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Outdoor ceremony under a blue tarpaulin canopy with a striped awning behind it. A young man in a red sleeveless top and an orange shawl, wearing a white jasmine garland and purple flower garland, holds a yellow rope tied to a blue pole while pulling it. Scattered pink petals fall around him. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers helps with the rope, and a smiling woman in a white sari with gold border stands with palms pressed together. Tie-pole flag-raising or similar consecration rite; a white flag pole stands at right.

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August 17 20092009-08-17August 06 20092009-08-06July 28 20082008-07-28Outdoor street scene with a crowd of people raising their hands and clapping under bright sky. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl and a white-and-green flower garland, and bare-chested with a red top underneath; he holds a thin yellow cord that pulls an orange-gold silk cloth upward, as if unveiling or hoisting a flag. A man in a white shirt with dark rudraksha mala and sunglasses stands at right with hands raised. Petals fall through the air. Behind, a cream-coloured building with a green dome and minaret and red bunting strung across the street.2009-08-03Outdoor photo of a flag-hoisting ceremony at a white pole set on an orange circular base scattered with rose petals. A person in a flowing orange robe and a red-and-green garland pulls a rope to raise a flag, looking up with a smile. Behind them, people in white clothes stand with hands pressed together and some clap. A man in white holds a brass plate of yellow flowers, another holds a bouquet, and orange flags are visible. A table with a patterned green cloth and a brass lamp stands at left, with colourful kolam floor designs on the ground. A sun-hazed tree canopy is above. The figure in orange is distinctive in the presentation cues of long swept-back hair and orange robe, but the appearance is uncertain, so the a person field stays unsure.2010-01-19November 25 20092009-11-25 +1 copiesA photograph taken on a roadside street with a crowd of men and boys standing close around a central figure. A man in a saffron-orange sleeveless top and a long orange shawl, wearing a white and green flower garland and a red tilak on his forehead, holds a yellow rope tied to a white pole with his right hand while a silver tray of pink flower petals rests on his left arm. Crowd members wear white shirts, checked shirts and dhotis. Behind them a red and orange bus and a blue wall are visible, and a small white plinth stands at the lower left. The scene appears to be a flag-hoisting or pole-raising ceremony with petals offered before the pole. The central figure's appearance is consistent with a saffron-clad sannyasi, but the identification is uncertain from the image alone.Outdoor photograph of a flag-raising ceremony beneath tall coconut palms. A man in a rust-red robe with a red turban and a white-and-orange flower garland, with a rudraksha mala, grips a yellow rope with both hands while the white pole rises beside him. A large red parasol with tassels shades the area, and strings of small white-and-red paper flags hang from a palm trunk. Devotees in white garments and a bald man in red stand around, one holding a silver bowl with pink flowers, and a red-and-orange banner is visible behind the parasol.2014-06-19November 13 20062006-11-13Outdoor photo of a smiling person in an orange saffron garment with a red and white flower garland and gold-bead ornaments, pulling an orange flag rope up a white flagpole on an orange circular base scattered with red rose petals. A tall person in orange with long dark hair is raising the flag. Behind, white-clad devotees stand clapping and some hold a flower bouquet; another orange-robed monk holds a plate of yellow flowers at right. A table with a patterned cloth and brass lamps sits at left, a kolam is drawn on the ground, and orange flags flutter in the hazy morning light beneath trees.2010-01-19July 03 20122012-07-03A man in an orange saffron garment with a long orange cord-and-white cloth held in both hands stands on a raised float decorated with garlands of white, yellow, red and purple flowers. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace over the saffron cloth and has a red tilak on his forehead, with long swept-back hair. Behind him a coconut palm frond fills the background and a gilded ornamental pillar with floral garlands stands at left. Another person in orange is partially visible at the lower right. The scene resembles a procession moment on a decorated ratha or palanquin, with a Swamiji (probable) candidate on the float based on the orange clothing, long hair and gold necklaces.2009-12-23