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Low-angle photo of a tall copper-banded ritual flagstaff or dhvajastambha rising from a carved wooden base decorated with white flower garlands and yellow marigold strands, with small lit oil lamps on its shrine-like upper section. A single man stands at right, partly visible, wearing a white flower garland, holding ropes that run up to the pole, and a dark reddish cloth across his chest. Palm fronds and a grey cloudy sky frame the scene. Only one physical person is visible, and his face is not clearly discernible, so the appearance-based identity is uncertain.

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August 27 20162016-08-27August 27 20162016-08-27Photograph looking upward at a tall copper dhwaja kambam (flagstaff) rising against a clear blue sky, its ringed copper body topped by a carved finial and a small orange pennant. The base of the pole is wrapped in white jasmine garlands with red flowers, fronds of palm leaves and a yellow marigold. Tall coconut palms stand beside it. At right, a person in a dark garment decorated with white and red garlands pulls on ropes that guide the pole, one arm raised. No readable text is visible on the pole itself.2017-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20172017-01-01March 05 20112011-03-05September 08 20152015-09-08 +1 copiesMarch 05 20112011-03-05 +1 copiesLow-angle outdoor photograph of a tall copper flagstaff (dhvaja stambha) rising against a cloudy sky, with a red-and-gold flag at its top and a bound thatch-like wrap and marigold garlands with leaves around its carved stone base. A person in a dark red-maroon robe with a red-and-yellow marigold garland and a rudraksha-style neck mala grips a rope attached to the pole and pulls it upward. A coconut palm and trees frame the right side.2016-08-27A photograph looking up at a tall copper flagstaff, banded with twisted copper rings and topped with a small finial, rising from a base decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a relief panel of a tree. A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a shaved head, stands at right pulling on a rope to hoist an orange flag at the top of the pole. Blue sky and palm fronds are behind the pole.2011-03-05Photograph looking up at a tall copper-banded pole topped with a small ornate finial and an orange-and-white flag, mounted on a decorated wooden structure wrapped in white and orange flower garlands and green leaves. A man in a dark reddish cloth and flower garlands pulls a rope to raise or steady the pole. Coconut palms and a clear blue sky are behind it.2017-01-01A tall, slender copper-toned flagstaff rises from a base wrapped with yellow and maroon marigold garlands and carved with a tree-motif panel. A single saffron-orange flag is tied near the top. One person in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands at the lower right, pulling on the ropes that raise the flag, with arms raised overhead. A palm tree and clear blue sky are behind, and a roof edge is visible at the top of the frame.2011-03-05October 03 20162016-10-03