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A photograph inside a hall with cream tiled ceiling and framed photo panels on the walls. A performer in an orange top hangs upside down on a vertical wooden pole, legs raised, while a shirtless young man in navy shorts kneels on a blue mat beside the pole. Seated audience members in white and saffron clothing, some with rudraksha malas, fill the foreground, and several shirtless young men in red shorts stand at the right. A man with a white cloth wrap and a bare-chested figure stand near the pole.

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August 13 20172017-08-13August 13 20172017-08-13 +1 copiesAugust 13 20172017-08-13August 13 20172017-08-13 +1 copiesAugust 13 20172017-08-13 +1 copiesAugust 13 20172017-08-13 +1 copiesA young shirtless boy in orange shorts performs a pole gymnastics feat, gripping a tall wooden pole on a blue mat while his body arches outward in a human flag-like position. Two seated youths in black shorts and a black-and-yellow tank top watch closely, one smiling. Behind them a crowd of seated and standing devotees and youths in orange and white clothing watches in a hall with pink walls, red curtains, framed photographs and a digital clock showing 04:25.2017-08-13 +1 copiesA gymnastic display in a hall with a blue mat, where a performer in an orange top and dark shorts is inverted on a tall wooden pole, legs raised toward the ceiling. Shirtless young men in dark and red shorts stand around the mat, some clapping and smiling. Seated devotees in white dhotis and saffron shawls, many wearing rudraksha malas, watch from the floor. Framed photographs hang on pink walls with red curtains, and the ceiling has fluorescent lights and fans.2017-08-13August 13 20172017-08-13 +1 copiesAugust 13 20172017-08-13 +1 copiesAugust 13 20172017-08-13A photograph in a hall with pink walls, red curtains and framed photo panels, showing a young male athlete in an orange loincloth climbing a tall wooden pole on a blue mat. Seated on the mat along the left side are many shirtless men and some in white dhotis, watching; boys in orange and red shorts stand on the right, and a man in dark shorts crouches at the pole's base. A digital clock reads 04:23 and ceiling fans and air conditioners are visible. Several people in the audience wear white dhotis and some have bare upper bodies.2017-08-13