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Outdoor ceremony beneath tall coconut palms. A bearded man in a rust-red turban, rust-red dhoti-style garment, a heavy gold-toned necklace, a rudraksha mala, and a pink-and-white flower garland raises a long white cloth or fan overhead with one hand while an assistant in an orange dhoti stands behind him. A carved brown wooden pillar-like stand is wrapped with yellow, orange and red marigold garlands and topped with a bundle of green leaves and grasses. Blurred heads of seated viewers fill the foreground, and a camera crane is visible at left. Colourful draped cloths hang on a stage at right.

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Outdoor photo of a flag-raising (dvajarohanam) at an ashram setting with coconut palms. In the foreground, rows of heads of seated onlookers are seen from behind. Center: a tall ornate copper-brown pillar with a leafy green bundle at its top and a garland of yellow and red flowers wrapped around its base. A man in a rust-red turban and rust-red wrap, wearing layered gold necklaces and rudraksha beads, stands bare-chested at right pulling a rope. A second figure in orange clothing stands at the pillar's left. A row of multicoloured pennant banners hangs in the background, and a camera crane is visible at upper left.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03A photograph of an outdoor ritual beside a tall ornate copper-toned vessel or kalasha-like structure decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and topped with green leaves. A bearded man in a rust-red dhoti and draped shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces, stands at the vessel holding a white cloth over its top. Beside him, a younger man in an orange cloth and bare chest holds the end of the white fabric. Palm trees and a decorated ceremonial cloth are in the background, and blurred heads of onlookers fill the foreground. The man in rust-red has distinctive visible cues of a rudraksha mala, gold necklaces and a shawl, but the identification is uncertain from appearance alone.2016-12-03Outdoor ceremony beneath coconut palms. A man in a rust-red turban and rust-red dhoti-style garment, wearing a heavy gold necklace, a white and pink flower garland and a rudraksha-style mala, holds a long white cloth that hangs from a tall copper-brown kalasha-topped pillar decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands. Beside him a bare-chested man with long hair, rudraksha beads and a wristband lifts a wicker basket of white cloth. Colourful striped cloth is draped over a platform at right, and a few heads are visible at the bottom edge.2016-12-03Outdoor ritual photograph in a palm-fringed garden. A central figure in a rust-red turban, rust-orange dhoti-style wrap and multiple rudraksha malas, with a flower garland, grips a rope while lifting or lowering a decorated carved wooden palanquin-like kalasha structure topped with green leaves and marigold garlands in yellow and red. Beside him a bare-chested attendant with long hair and white body markings pulls on a rope, and another attendant in saffron-orange cloth with beaded necklaces stands by a red-garlanded wooden pole. A person in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala is at the right edge. Blurred heads of onlookers appear in the lower foreground.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoor ceremony in a palm-lined garden. A central figure stands on a raised platform beside a tall bronze kalasha-style pillar wrapped in white cloth, green leaves and marigold garlands, raising one hand with a small object. He wears a red-brown wrap, a rudraksha-style mala with a large white flower garland, layered gold necklaces and a red turban. Two bare-chested attendants in saffron-orange lower wraps stand nearby on a gold-railed stair. In front, a large crowd of devotees with raised hands watches, and camera operators and a camera crane stand at the edges. Colourful cloth streamers and an ornate canopy decorate the right side.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03