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Low-angle photograph of a tall copper-coloured ceremonial pole rising toward a pale sky, wrapped in spiral bands and topped with green leaves. Near its base, a decorated shrine-like structure is hung with white and red flower garlands. To the right, a standing person in a red-orange garment with a red and gold shawl holds a bell or small ritual vessel aloft beside the pole, with a coconut palm at the right edge.

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February 23 20152015-02-23Outdoor photo looking up at a tall copper dhwajasthamba-style pillar topped with a spiral-banded shaft and a flag, its base decorated with white and red flower garlands and green leaves. A small shrine-like niche on the base holds a carved figure. On the right, a man with bare upper body and orange-red dhoti, wearing a pink-and-white flower garland and bangles, holds a brass kalasha-style vessel and a bell, appearing to perform a ritual offering beside the pillar. Palm fronds and a bright sky are visible.2015-02-23February 23 20152015-02-23A tall copper dhwajasthambam, a ceremonial flagstaff, rises steeply against a pale sky, its ribbed shaft wrapped in bands and topped with a tuft of green leaves and grass. Garlands of white jasmine and red flowers hang around its carved base, where a small shrine niche holds a figure of a deity murti. At right, a man in a reddish-brown dhoti with a gold border and a garland of orange and pink flowers holds a brass lamp aloft, flame and smoke rising, a bell in his other hand. Palm fronds frame the right edge.2015-02-23A tall copper dhwajasthambha (flagstaff) rises steeply against a bright sky, its ringed shaft topped with a carved finial and wrapped at the base with fresh green leaves, grass and white-and-red flower garlands on a carved stone pedestal. A man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing layered coral-and-gold necklaces and armlets, stands at right beside a coconut palm and pulls a rope to hoist a saffron flag up the pole. Overhead a metal roof edge frames the view. Only one person is visible, and his face is turned upward, so the identity of the flag-raiser cannot be confirmed from appearance.2015-02-23A tall copper flagstaff, or dhvaja stambha, rises toward a clear blue sky, its ringed shaft wrapped with bands of carved ornament. Its base is draped with green leaves, straw-like grass and garlands of white and red flowers, and a small deity murti stands at the base. A yellow marigold garland with grass hangs from a rope at left beside a metal roof. At lower right, a man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha-style mala of beads and a flower garland, a vertical tilak on his forehead, holds the rope that raises the pole with one hand. Palm fronds appear at the edges.2015-02-23February 23 20152015-02-23April 10 20162016-04-10February 23 20152015-02-23February 23 20152015-02-23Low-angle photo of a tall, tapering copper-coloured dhvaja pole rising from an ornately carved wooden base wrapped with white and red flower garlands and green leaves, topped by a carved finial. A man in an orange-red dhoti and a red-orange flower garland, with beaded bracelets and a gold-toned chain, stands at right pulling a rope that runs up the pole, lifting or raising it. Coconut palms and bright sky appear behind him, with a sheltering roof edge at the top left.2015-02-23Low-angle outdoor photo of a tall copper dhwajasthambha (flagstaff) rising against a pale sky, its base wrapped in green leaves and grass and draped with white and red flower garlands. A carved shrine-like housing with a small deity murti sits at its base. At right, a man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long pink-and-white flower garland and gold-toned adornments, holds a brass bell and a small brass vessel. A coconut palm frames the right edge.2015-02-23