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Outdoor temple scene with a tall copper dhvaja (flagstaff) rising from an ornate stone base, draped with a red-orange flag and a garland of yellow and orange flowers. In the centre, a standing man with long dark hair and a bare torso, wearing a rudraksha-style bead mala and a red-brown shawl, holds a bundle of white cloth near the flag. Two men in saffron-orange dhotis stand on a yellow metal platform to the right, one holding a white bundle. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in colourful saris and white garments, hands folded, watches. A red and white garland hangs on a stand at left, with palm trees and string lights overhead. The setting suggests a flag-hoisting ritual (dhvajarohanam).

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