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A photograph taken at dusk of a dwajarohana flag-hoisting ceremony, rotated sideways. A tall dark wooden flagstaff with a carved finial and a bundle of straw and green leaves near its base rises diagonally against a deep blue evening sky, with a white rope and a pale tuft of flags at the top. In the upper left, a man in an orange garment with a gold necklace and white face markings pulls on the rope, while a person in a lime-green kurta stands by the base of the pole, gripping it. Strings of marigold garlands wrap the pole, and a steel lattice roof with small orange pennants is visible behind.

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December 20 20102010-12-20December 20 20102010-12-20December 20 20102010-12-20December 20 20102010-12-20December 20 20102010-12-20A photograph taken against a clear blue evening sky, rotated sideways. A person in a yellow-green silk garment with silver trim pulls a long white rope that runs upward toward the top of a tall dhwajasthambha-style flagstaff. The flagstaff is wrapped with copper-coloured bands, has a grey-white brush-like tuft near its base, a garland of yellow and red flowers at the bottom, and a dark finial with red and white fabric at the top. Behind it, a dark metal lattice structure with red triangular pennants suggests a temple or pavilion roof. The scene shows a flag-hoisting ritual in progress at dusk.2010-12-20A photograph taken with the image rotated sideways, showing a flag-hoisting scene at night against a blue sky. A person in a yellow-green garment with silver trim pulls a long white rope that raises a dark wooden pole topped with a carved finial and red-tipped decoration. Another person in orange clothing and gold bangles stands above on a dark steel-frame platform with small red-and-orange pennants, holding the same rope. Strands of marigold garlands hang near the base. The scene matches the dwajarohana flag-hoisting ceremony. Two physical people are visible, with no clearly identifiable a person candidate.2010-12-20Night photograph of a dwajarohana flag-hoisting ceremony. A tall copper flagstaff with a wheat-sheaf and green leaf bundle at its base is raised upward, with a cloud of colourful petals and confetti falling from its top. Two people pull a white rope: a figure in a yellow-green sari-style garment stretches arms high, and a person in a saffron-orange wrap with gold border stands beside them. Yellow and pink marigold garlands drape the carved copper base. Palm fronds and orange triangular pennants appear against the dark blue sky under a white roof.2010-12-20December 20 20102010-12-20December 20 20102010-12-20Outdoor dhvajarohanam flag-hoisting at dusk beside a copper-coloured flagstaff wrapped with green leaves and draped with red and yellow marigold garlands. A figure in orange and saffron robes with gold-toned necklaces and bangles pulls a rope to raise an orange flag, face lifted upward. Coconut palms and a deep blue evening sky frame the scene. Two other robed figures in orange stand nearby, one looking up, and a bald devotee in the foreground is partly visible.2011-11-29December 20 20102010-12-20