall slender wooden pole topped with an orange-red ornamental finial. No people are visible.2010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11A tall wooden ritual pole or dhvaja stambha rises from the bottom edge toward a bright sun in a hazy sky, with a large circular halo ring around the sun and scattered white cumulus clouds. The pole has a carved top ornament and is wrapped with bands along its length. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the scene.2010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11July 11 20102010-07-11