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A person with long dreadlocked hair piled on the head, wearing an orange-saffron cloth and a long red-and-pink flower garland with yellow flowers, smiles while standing beside a carved wooden dhwajasthambha-style flagstaff at an outdoor temple setting. The wooden pillar is draped with white jasmine and red flower garlands, and its top is wrapped with green leaves and straw. Palm fronds and trees fill the background. At the right edge, a silver bowl with flowers rests on a tray.

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Outdoor photograph of a carved wooden ceremonial pillar wrapped with white and red flower garlands, its top bound with a bundle of dried grass and green leaves, set against palm fronds and tropical foliage. To the right stands a person in a saffron-orange robe with a dark hair bun, wearing layered red and white flower garlands and a rudraksha-style mala, smiling and looking toward the pillar. A silver ritual vessel is partly visible at the lower right edge. The person is an in-person presence whose identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2016-01-11January 11 20162016-01-11Outdoor ritual photograph beside a tall ornate wooden pillar wrapped in garlands of white jasmine and red flowers, topped with a bundle of straw and green leaves, with a gold kalasha-like finial and a tied rope. A person in saffron/orange robes with a long wrapped dark hair knot, wearing red flower garlands and a rudraksha-style mala, holds a small aarti or incense holder from which smoke rises while holding a small handbell in the other hand. Palm trees and greenery surround the scene. a person: the figure bears long hair in a swept-back knot and saffron clothing with garlands, consistent with a person depiction, though the face is not identifiable from this view. Text in the lower right reads a copyright credit.2016-01-11Outdoor ritual scene in a palm-lined garden. A man in a rust-orange robe with a long dark hair bun and a gold ornament on top, wearing a red flower garland and a brown rudraksha mala, stands at right holding a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other. Beside him is a carved terracotta-brown shrine-like structure topped with a bundle of straw and green leaves, draped with white and red flower garlands and marigold strands. A cameraman with a camera on a tripod is partly visible at lower right. Probable Swamiji is shown with these cues: long hair bun, rudraksha mala, rust-orange robe and flower garland.2016-03-01January 11 20162016-01-11 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20162016-01-11 +2 copiesJanuary 11 20162016-01-11Outdoor ritual photograph under palm trees. A tall copper-clad ceremonial pillar stands at left, wrapped with straw and green leaves and draped with white and yellow marigold garlands and red flowers. A man in saffron-orange robes with a red flower garland and a rudraksha mala stands at centre, holding a small bell in one hand and a lit oil lamp or flame in the other, wearing a black turban with an ornate gold ornament. A patterned red and orange umbrella fringed in yellow is visible at right, with another partially visible person beside it. Smoke rises from the lamp.2016-03-01Outdoor photo of a woman in a rust-orange sari with an orange and gold border, wearing long garlands of white and red flowers and a multi-strand ceremonial gold and bead necklace, standing beside a tall ornate copper-coloured temple-style pillar wrapped at the top with a green and gold cloth and draped with a yellow marigold garland. She smiles while scattering petals or rice from her right hand toward the pillar, with palm trees and green foliage behind her and a red-and-gold fabric canopy at the right edge. a person: the flower garlands, long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold necklace and orange-toned clothing are the visible cues, and the page names a person for this event.2013-04-14April 10 20162016-04-10March 01 20162016-03-01 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a ceremonial wooden pillar wrapped with white and yellow flower garlands and red blossoms, topped with a bundle of straw and green leaves. A man with long dark hair piled in a topknot, wearing an orange-saffron robe and red and white flower garlands, raises his hand and scatters petals near the pillar, with a silver bowl held at the right edge. Palm trees and green foliage surround the scene. Swamiji (probable): a man in a saffron robe with long swept-back hair, adorned with flower garlands, performing the flag-hoisting at the temple pillar.2016-01-11