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Outdoors under a bright sky and tall coconut palms, a standing man in saffron-orange robes holds a brass bell in his right hand and a small brass vessel from which smoke rises in the other, offering to a tall copper kalasha-style ritual pillar wrapped in white cloth and decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands. A white flower garland and a gold-coloured necklace adorn him, and a red mark is on his forehead. He has long, swept-back dark hair. Beside him, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style mala stands with palms joined in prayer. Dry palm fronds are tied to the pillar, and a partial figure is visible at the lower edge. The scene suggests a flag-hoisting or pillar-worship ritual during a temple festival. Probable Swamiji is the man holding the bell and vessel, with long swept-back hair, saffron robes, a white garland, gold necklace and forehead mark; he is in the ritual role of officiating at the pillar.

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