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Outdoors among tall coconut palms, a standing figure in red-orange robes and a red-and-white flower garland holds up a large saffron flag bearing a dark circular emblem with a white curved mark. The flag's cord is held high and the standing figure wears a bracelet and a tilak on the forehead. Below, a kneeling devotee in orange saffron cloth with a bare upper back and a flower garland faces upward, hands near the flag's pole. The stone base beside them is carved and decorated with yellow marigold garlands and scattered petals. This appears to be a flag-hoisting or flag-offering ritual.

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April 23 20122012-04-23Outdoors beside a palm tree and an ornate terracotta-coloured shrine pillar, a figure in red-orange garments and a red and white flower garland hoists a large saffron-orange flag bearing a dark bird-like emblem. A second person in orange robes with a gold-striped shawl, shaved head and a rudraksha-style necklace stands at lower right, pulling the flag rope. Yellow marigold garlands drape the shrine base. The flag ascends a pole with help from the attendant, a flagging or flag-hoisting moment at an ashram-style outdoor setting.2012-04-23April 23 20122012-04-23Outdoors beneath a coconut palm, a person in a red-orange saffron robe and a red-and-white flower garland pulls a rope to raise a saffron-orange flag on a tall copper flagstaff. The flagstaff has carved ornamental bands, a small shrine-like niche and a yellow marigold garland at its base. A second person in orange cloth kneels at the lower right, partly out of frame. Bright sunlight and green palm fronds fill the background.2012-04-23April 23 20122012-04-23October 18 20102010-10-18 +2 copiesOutdoor temple ritual at a white stone platform under an orange and gold canopy. A devotee in orange robes with long dark hair kneels with his back to the camera, hauling a white rope that raises a tall orange flag topped with orange cloth. Nearby, a young man in orange robes with white sacred ash marks and a white flower garland pulls the rope and looks upward. A bald man in orange robes and a mala stands at left holding a brass vessel, and a crowd of onlookers in the background watches. A coloured umbrella and a deity murti sit in the background. Other orange-clad men assist near the platform.2009-01-02April 23 20122012-04-23A man in saffron-orange robes stands at the top of a stone structure, hoisting an orange flag on a rope while looking upward. The flag has a white satin panel with a painted deity figure in orange garments holding weapons, surrounded by smaller figures. Behind him are tall coconut palms and a pale sky. On the left, a copper-toned temple structure is draped with white and yellow flower garlands, and a grey stone statue of a figure with ornate necklaces stands below. The scene suggests a flag-hoisting ceremony at a temple.2009-07-08April 23 20122012-04-23December 23 20082008-12-23April 26 20202020-04-26