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Outdoor photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead, wearing a white floral garland and bare upper body, raising his right hand to a saffron-orange flag being hoisted on a pole. Behind him is a red and blue ceremonial umbrella with fringed tassels, and tall green trees fill the background. The flag bears a printed portrait in white and orange. Several shaved-headed devotees stand below, one looking up. The man has distinctive long hair and a garland, consistent with a person raising the flag at a Guru Poornima satsang in Tiruvannamalai.

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Outdoor photograph of a man with long swept-back dark hair and a white floral garland raising an orange saffron flag on a rope. He wears a bare-chested look with gold jewelry and a light garland. Behind him a red and gold ceremonial umbrella with tassels is held up, and green trees fill the background. A shaved-headed man in white stands below, and another person's arm holds the orange flag. Swamiji (probable) appears as the figure raising the flag, identified by long swept-back hair, ceremonial gold jewelry and a floral garland.2012-07-03A photograph of a ceremony outdoors in daylight. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in an orange-red cloth wrapped over his shoulder and waist, with white sandalwood marks on his upper arm, grips a tall grey pole while tying an orange rope around it. His back is turned to the camera. He wears a long garland of white jasmine, green plastic parrots and gold-toned bells, with rudraksha beads strung through it. Beside him, another man in orange robes holds the rope taut and wears rudraksha malas on his wrists. A red and yellow parasol with tassels stands behind. Onlookers in white dhotis and shirts watch, and a bald man in orange and yellow robes with a gold chain stands at right. The pole has a fringed top and the setting is a grassy open area with trees.2012-07-03Outdoor ceremony beneath green trees at the flagpole, where a tall flag is being raised on a rope. A central figure in an orange-red robe, orange-red turban, and a long gold-and-red beaded necklace with a white flower garland stands beside the pole, looking upward with arms raised toward the rope. Behind them a multicoloured umbrella with tassels is held overhead. To the right, a figure in an orange robe holds a white tray of red flower petals. Around them, people in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together in prayer, with a young woman in a white sari with yellow border at right and a child in pink at left.2008-07-27July 03 20122012-07-03Outdoor ritual on a sunny day beneath trees: a young man in saffron-orange robes and a long flowing garland of white jasmine, gold beads and multicoloured beads raises an orange flag on a pole toward the sky. Nearby, a red and gold parasol shades the scene. Several men in saffron robes and white dhotis, some with gold chains and rudraksha beads, stand with hands folded or faces lifted upward. A brass plate and a dark metal vessel sit on a red patterned cloth table in the foreground. A large umbrella-shaped canopy with embroidered panels is held overhead.2012-07-03Outdoor ritual by a tall pole wrapped at its base with straw, under trees on an overcast day. A man in an orange dhoti and rudraksha-and-gold mala, with a red-and-blue flower garland, raises his hand to a hanging orange cord. Beside him, several men in orange cloth and beaded necklaces stand with palms joined, faces lifted upward. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shawls with gold borders watch. A red umbrella with fringe is held overhead, and a decorated orange parasol-like canopy stands at right. A brass plate with flowers and oil lamps sits on a red-and-orange cloth in the foreground. A ritual of raising a pole or flag rope is shown, with devotees in saffron and white attire.2012-07-03Outdoor procession scene with a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts. In the foreground a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron shawl and a white garland, holding a long white pole with both arms raised. Behind him a gold-edged umbrella-shaped canopy with green, red and blue embroidery and a bird motif, and a red and white umbrella trimmed with coloured tassels and pom-poms. A man in the crowd holds a camcorder, and a rudraksha mala is visible on a nearby devotee. Trees and a concrete wall form the background. a person is the saffron-clad man with long hair holding the pole, consistent with a ceremonial procession.2006-07-16February 28 20132013-02-28 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual scene with a red and gold umbrella overhead and trees behind. A woman in saffron-orange garments, wearing a white jasmine garland with turquoise beads and a rudraksha-style necklace, raises her arm and holds an orange cloth and rope aloft toward a pole, face tilted upward. Beside her, a man in orange garments and gold-beaded garlands holds the orange cloth, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold-beaded garland grips the umbrella handle. Several white-clad devotees stand around them.2012-07-03Outdoor flag-hoisting (dwajarohanam) at a temple courtyard with palm trees behind. A tall saffron-orange flag with a yellow marigold garland and green leaves is being raised on a rope beside a white-painted raised platform strewn with flower petals and brass vessels. A man on the right with long dark hair, wearing an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads, smiles while pulling the rope with both hands. Around him, devotees in white and cream kurtas and orange cloth stand with hands folded in prayer or reaching up. An ornate copper-coloured temple pillar stands at the left edge.2006-12-23Outdoor ritual scene under trees: a tall grey pole with a hanging orange cord is held by a man in an orange-and-saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and a flower-and-bead garland, raising one arm while gazing upward. Beside him, several men in orange and saffron robes and garlands stand with palms pressed together or gazing upward. Men in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls and garlands stand at right, one holding a small brass lamp on a brass plate with flowers on a red cloth-covered table. A red and yellow parasol and a decorated saffron-and-gold canopy are raised above the group, with a crowd of onlookers in white behind.2012-07-03A photograph of a dhwajarohanam at a copper flagpole topped by a copper kalasha-like finial, wrapped in white and red flower garlands and set on a white stepped platform among palm trees. A man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair and a white jasmine garland, possibly a person, grips the ropes and pulls the flag upward. Behind him, another saffron-robed man stands by the platform. Three younger men in white dhotis with yellow shawls kneel and watch at the base, and offerings of flowers, a banana leaf and a red-bordered cloth lie on the platform.2010-07-26