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Night-time outdoor ritual at a temple courtyard beside a tall copper-clad flagstaff or dhwajastambha rising from a pink stone base. A bronze nandi bull statue sits at the base of the pillar. A figure in saffron-orange robes stands on a raised platform near the top of the pole, holding a rope, while several men in orange and saffron dhotis and shawls handle ropes and stand around the base. Behind them, women and girls in red saris and devotees in orange clothing stand in a crowd, some with palms pressed together, and a conch or horn is held by one person at right. Coconut palms and a bright floodlight are visible, with red-and-orange decorative wiring overhead.

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