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Outdoor photograph looking up at a tall copper-clad ceremonial pole. Green mango leaves and dried grass are bound around its base. A single person in a dark garment, with arms raised and holding a rope that runs up the pole, is partly visible at the lower right, wearing a garland. Tall coconut palms and a clear blue sky fill the background, with string lights strung overhead.

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January 01 20172017-01-01 +1 copiesPhotograph looking up at a tall copper-clad ritual flagpole or dhvaja stambha rising against a pale blue sky, its ring-banded copper shaft topped with a wooden crown and wrapped at the base with dried straw, green leaves and white jasmine garlands tied with red flowers. A man in a reddish-brown cloth and a garland pulls a rope to raise or steady the pole, while a coconut palm leans in from the right. Strings of small bulbs run across the top edge.2017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01February 23 20152015-02-23 +1 copiesPhotograph of a tall copper dhvaja stambha (flagstaff) rising against a bright pale sky, its wooden-carved base wrapped in white and red flower garlands and topped with green leaves and grass. A red cloth flag flutters at the summit. At right, a person in a rust-orange dress with bangles and a coral-and-green flower garland holds a rope raising the pole. A palm tree and a canopy edge appear at the frame's top left.2015-02-23February 23 20152015-02-23Low-angle photo of a tall, tapering copper-coloured dhvaja pole rising from an ornately carved wooden base wrapped with white and red flower garlands and green leaves, topped by a carved finial. A man in an orange-red dhoti and a red-orange flower garland, with beaded bracelets and a gold-toned chain, stands at right pulling a rope that runs up the pole, lifting or raising it. Coconut palms and bright sky appear behind him, with a sheltering roof edge at the top left.2015-02-23February 23 20152015-02-23February 23 20152015-02-23 +1 copiesFebruary 23 20152015-02-23Photograph looking upward at a tall copper dhwaja kambam (flagstaff) rising against a clear blue sky, its ringed copper body topped by a carved finial and a small orange pennant. The base of the pole is wrapped in white jasmine garlands with red flowers, fronds of palm leaves and a yellow marigold. Tall coconut palms stand beside it. At right, a person in a dark garment decorated with white and red garlands pulls on ropes that guide the pole, one arm raised. No readable text is visible on the pole itself.2017-01-01 +1 copiesFebruary 23 20152015-02-23