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A photo of a person in a maroon top raising a maroon cloth flag on a pole beside an ornate carved wooden shrine with a tree motif, decorated with yellow marigold garlands. The person wears a red flower garland and a rudraksha-style bead mala across the chest, with gold bangles on the wrists, and looks upward toward the flag. Palm fronds are visible in the background. Consistent with a flag-hoisting (dhwajarohanam) moment at a temple festival, though the person's identity is not established from appearance.

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A photograph of a person in a maroon top and dark maroon garland of red and dark beads, standing beside an ornate gilded metal shrine or palanquin decorated with yellow marigold garlands and carved tree motifs. The person reaches up with one arm to hold a brown cloth draped over the structure, with bangles on the wrist and a dark rudraksha-style mala visible at the right edge. Palm fronds are in the background. Their appearance does not clearly show a person, so the a person field is unsure.2014-11-26A person in a rust-red top and orange-gold cloth stands beside a copper-toned ornate shrine or ratha with carved panels and a tree relief. Yellow marigold garlands hang on its pillars. The person raises both arms to adjust or hold a long peach-coloured cloth draped over the structure, with red beaded mala and gold-bordered beaded necklaces around the neck and gold bangles on the wrists. Palm fronds appear in the background. The person's appearance does not clearly support the page's claim, so the identity is recorded as unsure.2014-11-26November 26 20142014-11-26November 26 20142014-11-26Outdoors beneath palm trees, a man in saffron-red robes stands with palms pressed together in namaste before a carved reddish stone shrine draped with white and red flower garlands. He wears a thick rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, red flower garlands, gold bangles and earrings, and a red bindu on his forehead. Beside him, a cream cloth holds a bundle of yellow marigold garlands and green leaves on a pole, marking a flag hoisting ceremony. Another person is partly visible at the right edge.2015-04-21April 21 20152015-04-21April 14 20132013-04-14 +1 copiesA man in a brown and rust sannyasi-style wrap and a rust-coloured turban stands on a raised platform beside a large copper-toned ornate structure with a white cloth draped over its top. He wears a gold necklace, a red-and-white floral garland and bangles, and raises his right hand in a blessing gesture while looking to the side. The structure is decorated with yellow marigold garlands with maroon accents and has a carved pillared base with a central circular emblem. Palm fronds and palm trees appear in the background. Probable Swamiji cues: long dark hair under the turban, ornate gold necklace, and saffron-toned clothing, shown in a ceremonial procession setting.2016-12-14Outdoor photo of a man in a rust-red and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, wearing white and gold-bead garlands and red flower garlands, scattering yellow flower petals from his right hand over an ornate carved wooden canopy shrine decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands. A palm tree and green foliage stand behind. Another person's hand holds a small vessel at right. A dwajarohanam-style flag-hoisting ceremony is suggested by the page, but the scene shows petal offering at a wooden shrine.2014-08-31August 31st 20142014-08-31December 03 20162016-12-03April 21 20152015-04-21