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A photograph of a Dhwajarohanam ritual during the Nithyanandotsavam festival at ADIKAILASA. Center: a large cloth banner, brown-red with garlands of white and yellow and purple flowers draped over its top, bearing a painted portrait of a seated figure in orange robes with a mala, hand raised in blessing, inside a gold-bordered oval, plus a small embroidered deity image above. A bare-chested priest on the right in orange cloth holds a bell and a lamp near the banner. Left: several men with bare shoulders, white vibhuti marks and tied hair hold white ropes and cloth. A gold-coloured pillar stands behind. The painted portrait on the banner is an image, not a physical person.

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