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Outdoors under a bright sky, two men in saffron-red robes and gold-bordered dhotis fasten a white flag printed with a red trident and ritual symbols to a copper-coloured flagstaff. The flagstaff is wrapped with garlands of white and yellow flowers and has a bundled broom-like tuft near its top. A man in the foreground wears a rudraksha mala, dark-rimmed glasses and red-and-gold bangles. A tall palm tree stands at right. A second man in similar robes, with a garland, assists in the background. The flag hoisting marks the start of a festival.

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