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Outdoor temple festival scene during a brahmotsavam procession. In the foreground, a man in orange robes and a white flower garland pulls a white rope attached to an orange flag, his arm raised. Behind him, another person in orange clothing kneels on a white platform, holding the rope. A third figure in orange stands near the platform and handles a coiled white rope. On the left, a golden deity murti with a blue-green cloth and a decorated red-and-gold umbrella are visible, with a row of onlookers in white clothing with hands folded in prayer. Orange and gold canopy cloth covers the background.

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Outdoor photo of a temple flag-raising or chariot-related ritual under a clear sky. A seated man in saffron-orange robes at right, seen from behind with dark curly hair, looks upward toward ropes. In the centre, another man in orange garments and a shawl handles a coiled white rope on a wooden board. At left, a man in a white shirt holds a rope overhead, with a person in orange beside him wearing a white-and-orange flower garland. A yellow and orange canopy stretches overhead, and an orange flag flies from a tall ribbed white pillar at upper right.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor temple ritual with palm trees behind. A man in an orange-saffron sleeveless top and white-smeared arms, with a white flower garland and dark hair tied back, raises one arm and grips a thick white cloth rope wound on a white stone platform scattered with marigold petals. Beside him stands a man in white dhoti and orange shawl, and other people in orange and white clothes stand nearby, some holding a brass vessel of yellow flowers. Behind them are a carved red sandstone pillar and a dark stone base with a deity statue draped in flower garlands. Palm fronds and white-walled temple structures fill the background.2009-01-02A photograph of an outdoor festival scene with palm trees overhead. In the foreground, a man in orange robes kneels at a white platform, coiling thick white rope, which is decorated with scattered flower petals in purple, yellow and pink. Beside him, another man in orange clothing bends over the rope. At center, a man in an orange robe with a white floral garland and white markings on his arms raises a white rope upward with one hand. On the right, a man with a long dark beard in orange and white clothing holds up a fringed, colourful parasol and a bundle of straw. Several other people in orange and white stand nearby, and a red, yellow and green canopy with tassels appears at top right.2009-01-02Outdoor photo of a temple chariot festival under a pale sky with palm fronds. On the left, a tall white-and-orange ratha (chariot) is draped with an orange banner bearing white embroidered motifs and a crescent, trimmed with a yellow marigold garland. In the centre, a man in orange ochre robes with a gold-trimmed shawl, a topknot, gold bangles and a long gold-beaded necklace reaches up, gripping a rope that runs to the chariot's top. At right, a second man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands watching, and a third person in orange with a gold-bordered shawl leans in at lower right. A red and gold canopy edge appears at the upper right.2011-04-07January 02 20092009-01-02Outdoor temple ritual at a white stone platform under an orange and gold canopy. A devotee in orange robes with long dark hair kneels with his back to the camera, hauling a white rope that raises a tall orange flag topped with orange cloth. Nearby, a young man in orange robes with white sacred ash marks and a white flower garland pulls the rope and looks upward. A bald man in orange robes and a mala stands at left holding a brass vessel, and a crowd of onlookers in the background watches. A coloured umbrella and a deity murti sit in the background. Other orange-clad men assist near the platform.2009-01-02A photograph taken from a low angle at dusk of a temple chariot procession. In the foreground, a man in a dark red-orange robe with dark curly hair stands on the chariot, seen from behind, looking up toward a tall illuminated pillar wrapped with strands of lights. Thick ropes rise diagonally from the lower left to a small red flag at the top of the frame, and several people hold the ropes while pulling. Behind them, another man in red-orange clothing stands beneath a gold-fringed canopy, and a white rope lies coiled on the platform. A small painted panel is visible near the base. The sky is pale blue.2009-01-02A photograph of an outdoor temple ritual at a white stone platform beside a large carved stone object. A man in an orange sleeveless top and orange cloth, with a white flower garland around his neck and white marks on his forehead and arms, raises his right arm high while holding a white cloth or object above the platform. Around him, devotees in orange and white robes with orange shawls stand close, many with palms pressed together in prayer. Flower petals in yellow and white are scattered on the white stone, and a white rope hangs over the edge. Palm trees and a decorated orange-and-gold canopy frame the scene, with a tall orange cloth draped over a pillar behind.2009-01-02