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Outdoor photo looking up at a tall copper ritual pole (dhwajastambha-style) rising against a clear blue sky, topped with a small ornate finial and a red-orange flag. The base is wrapped in white and red flower garlands, green leaves and dried palm fronds, set on a dark carved wooden shrine-like structure. Coconut palms stand behind it. At lower right, one person in an orange-red garment with a garland and a dark wrap pulls on a rope that runs up to the pole, apparently raising or steadying it.