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A two-panel collage of photographs showing a man in orange robes standing beside a tall ornate dark metal lamp or column wrapped with yellow marigold garlands on a red-orange platform. In the left panel he holds small objects near his hands; in the right he gestures upward with one arm. A small logo sits in the upper left corner of the left panel. The figure has long dark hair and wears orange clothing, with a distinctive orange shawl, and the setting is outdoors with greenery behind.

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December 22 20112011-12-22November 06 20102010-11-06 +1 copiesTwo side-by-side photographs show a tall carved wooden flagpole with a decorated finial and a garland of flowers wrapped around its base, set outdoors beside palm trees under an overcast sky. In the left panel, a woman in orange robes reaches up to pull a red-orange flag on a rope while another person in orange stands beside her. In the right panel, the flag is raised high and two people in orange robes look upward toward it, one holding the rope. The scene depicts a flag-hoisting ritual at the ashram.2010-07-01 +1 copiesMarch 23 20082008-03-23August 23 20112011-08-23Photograph of a flag-hoisting at a tall copper flagpole on an open outdoor platform under overcast sky, with palm trees at right. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes stands at right, pulling a rope to raise a maroon flag with a gold-bordered blue and gold deity image and a garland of white flowers. A second person in orange robes at left steadies the flag, and a red-and-gold offering cloth lies at the pole's base with a tied yellow-green garland. a person candidate: the man at right has long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, a probable match to the page's a person reference.2008-03-232010 - Photo AlbumA photograph of a flag-hoisting ceremony outdoors under palm trees. A tall, ornate copper-coloured flagstaff rises from a white plinth, wrapped with yellow and orange garlands at its base. A red-orange flag is being raised on ropes. Beside it, a figure in orange robes stands at the base of the pole, and several people in orange and saffron clothing gather on the right near a decorated structure with red and gold trim. A small umbrella with colourful panels shades part of the group. A pink flowering tree stands at the right edge.2009-02-23Photo 11684244October 07 20102010-10-07A barefoot man in a loose saffron-orange robe stands on a white stone platform beside a tall copper dhvaja-stambha-style pillar, its base wrapped in marigold and white flower garlands and scattered petals. His right hand is raised in a blessing gesture. Coconut palms and a grey sky frame the open temple courtyard, with a small black stone altar and a dark deity murti visible at the right edge. Bunting strung along a wall suggests a dwajarohanam setting. The man is the only physical person visible; he has long dark hair swept back, and his presentation matches the appearance cues for the a person candidate, but the face is not used for identification.2009-07-08March 23 20082008-03-23