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A photograph of a man in an orange and gold silk sari-style garment with a maroon border, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and gold bangles, standing beside a copper-and-gold shrine-like kalasha or ornate ritual vessel decorated with red and yellow marigold garlands. He holds a thick white and gold braided rope, apparently for a flag-hoisting (dhvajarohanam) rite, under a dark leafy backdrop. Forehead bears a red tilak.

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A standing figure in a long saffron-orange silk garment with a gold-bordered red fold holds a thick white and orange twisted rope, appearing to pull it during a flag-hoisting rite. Long dark hair falls past the shoulders, and a multi-strand gold and bead necklace hangs at the chest, with gold bangles on the wrists. Beside him stands a copper kalasha-style pillar with a carved tower-shaped top, wrapped in leaves and draped with red and yellow marigold garlands. Behind, dark palm fronds fill the dusky background. At the lower right, a bare-chested devotee in orange cloth bends forward in prostration, with another person partly visible beside him. A flower petal rests at the base of the pillar. The setting suggests dhvajarohanam, a flag-hoisting ceremony.2011-11-29 +1 copiesNovember 29 20112011-11-29A woman in a bright orange silk sari with a gold border stands beside a tall copper pillar-shaped lamp stand decorated with red and yellow marigold garlands and topped with a green palm-leaf and white cloth bundle. She holds a small oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand and a brass bowl in the other, smiling as she performs a lamp offering at dusk. She wears a multi-strand beaded necklace, bangles, a red bindi and vibhuti marks on her forehead. Dark trees and a stall with a sign reading Ananda Gallery stand behind her. This is a photo of a lamp ritual, with a ceremonial copper stand in the foreground.2011-11-29 +1 copiesNovember 29 20112011-11-29October 05 20132013-10-05November 29 20112011-11-29November 29 20112011-11-29 +1 copiesEvening outdoor ritual photograph. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands at right-centre, holding a lit oil lamp flame near a carved stone pillar draped with red and yellow marigold garlands. He wears an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulders, a heavy gold bead necklace and gold bangles on his wrists. Dark trees blur in the background and a white cloth is wrapped over the pillar's top.2011-11-29July 22 20132013-07-22April 14 20132013-04-14July 22 20132013-07-22November 29 20112011-11-29