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Outdoors in bright daylight, a large copper-toned kalasha-style vessel decorated with garlands of yellow marigolds, white flowers and red blossoms stands on a white platform at a temple-like shrine. Beside it a banana plant with broad leaves grows. A woman in an orange and gold-bordered sari with a white flower garland stands at the platform, one arm raised toward the vessel, apparently performing an offering. Behind her a crowd of devotees in saffron and orange clothing, some in white, watches and gathers closely. Strings of small festival flags are strung between trees in the background, and sunlight flares through the palms.

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February 23 20152015-02-23December 23 20072007-12-23February 23 20152015-02-23A man in a saffron-orange robe stands beside a large copper kalasha-shaped vessel on a pale stone base, decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red and white flowers. He holds a small bell in one hand and a lit flame or torch in the other, raised near the top of the structure. A tall coconut palm and leafy trees frame the scene, with a few onlookers visible at the lower right edge. The page indicates a flag-hoisting dwajarohanam event; a candidate with a long swept-back hair, saffron robe and a yellow-beaded mala matches the qualifying cues, so he is labelled Swamiji (probable) while performing the flame ritual at the copper kalasha.2006-12-23January 04 20152015-01-04 +1 copiesMarch 01 20162016-03-01 +1 copiesJanuary 04 20152015-01-04December 23 20092009-12-23April 14 20132013-04-14January 04 20152015-01-04August 20 20142014-08-20 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a flag-hoisting ritual at a dwajastambha-style pillar: an ornate copper base and shaft are draped with yellow marigold garlands, green leaves and red flowers, with fruit placed at the base. A standing figure in orange saffron robes and a long rudraksha-style mala holds a lit flame in one hand and a silver bell in the other, gazing upward beside a coconut palm under a pale sky.2006-12-23