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Outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony at a tall copper flagstaff, with a maroon banner bordered in gold and embroidered with a deity figure in blue and yellow, decorated with white jasmine garlands. A man in orange robes kneels on a white platform tying or adjusting the banner, while a long-haired figure in orange robes with a loose orange shawl stands on the platform holding the rope. Another bald man in orange stands beside him, and a bearded man in orange sits at the lower left edge. Coconut palms, grey overcast sky, and a few onlookers in the background. Brass trays with rope and flower offerings sit on the platform.

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March 23 20082008-03-23Outdoors under an overcast sky, three men in saffron-orange robes perform a flag-hoisting ritual at a tall copper pillar wrapped with rope. The man at left holds a red and gold flag draped in white flower garlands and speaks into it. A long-haired man in sleeveless orange clothing stands at right, arms raised to the pillar, with red and orange flower garlands hanging from it. A third man in orange crouches at lower right, handling the rope. A small deity murti sits in a niche at the pillar's base beside brass lamps, with palm fronds behind.2008-03-23Outdoor photograph at a flag-hoisting post, a tall copper pole wrapped with a red cloth and draped with yellow and red marigold garlands at its base. A man in a saffron-orange robe with dark shoulder-length hair and a rudraksha mala raises one hand beside the pole, while a second man in orange holds a silver bowl and a brass plate with flower offerings. Coconut palms and a cloudy sky fill the background, and a few people in orange and white stand at the edge of the platform. Swamiji (probable) is the saffron-robed man with long hair and rudraksha beads, performing the flag-hoisting ritual with the bowl-holding attendant.2008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23January 03 20082008-01-03January 03 20082008-01-03January 03 20082008-01-03Outdoor ritual photo at an ashram under palm trees. A bare-shouldered man with long swept-back dark hair, a beaded rudraksha mala, and a saffron-orange shawl stands at right holding a silver vessel over a copper-clad pillar or kalasha-topped structure decorated with a red cloth wrap and garlands of yellow, red and white flowers. A younger man in orange robes beside him holds a silver dish, and another orange-robed attendant stands behind, with a further person partly visible at the bottom right.2008-03-23January 03 20082008-01-03November 06 20102010-11-06Outdoor photo at a flag-hoisting at Adi Kailaasa under a grey overcast sky with palm trees behind. A tall copper flagstaff is wrapped with a red cloth and draped with orange-red and white marigold garlands around an ornate copper base. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands at right, gripping the red cloth on the pole. A bald man in orange robes works at the lower left and another person is partly visible at the bottom right. A white building with a Kannada signboard stands at left. Swamiji (probable): the standing man has long swept-back hair, saffron robes and a rudraksha mala, and is shown performing the flag hoisting.2008-03-23Night photograph of a flag-raising at a tall bronze flagstaff, lit by a dark sky with blurred bokeh. Two men in orange clothing work at the pole: a man kneeling at the left pulls on a rope, while a standing man in a long orange robe with a pink-and-orange shawl and a red-green floral garland tugs the orange and white flag up the pole. Another figure holds a pair of scissors at the right. A small crowd is partly visible at the bottom edge. The flag is orange and white, and the pole is wrapped in rope and straw.2008-01-03