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Outdoor photograph of a flag-hoisting ceremony at a street site. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears a saffron-orange robe and a long necklace of large beige beads, standing beside a white flagpole and smiling. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white trousers, wearing gold bangles, reaches up to adjust the flag on the pole. The base of the pole sits in a circle of yellow marigold petals and red petals. Behind them is a purple cloth draped over a table, and onlookers stand on a balcony and in the street. A saffron cloth is tied to a pole at the left edge.

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August 03 20092009-08-03November 12 20082008-11-12Outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony at a Dhyanapeetam centre. A man with long dark hair tied back, wearing a red sleeveless top and an orange shawl over one shoulder, grips a white flagpole with both hands while looking toward it. A white table in front holds marigolds, pink flowers, green leaves, a brass plate with a kalasha-style pot and a small oil lamp. Behind him men in white shirts and white trousers watch, one clapping, and a cameraman with a video camera stands at the right. A white-pillared shelter with a hanging bell is in the background, and a child in a blue shirt is visible at the right edge. A partial red-and-white portrait sits at the left edge of the table.2009-08-03August 03 20092009-08-03July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesOutdoor ceremony on a sandy ground with a tall silver ritual pillar in the foreground and scattered pink and red flower petals. A central figure in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a long multicoloured garland of flowers, and a rudraksha mala stands with eyes closed and arms folded. Swamiji (probable) by appearance cues of long hair, saffron clothing, and rudraksha mala; the photo caption attributes this event to him. Behind him, a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with hands folded in prayer and rudraksha malas, and women in light sarees watch. A brass tray with flowers and offering vessels sits at right.2009-07-08 +1 copiesJuly 07 20092009-07-07Outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony in a garden with mango-like trees and a low rock border. A long-haired man in an orange saffron shawl and a multi-strand rudraksha mala grips a white flagpole with both hands, smiling. Beside him, a man in white clothes holds the pole and a cord, and an orange-clad attendant stands to the left. Two decorated umbrellas, one red and blue with tassels and one yellow and red with floral embroidery, are held overhead by attendants, and a barbed-wire fence runs behind. Appearance-based cues including long swept hair and the rudraksha mala fit a person as the central figure, and the sign-free scene is otherwise devotional ceremony.2008-11-12A smiling man in a saffron-orange robe wears a long white and red flower garland and a red bindi on his forehead. He stands at a lilac ribbon stretched across the scene, while a man in white to the left holds a tray of flower petals and a man behind him presses his palms together in namaste. Onlookers in white and orange stand around, including children and a smiling woman in orange at the back right. The setting is an open outdoor ground, consistent with a ribbon-cutting or inauguration ceremony.2008-10-27July 08 20092009-07-08 +1 copiesOutdoor flag-hoisting ceremony at a KAILASA centre. A man in a saffron-orange turban, orange upper cloth and orange dhoti, with a red-and-white jasmine garland, reaches up to pull a yellow rope that raises a white flagpole. Several men in white dhotis and shirts crowd around, some reaching to help with the rope. On the right, an attendant in orange robes holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame and flower offerings, while a man in maroon clothing holds incense smoke nearby. Green shade netting, flowering shrubs and a white building with a tiled roof form the background.2008-07-28Outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony at a white-walled compound. A man in an orange turban, orange shawl and orange dhoti with a white and red flower garland stretches both arms up to a tall white flagpole, smiling. Beside him, a man in an orange top and orange dhoti holds a brass kalasha/arati vessel with flowers and burning incense, and other men in white dhotis and red-brown kurtas gather around, some raising hands. Dark red-leaved shrubs and a green shade-net fence sit in the foreground, with a small saffron flag on a distant pole.2008-07-28