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Outdoors under palm trees and bare branches, a tall copper flagpole with an ornate copper base is being dressed for the Gurupurnima flag hoisting. A red cloth is wrapped around the pole and yellow and red marigold garlands hang from the base. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair and a dark rudraksha mala places one hand on the pole. Beside him, a young man in orange robes holds a silver bowl, and an older bald man in orange robes stands at the right, looking down.

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Outdoor photograph at a flag-hoisting post, a tall copper pole wrapped with a red cloth and draped with yellow and red marigold garlands at its base. A man in a saffron-orange robe with dark shoulder-length hair and a rudraksha mala raises one hand beside the pole, while a second man in orange holds a silver bowl and a brass plate with flower offerings. Coconut palms and a cloudy sky fill the background, and a few people in orange and white stand at the edge of the platform. Swamiji (probable) is the saffron-robed man with long hair and rudraksha beads, performing the flag-hoisting ritual with the bowl-holding attendant.2008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23Outdoor ritual photo at an ashram under palm trees. A bare-shouldered man with long swept-back dark hair, a beaded rudraksha mala, and a saffron-orange shawl stands at right holding a silver vessel over a copper-clad pillar or kalasha-topped structure decorated with a red cloth wrap and garlands of yellow, red and white flowers. A younger man in orange robes beside him holds a silver dish, and another orange-robed attendant stands behind, with a further person partly visible at the bottom right.2008-03-23Outdoor photo of a flag-hoisting at a tall copper-clad pole under a cloudy sky, with palm fronds at left. A long-haired person in an orange sleeveless top and orange dhoti-style wrap grips a red cloth flag edged with gold trim and strung with white jasmine garlands. Another person in orange robes stands partly hidden behind the flag at left, and a bald person in orange robes holding a small brass vessel stands at right. Orange and red marigold garlands drape the pole.2008-03-23October 05 20142014-10-05November 06 20102010-11-06December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoors under an overcast sky, three men in saffron-orange robes perform a flag-hoisting ritual at a tall copper pillar wrapped with rope. The man at left holds a red and gold flag draped in white flower garlands and speaks into it. A long-haired man in sleeveless orange clothing stands at right, arms raised to the pillar, with red and orange flower garlands hanging from it. A third man in orange crouches at lower right, handling the rope. A small deity murti sits in a niche at the pillar's base beside brass lamps, with palm fronds behind.2008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23March 23 20082008-03-23