Outdoor temple scene beside palm trees. A man in a red turban and red shawl over a dark blue-bordered garment, wearing a gold necklace, reaches up to adjust a copper kalasha with yellow marigold garlands, green leaves and orange cord. Another person in white clothes stands at left, partly visible. A red wooden pillar is at right. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor temple scene beside palm trees. A man in a red turban and red shawl over a dark blue-bordered garment, wearing a gold necklace, reaches up to adjust a copper kalasha with yellow marigold garlands, green leaves and orange cord. Another person in white clothes stands at left, partly visible. A red wooden pillar is at right.

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A man in a red turban and red shawl over a dark blue and gold-bordered dhoti stands beside a copper-clad ritual pillar, raising an orange cloth bundle wrapped in marigold garlands up on a rope. The copper pillar is topped with bundled green grass and mango leaves, and a small gold figure sits in a niche garlanded with yellow flowers. He wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace and gazes upward as he pulls the rope. Palm trees and a stone statue are visible in the background. This appears to be a dhwajarohana-style flag-raising ritual, though the pillar and cloth are the main visible cues.

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