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September 08 20152015-09-08September 08 20152015-09-08A black stone Nandi bull statue sits on an orange-painted tiered plinth in an outdoor garden, draped with a garland of yellow and red flowers. Behind it rises a tall copper kalasha-style pillar with ornate carved panels, set among palm trees and green shrubs. No people are visible.2010-10-03September 08 20152015-09-08Outdoor ritual at a copper-clad ceremonial pillar wrapped with white and yellow garlands, its base on a red-and-cream platform, palm trees behind. Two priests in saffron-orange dhotis, one with long hair and a red-and-white garland, stand near the pillar, one pouring or holding a rope-like offering. A black stone Nandi bull with yellow marigold garlands and a rudraksha-style bead necklace fills the right foreground. A few devotees stand at left, one man with hands folded in namaste. The scene appears to be a temple-style ceremony with garlanded sacred objects and offerings.2016-09-26June 12 20102010-06-12Outdoor dhwajarohanam at a copper-clad flagstaff (dhwaja stambha) decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands. A man with shaved head, bare-chested and wearing a maroon dhoti with yellow stripes, stands at right ringing a silver handbell and holding a lit oil lamp or aarti over the base. Ornate copper relief carving on the pedestal, palm trees and foliage behind, a small figure visible at lower left edge.2015-09-08Outdoor temple scene with palm trees behind. In the foreground a black stone Nandi bull statue is draped with marigold and yellow-and-red flower garlands and a pearl necklace. Behind it a red-and-copper kalasha pot-shaped pedestal is wreathed with white and yellow flower garlands and topped with greenery. On the right a standing man with long dark hair wears a dark red garment, a yellow-and-red flower garland and a rudraksha-style necklace, holding a rope or cord. Two decorated parasols, one pink and one yellow, stand among onlookers in the background, with a woman in a red sari near the left edge.2016-10-03September 09 20112011-09-09December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoors under palm trees, a bare-shouldered man in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl stands beside a copper dhwajastambha flagpole base wrapped with yellow and red marigold garlands. He holds a small handheld bell in one hand and a ritual vessel in the other, performing the flag-hoisting ceremony. Sunlight falls on the copper pillar and palm fronds.2015-09-08Close view of a dark stone Nandi bull statue seated on a red-painted pedestal, decorated with thick garlands of yellow marigolds and red roses and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace with gold beads. White horizontal tilak marks are painted on its chest. Behind it, a man in white dhoti and a sacred thread stands on a paved courtyard among palms and greenery, with figures in orange robes further back. A copper kalasha-like finial sits at the upper right beside a red wall.2014-09-09