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Outdoor photo of a tall copper-toned ceremonial pillar wrapped with bands and garlanded with white flower strands and green leaves, set against a bright sky and coconut palms. Beside it a person in a reddish-brown striped garment and red floral garland holds a large orange-and-teal decorated umbrella-like canopy aloft and a long thin pole or cord. Partially visible people stand at the lower right edge. The scene suggests a temple procession or ritual setting.

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August 20 20132013-08-20August 20 20142014-08-20 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a tall bronze-coloured ornate ritual pillar or kalasha-topped column wrapped with white jasmine garlands and red flower strings, with green leaves at its crown. A figure with long dark hair in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti or garment, wearing red and white flower garlands and gold ornaments, stands at right holding a rope and raising an orange umbrella with a fringed teal edge. Palm trees and a bright sky frame the scene, and a few people are partly visible at the lower edges. Identity of the central figure is uncertain from appearance alone.2014-08-20 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a ceremonial wooden ratha-style structure or palanquin decorated with white and red flower garlands and green leaves on top. A bare-chested man in a maroon dhoti with gold borders and a red flower garland holds a rope and a tall pole with a bright orange umbrella with teal trim and a dark floral emblem. Palm trees and green foliage surround the scene under a pale sky.2014-08-20April 10 20162016-04-10August 20 20142014-08-20 +1 copiesLow-angle photo of a bare-chested man in a maroon-red dhoti-style garment with gold-striped border, wearing a long red and white flower garland and a gold-beaded necklace, standing beside a large ornate copper kalasha or vessel decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flower garlands. He raises a long rod or staff topped with a glowing ritual implement, holding it aloft under a large orange and teal umbrella, with coconut palms and bright sky behind. Dried grass or bundled leaves sit at the lower right. Setting appears to be an outdoor ritual, possibly a pada puja offering.2014-08-20August 20 20142014-08-20Outdoor ritual at a copper-clad kalasha-topped pillar on a red raised platform, decorated with white jasmine garlands and red-and-white flower strands. A man in a red-orange robe with gold borders and a long red flower garland stands at the right, holding a golden rope tied to the pillar, with an orange and teal umbrella overhead. Palm trees and a red boundary wall form the backdrop, and several robed devotees in red and saffron stand nearby with folded hands. Probable Swamiji (long hair pulled back, gold necklaces and garland over red-orange robes) performing the pillar ritual as an in-person participant.2014-08-20 +1 copiesOutdoors under a bright sky, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a red and gold waist cloth stands beside a large copper kalasha-shaped vessel wrapped with white jasmine and red flower garlands. He wears a long red flower garland and a gold-beaded necklace and holds a tall wooden staff with an orange ornate umbrella overhead, the umbrella fringed in teal. Behind him are palm trees and green foliage, and a small figure in a niche is visible on the copper vessel. At the lower right, a man peers up from the edge of the frame. A purple logo appears in the top-left corner.2014-08-20 +1 copiesAugust 20 20142014-08-20 +1 copiesOutdoors under a bright blue sky with palm trees, a carved wooden chariot or ratha-like structure, decorated with white jasmine garlands and red flower strands, stands at left. At right, a man in a brown and gold-striped dhoti and bare upper body, wearing red flower garlands and gold-beaded necklaces, holds a tall orange and teal ceremonial umbrella (chatra) over the chariot. The scene suggests a procession or ritual preparation.2014-08-20