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Outdoor ceremony beside a tall copper pillar wrapped in a white cloth and decorated with green leaves, marigold and red flower garlands, with palm trees behind. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a rust-coloured wrap stands at the pillar, holding the white cloth and pulling it, while a second man in saffron-orange dhoti and a rudraksha-style necklace helps steady the fabric. Colourful striped bunting hangs at right and a seated crowd watches from the lower foreground. Ritual flag-raising or dvajarohanam-style setting. The man in the rust wrap has long hair, a turban and ornate adornments, a person candidate who is visible in person.

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December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoor photo of a dvajarohanam-style flag-hoisting ceremony beneath coconut palms. A wooden post topped with a bundle of green leaves and grass is wrapped with yellow and red marigold garlands. A bearded man in a rust-brown dhoti and wrap, with a rudraksha mala, a large ornate gold pendant necklace and a white floral garland, grips a long white cloth strip hanging from the post while looking upward. At right, a long-haired man in an orange dhoti holds a woven basket of white cloth with a colourful striped textile nearby. Blurred heads of spectators sit in the foreground. Whether the bearded man is a person cannot be determined from appearance, so the role is given as a priest.2016-12-03A photograph of an outdoor ritual beside a tall ornate copper-toned vessel or kalasha-like structure decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands and topped with green leaves. A bearded man in a rust-red dhoti and draped shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces, stands at the vessel holding a white cloth over its top. Beside him, a younger man in an orange cloth and bare chest holds the end of the white fabric. Palm trees and a decorated ceremonial cloth are in the background, and blurred heads of onlookers fill the foreground. The man in rust-red has distinctive visible cues of a rudraksha mala, gold necklaces and a shawl, but the identification is uncertain from appearance alone.2016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoor photograph of a ratha or ceremonial chariot being decorated at a temple-like setting with palm trees behind. A central figure in a rust-orange turban and saffron-orange dhoti with a long swept-back black hair, gold bangles and a rudraksha-style mala reaches up to touch the top of a carved wooden chariot shrine draped in white cloth and topped with green leaves. Yellow marigold garlands with red accents hang along its sides. Two bare-chested men in orange and white cloth stand nearby: one at left facing away, one at right with a shawl-like sash.2016-12-03