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Outdoor festival scene at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi Kailasa, during Dwajarohanam. A shirtless man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with a dark topknot, a rudraksha mala and white markings on his arms and back, wraps a white cloth with green leaves and dried grass around a tall golden flagstaff. Hands from the left hold the white and gold-bordered cloth. Another man with white forehead markings and a beaded mala stands at the right edge beside a grey animal statue. Green trees form the background.

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