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Outdoor scene at a temple courtyard with palm and coconut trees and a white stone platform draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Three men in saffron-orange robes are hoisting a large saffron flag up a rope on a pole; one man in the centre pulls the rope while another reaches up to guide the flag, and a bearded man in a saffron robe stands to the right. A fourth person in orange sits crouched near a small wooden stool at the base. A white SUV is parked beside a white building at right.

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September 30 20082008-09-30Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with palm trees. Three men in saffron-orange robes perform a flag hoisting: two hold ropes raising a large orange flag with a painted deity figure, while a third in orange dhoti and bare feet stands by a small table with offerings. A black stone Nandi bull with garlands and a tilak mark sits at left beside a white plinth and a copper-clad column. A silver car is parked at right. Clothing is saffron and orange; garlands are yellow and orange marigold.2008-09-30Outdoor photo beside a black stone Nandi bull statue garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds, with a white plinth and a tall copper-coloured pillar behind it under palm trees. Three men in saffron/orange robes stand on a sandy path: one in the centre pulls a rope to raise a large saffron flag bearing a red and white emblem, another on the left holds the rope, and a bearded man in a saffron wrap stands to the right watching. A small table with a white cloth holds offerings and a lamp. A silver SUV is parked at right.2008-09-30December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor temple ritual with palm trees behind. A man in an orange-saffron sleeveless top and white-smeared arms, with a white flower garland and dark hair tied back, raises one arm and grips a thick white cloth rope wound on a white stone platform scattered with marigold petals. Beside him stands a man in white dhoti and orange shawl, and other people in orange and white clothes stand nearby, some holding a brass vessel of yellow flowers. Behind them are a carved red sandstone pillar and a dark stone base with a deity statue draped in flower garlands. Palm fronds and white-walled temple structures fill the background.2009-01-02September 14 20092009-09-14December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor photo of a flag-hoisting ceremony under a tree-lined sky. In the foreground a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and a rudraksha mala, pulls a white rope upward while gazing skyward. Beside him another man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala hauls the second rope. Behind them a smiling man in orange clothing and a bystander in yellow stand among onlookers, and a white platform holds flower petals at the lower left.2009-09-14January 08 20102010-01-08June 15 20092009-06-15Outdoor flag-hoisting ceremony at a white-walled compound. A man in an orange turban, orange shawl and orange dhoti with a white and red flower garland stretches both arms up to a tall white flagpole, smiling. Beside him, a man in an orange top and orange dhoti holds a brass kalasha/arati vessel with flowers and burning incense, and other men in white dhotis and red-brown kurtas gather around, some raising hands. Dark red-leaved shrubs and a green shade-net fence sit in the foreground, with a small saffron flag on a distant pole.2008-07-28A photograph on a dirt path beside a silver minivan with its side door open, flanked by coconut palms and thatched huts. A bald, older man in an orange robe and shawl stands at the van door with his hands folded, a small red mark on his forehead. To the left, a man in an orange turban and orange robe smiles and gestures toward him. In the centre foreground, a young man in an orange robe holds a silver pot with a green leafy offering. Two people in white dhotis and kurtas stand to the right, one with palms pressed together in greeting.2008-12-31