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A tall wooden flagstaff, wrapped in spiral bands of copper or brass, rises against a clear blue sky, topped by a carved ornamental finial and a small orange flag tied with white cords. No people are visible; the photograph shows the flag-hoisting pole of the Brahmotsava festival, shot from below.

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A tall, slender wooden flagstaff wrapped in spiral bands of white and gold-tinged cloth rises against a clear blue sky, topped by a small carved finial and a bright orange-saffron flag fluttering from a cross-piece. Taut ropes run up beside the pole, and green palm fronds are visible at the lower edge. The photo was taken from below, looking upward, during a flag-hoisting ceremony at a Brahmotsava celebration. No people are visible in the frame.2008-12-23 +1 copiesPhotograph looking up at a tall wooden dhwaja flagstaff against a clear blue sky, wrapped in spiral bands of orange and white cloth with a carved top and a small shrine-like cap. An orange saffron flag flutters from its upper section beside a thin rope, and a palm frond appears at the bottom right. This is the flag-hoisting pole of the Brahmotsava celebration. No people are visible in the frame.2008-12-23A tall copper dhwaja stambha, a flagstaff ringed with copper bands, rises against a bright sky beneath a corrugated roof edge. Its base is wrapped with white and red flower garlands and green leaves, with a reddish-gold ornamental shrine-like pedestal. A priest in a rust-coloured dhoti and a long coral-and-white flower garland stands at right, both arms raised, hauling on ropes that run up the pole toward a small flag or cloth at the top. Palm fronds appear at the right edge.2015-02-23August 26 20072007-08-26September 26 20162016-09-26February 23 20152015-02-23 +1 copiesFebruary 23 20152015-02-23February 23 20152015-02-23March 11 20132013-03-11February 23 20152015-02-23February 23 20152015-02-23Looking up at a tall, tapering copper flagstaff or dhvajastambha topped with a decorative finial, its base wrapped in green leaves and grass and draped with white and red flower garlands. A single person in a rust-orange garment and a layered pink-and-white flower garland stands at the right, gripping the ropes that raise the pole, with a coconut palm and bright sky behind.2015-02-23