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Outdoor festival scene at dusk under a clear blue sky. A red-orange flag is raised on two ropes at upper centre-left, pulled by hands gripping the rope at the lower left. On the right, a tall copper-coloured pillar with twisted ribbed bands rises beside a decorated shrine-like structure with yellow marigold garlands and dried grass plumes. A man with curly dark hair in an orange-red robe leans forward at the lower right, working on the ropes beside a canopy edge with fringed gold trim. Several other people in dark or red clothing are partly visible in the shadowed foreground. The scene suggests a procession or ratha-related ceremony, though no clear event text is visible.

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January 02 20092009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02A photograph taken from a low angle at dusk of a temple chariot procession. In the foreground, a man in a dark red-orange robe with dark curly hair stands on the chariot, seen from behind, looking up toward a tall illuminated pillar wrapped with strands of lights. Thick ropes rise diagonally from the lower left to a small red flag at the top of the frame, and several people hold the ropes while pulling. Behind them, another man in red-orange clothing stands beneath a gold-fringed canopy, and a white rope lies coiled on the platform. A small painted panel is visible near the base. The sky is pale blue.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02Outdoor festival scene at dusk beside a tall copper ratha-style pillar or chariot-post decorated with yellow marigold garlands and wheat-sheaf ornaments. A figure in a long red-orange robe bends forward at the top of a white platform, gripping a thick white rope while a brass bell and a brass vessel sit on the platform. A colourful umbrella with a logo stands at left, and a crowd of devotees in red and white clothing watches from the foreground, one man in a red shawl reaching toward the rope.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02Low-angle photo of a tall, polished metal flagstaff with ring-like gold bands rising against a clear blue sky, topped by an ornate finial. A red-orange flag hangs from ropes near the top, and at the lower right part of a golden structure with ornate carving and hanging grass is visible. At the bottom edge, the dark curly hair and orange-clothed shoulder of one person are partially visible, seated or standing beside a draped platform.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02A tall copper-coloured flagstaff rises against a clear blue sky at dusk, banded with rope-like rings and topped by a small carved shrine-like finial with straw-like decorations and marigold garlands. A saffron-orange flag with white and red trim hangs from a rope beside the pole. In the lower right, a man in a saffron-orange dhoti and top reaches up to the pole, his back to the camera. Yellow and orange canopy cloth stretches overhead, and a few seated people are visible at the lower left edge. The scene suggests a festival flag-raising ritual.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02Outdoor photo of a temple flag-raising or chariot-related ritual under a clear sky. A seated man in saffron-orange robes at right, seen from behind with dark curly hair, looks upward toward ropes. In the centre, another man in orange garments and a shawl handles a coiled white rope on a wooden board. At left, a man in a white shirt holds a rope overhead, with a person in orange beside him wearing a white-and-orange flower garland. A yellow and orange canopy stretches overhead, and an orange flag flies from a tall ribbed white pillar at upper right.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02