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Outdoor photograph beside a palm grove. A person in a rust-orange dhoti with gold-and-maroon borders stands at a carved ornamental pillar draped with white and red flower garlands and topped with a thatched mango-leaf bundle. The person bends forward and holds red marigold garlands with blue ribbon accents while a rope passes through the scene. Another arm in a red-patterned cloth reaches in from the right, and a blue-and-orange cloth edge appears at the far right. The appearance is ambiguous, so no identity is asserted; the visible person is a devotee or priest performing an offering at the pillar.

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January 11 20162016-01-11Outdoor ritual photo beneath tall palm trees. In the centre, a man in a dark maroon robe with a long white cloth draped over his shoulders and a rudraksha mala around his neck and a garland of white flowers and red roses holds a white cloth and gazes upward. To the left stands a carved wooden kalasha-like pot topped with a bundle of straw and green mango leaves, decorated with white flower garlands and yellow marigolds. On the right, a bare-chested priest with a sacred thread wears an orange and yellow-bordered dhoti and holds a woven basket. A tall gold-toned structure is visible behind them. The scene suggests a ceremonial abhishekam or puja setting.2017-01-01March 01 20162016-03-01 +1 copiesMarch 11 20132013-03-11Outdoors under palm trees, a man in saffron-orange robes with a dark rudraksha mala stands beside a tall red-brown ceremonial pillar or chariot post decorated with yellow and red flower garlands and a carved tree relief. He holds and adjusts white ropes at the top with his hands, while the bare-chested edge of another orange-clad figure and a partly visible person in white appear at the bottom right. The scene suggests a flag-hoisting procession.2011-03-05December 11 20112011-12-11March 01 20162016-03-01April 21 20152015-04-21January 11 20162016-01-11January 11 20162016-01-11January 04 20152015-01-04Outdoor photo of a man in saffron/orange robes with a long swept-back dark crown of hair, red and white flower garlands and a brown rudraksha mala, hoisting a white rope upward with both hands. Beside him stands an ornately carved brown temple-style pillar or kalasha wrapped in flower garlands with red blossoms and green leaves, under a palm-and-tree background. The scene reflects a dwajarohanam flag-hoisting at a temple. The man matches the Swamiji (probable) cues of swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, and is shown leading the flag-hoisting ritual.2016-01-11