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Backlit outdoor photograph under a bright sky with palm fronds and trees. In the foreground at left, a tall wooden pillar or ratha-like structure is draped with red and white garlands. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala around his neck raises one arm toward the sun while holding a long white cloth rope that hangs down beside him. Other people are only partly visible at the lower right edge. The scene suggests a festival procession or temple ritual, with the figure gripping the rope near the decorated pillar.

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Photograph of a dhwajarohanam flag-hoisting at an outdoor site under a clear sky with a coconut palm behind. A tall copper dhwaja staff with ringed bands and a bristled top rises from a copper-clad base decorated with a garland of yellow marigolds. A man in red-orange ceremonial dhoti and shawl, with a red rudraksha-style mala and a gold pendant, stands with both arms raised, gripping a rope that runs up toward the flagstaff. Beside him a man in white clothing and a bald-headed devotee in the foreground watch the hoisting, and several onlookers crowd the lower edge.2013-12-18A tall copper dhvajastambha flagstaff rises from an ornate bronze-coloured base decorated with white jasmine garlands and green leaves, a yellow and red cloth at its top. A bearded man in a dark reddish-brown robe and a yellow-red-white marigold garland pulls a rope to raise the flag, with coconut palms and trees behind. Other figures stand in the background near an orange umbrella. a person: long hair and a wrap-style robe with a marigold garland and ceremonial necklaces. Festival flagpole raising.2016-10-03 +2 copiesLooking up at a tall, ribbed wooden or metal pole topped with a small figure, set against a bright sun and blue sky with palm fronds. A long pale cloth and an orange-red banner stream from the top of the pole. In the lower right, a man with raised arm stands beside the pole, wearing rudraksha and flower garlands over a bare upper body and holding the banner. Marigold garlands hang on the pole's base.2013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14 +3 copiesA tall copper flagstaff, or dhvaja stambha, rises diagonally against a pale sky, its ringed copper shaft topped with a carved finial and a yellow-and-red tassel. At its base stands an ornate carved wooden or copper base wrapped with white jasmine garlands and green leaves. A single man in a dark reddish-brown robe, wearing a garland of yellow and red marigolds, pulls a rope attached to the staff with both hands, raised overhead. Coconut palms frame the scene. The flagstaff raising appears to be part of a temple festival.2016-10-03April 14 20132013-04-14 +3 copiesOctober 03 20162016-10-03November 22 20132013-11-22October 03 20162016-10-03April 14 20132013-04-14April 14 20132013-04-14November 22 20132013-11-22