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Looking upward at a tall copper kalasha-style pillar or flagstaff rising from an ornate metal base decorated with floral and figural relief. Bamboo poles tied with rope surround and support the copper column against a clear pale blue sky. Two men stand at the base: one on the right wears a light checked shirt, a dark cloth wrapped on his head, and holds the column; another on the left in a dark shirt reaches toward the base.

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Looking up from below at a tall copper column. Two workers in shirts and cloths stand at its base, one on the left in dark clothes and a cap, the other on the right in a green checked shirt, both grasping the column and a bamboo scaffold lashed with rope. Thick bamboo poles surround the copper pillar against a clear blue sky.2006-12-22Photograph of a large copper kalasha-style finial or pinnacle being installed on a temple structure under a scaffold of bare wooden poles and bamboo. Two men work on the scaffold: one in a teal shirt and loincloth reaches up to steady the copper column, the other in a checked shirt and plaid lungi stands at right, gesturing with one hand. The copper pillar has tiered ornamental bands, a carved lotus-like base and gold-coloured vertical fittings. Plastic water containers sit in the foreground and a blue sky shows above. No a person is visible.2006-12-22December 22 20062006-12-22January 11 20162016-01-11April 10 20162016-04-10January 01 20172017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01January 01 20172017-01-01April 14 20132013-04-14January 11 20162016-01-11Low-angle photo of a tall copper-banded flagstaff or ritual pole rising against a clear blue sky, its base wrapped in marigold and white flower garlands and decorated with green leaves and a bundle of straw. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at the base, one reaching up with both hands to adjust a rope or cord on the pole while the other man, partly cropped at the right edge, raises an arm beside him. A tall coconut palm leans in from the right, and a corner of a roof and hanging wires appear at the top left.2017-01-01March 01 20162016-03-01