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A man in a white shirt, grey trousers and a red cap bends over a white-painted stone platform, dipping a brush into a paint bucket to paint the base of a copper-coloured ornate pillar or kalasha decorated with yellow marigold garlands. Palm trees and banana leaves surround the structure, with paper-cut decorative strands hanging above. A partially visible person in white and another in a green cap stand at the left edge.

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A man in a red cap, white shirt and grey trousers leans over a white-painted stone structure, brushing white paint onto its ledge. He holds a paint bucket with red-streaked paint in his other hand. Behind him stand coconut palms and hanging leaf garlands strung on a line. Above the white base sits an ornate copper-coloured vessel decorated with yellow flower garlands.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30A young man in a brown t-shirt and checked lungi sits on a concrete plinth beside a large polished copper kalasha-shaped vessel with embossed floral bands. Wooden scaffolding poles and lashed timber rails frame the scene, with coconut palms and a clear blue sky behind. A small red-and-white tin sits at his feet on the concrete base, and a white pillar rises beside the scaffolding. The setting suggests construction or installation work at an outdoor site.2006-12-19December 22 20062006-12-22Photograph of a large copper kalasha-style finial or pinnacle being installed on a temple structure under a scaffold of bare wooden poles and bamboo. Two men work on the scaffold: one in a teal shirt and loincloth reaches up to steady the copper column, the other in a checked shirt and plaid lungi stands at right, gesturing with one hand. The copper pillar has tiered ornamental bands, a carved lotus-like base and gold-coloured vertical fittings. Plastic water containers sit in the foreground and a blue sky shows above. No a person is visible.2006-12-22December 19 20062006-12-19A man in a rust-red dhoti and matching shawl with a gold-bordered edge stands beside a tall copper-toned ceremonial pillar wrapped with yellow and orange marigold garlands. He holds a rope with both hands, raising it near palm fronds, apparently for a flag-hoisting rite. The pillar has a carved octagonal shrine-like top and a moulded base on a red platform. A rudraksha-style bead mala and a white-and-red flower garland hang around his neck. Greenery and coconut palms fill the background, with a few people partly visible at the lower left edge.2014-10-05July 26 20102010-07-26Outdoor ritual at a copper-clad kalasha-topped pillar on a red raised platform, decorated with white jasmine garlands and red-and-white flower strands. A man in a red-orange robe with gold borders and a long red flower garland stands at the right, holding a golden rope tied to the pillar, with an orange and teal umbrella overhead. Palm trees and a red boundary wall form the backdrop, and several robed devotees in red and saffron stand nearby with folded hands. Probable Swamiji (long hair pulled back, gold necklaces and garland over red-orange robes) performing the pillar ritual as an in-person participant.2014-08-20 +1 copiesFebruary 28 20132013-02-28December 30 20062006-12-30April 14 20132013-04-14