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Outdoor photograph of a dhwajarohanam flag-hoisting ritual at a temple-style setting with palm trees behind. A tall copper-toned dhwaja staff stands on a red platform, wrapped with yellow and white marigold and jasmine garlands and crowned with green leaves. Three priests in dark maroon-red dhoti and shawls with gold-yellow borders assist. One in the centre wears a red-and-white flower garland and holds a brass dish, another holds a silver vessel, and the right priest raises his hands in a blessing gesture near a white cloth bundle on the ground. Behind them, a bald man with a rudraksha mala and red garments smiles at the right edge.

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November 26 20142014-11-26November 26 20142014-11-26A photograph of a dhwajarohanam flag-hoisting ritual at an outdoor temple setting with palm trees. A bare-chested man in a red-maroon dhoti with saffron-yellow borders and a red and gold garland pulls a long rope tied to a tall copper flagstaff topped with green leaves. Beside him, a shaved-headed priest in a maroon dhoti with yellow border supports the pole, and another man in a dhoti stands behind. The copper pillar is decorated with a yellow garland and a base wrapped in red and purple flowers. Brass horns and drummers appear at the left edge, and a red stone platform surrounds the base.2014-11-26August 31st 20142014-08-31Outdoor ritual photograph beside a large copper kalasha-style vessel with a tiered pedestal, garlanded with yellow and red marigold and rose strands. Two shaved-headed priests in rust-red and maroon dhotis with gold borders stand at the vessel; one raises a rope with a red and white cloth bundle, the other holds a brass plate and tends the cord. A bare-chested assistant in the right foreground also wears a rust-red dhoti. Palm trees and green foliage fill the background, and a few onlookers stand at the base.2014-09-09November 26 20142014-11-26April 21 20152015-04-21A photograph of a dhwajarohanam flag-raising ceremony outdoors beneath tall coconut palms. A copper flagstaff with a decorated copper base is wrapped with yellow and purple marigold garlands and topped with green leaves. Three men in saffron-and-gold bordered red-brown dhotis stand around it. The man on the left wears a rudraksha mala and holds a white rope; the man in the center wears a red garland and gold bangles and pulls the rope; the bald man on the right, bare-chested with a gold-bordered orange shawl, reaches up to the top of the staff. Another man in similar orange-gold attire stands at the far right edge.2014-11-26August 20 20142014-08-20 +1 copiesJanuary 04 20152015-01-04Outdoors under palm trees, a long-haired man in a red-brown dhoti and shawl with a red flower garland and beaded necklace stands beside an ornate brass kalasha-shaped pedestal wrapped in white and red flower garlands. He raises one hand toward its top, while a shaven-headed priest in orange-brown robes with a golden band pours from a silver vessel. Behind him an orange and turquoise umbrella shades the scene, and two devotees with folded hands stand at the right.2014-08-20 +1 copiesAugust 20 20142014-08-20 +1 copies