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A photograph of a tall wooden pole or pillar decorated for a ritual, wrapped in white cloth with gold and red-green border bands, draped with green mango leaves, white jasmine-type flower garlands and red flower clusters. Behind it rises a temple gopuram-style structure with painted arches and a small shrine niche containing a deity murti. No people are visible. The sky is overcast.

September 24 2006

2006-09-24 +1 copies

November 14 2018

Outdoor photograph of a dense crowd around a tall bamboo pole decorated with green leaves, white and red flower garlands and a folded white cloth with gold border, carried upright at a temple-street festival. A man in an orange saffron turban, orange robe and a long gold necklace holds the pole near its middle, with a bare-chested priest in front and men in white shirts around. Many men wear white forehead marks and rudraksha beads. Behind them stand a temple gopuram-style structure, a pillared hall, a sculpted figure on a rooftop and strings of red, white and purple triangular pennants. a person appearance is uncertain because the orange-turbaned man's face is not clearly visible enough to confirm.

Outdoor Hindu ritual procession in a dense crowd of devotees with white and ash-marked foreheads. A raised arm on the left holds a metal tray with a burning camphor flame. In the centre, a tall decorated pole wrapped in a white cloth with gold and maroon borders, garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers and tied with green leaves, stands upright. On the right, a brass tray holds bananas, coconut and offerings. Behind them is a multi-tiered gopuram temple tower with painted deity figures and colourful trim, under a dusky sky with smoke rising.

Close view of a woman's hands balancing a decorated clay pot called a kalasha on her head during a ritual procession. The pot is wrapped in red, green and white striped cloth with a gold-bordered maroon band, topped with mango leaves and dried grass stalks. A thick garland of white jasmine flowers drapes over her head and shoulders. She wears a gold bangle and dark bangles on her wrist. No a person candidate is visible; only hands and the pot are shown.

2018-04-14 +1 copies

Outdoor photo of a crowd at a South Indian temple festival. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron turban and orange wrap with a yellow sash, wearing a heavy gold necklace and long hair, smiles while holding up a green bamboo pole topped with white cloth, white and red flowers and leaves. Beside him a bare-chested man with a sacred ash mark on his forehead and a dark rudraksha mala grips the pole, and a man in a sacred thread marks the left edge. Behind them a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis presses close, with a gopuram temple tower decorated with deity figures, palm fronds, pennants and smoke in the background.

A photograph of a tall golden dhvaja-style flagstaff against a pale blue sky, wrapped in a rust-red cloth decorated with white painted or drawn motifs including a sun-like design and bell shapes. White jasmine garlands and red roses hang down the pole, with green leaves and a brass bell cluster at the top. A small blue bird is visible at left. No people are visible in the scene, and the page's a person image appears only as a corner thumbnail.

Outdoor photograph of a ceremonial flag post wrapped in green and gold cloth with white bands, garlanded with red, pink and yellow flowers and topped with a bundle of green leaves and a rope. A figure on the left in orange robes with bare chest and folded hands (anjali) stands beside a copper vessel, and a brass lidded urn sits on a stand. Behind the pole is an ornate golden lattice screen with cut-out floral patterns. A small sign or emblem with a painted figure appears on the green cloth. Watermarked archive photo.

Photograph looking up at a tall wooden flagstaff or dhwaja stambha in a courtyard under a bright sky with palm trees at the left edge. The pole is wrapped in red and white bands and topped with a cluster of orange and red flowers, with a red cloth tied near the top. Its base is a carved stone pedestal decorated with white and yellow flower garlands and green leaves. A bare-bodied figure in a red cloth stands at the left beside the pole, looking up, and a second person is partly visible at the right. A red and gold umbrella stands nearby under a metal roof at the right.

2016-03-01 +1 copies

A photograph of a kalasha, a metal pot wrapped in white cloth with a red-and-gold bordered sari-style border, topped with mango leaves and a coconut with a red mark, set on a silver tray. Behind it stand gold-and-brass ritual fittings, garlands of yellow and purple flowers, and a red pillar. At the far left, a partially visible figure in saffron-orange clothing with a rudraksha mala appears beside a white statue, and a small deity murti stands on a red base at the right. No physical people are clearly visible in the central scene apart from the partial figure at the edge. Ritual setting consistent with puja preparations.