A photograph of a tall, ornately carved copper-clad ritual pole with a red and white flower garland draped near its base, set against palm fronds and a pale sky. A man in a reddish-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing a beaded wooden-bead necklace, raises both arms to grip orange ropes running up toward the pole. A partly visible second person stands at the right edge, also holding a rope. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a tall, ornately carved copper-clad ritual pole with a red and white flower garland draped near its base, set against palm fronds and a pale sky. A man in a reddish-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing a beaded wooden-bead necklace, raises both arms to grip orange ropes running up toward the pole. A partly visible second person stands at the right edge, also holding a rope.

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