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July 15 2011

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Outdoor temple courtyard with palm trees and a tall copper-coloured flagstaff wrapped in rope and a coconut at its top. A black Nandi bull with a marigold garland sits on a red base at left. Two people in saffron-orange robes stand near the flagstaff; one, a shaved-headed figure in orange with a sash, reaches toward the pole while another in white dhoti and shirt raises an arm. A crowd of devotees in white and cream clothing and a woman in a red shawl watches from the front and left, some with hands folded. Grey statues and a stone figure stand in the background.2011-07-15Outdoor temple ceremony at a flagpole-like copper pillar topped with a kalasha and tied with orange cloth, beside a black stone nandi bull garlanded with marigolds, in a palm-lined courtyard. Two people in saffron-orange robes and one in white dhoti pull on the cord to raise the pole, while a shaven-headed monk in orange stands at right. Devotees in white and cream saris and dhotis stand with palms joined at left, and a crowd of onlookers in white and dark clothing watches at right. A stone deity murti stands in the background.2011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15Outdoor ritual at a tall terracotta-coloured dhwajasthamba or flagstaff-like column standing on a square orange base, with coconut palms and a brick wall behind. A figure in a long orange-striped garment and a floral garland stands on a raised platform beside the column. A person in white clothes stands at the front bowing or offering with folded hands near a low table with offerings. Several monastics in orange and saffron robes stand around the base, and a cameraman films the scene at right. The setting is bright sunlight with a tarp of orange cloth on the left.2013-04-14September 26 20162016-09-26September 26 20162016-09-26October 07 20112011-10-07January 11 20162016-01-11A tall copper flagstaff, wrapped in copper bands and topped with a dark ornate finial, stands on a red stone pedestal in an outdoor temple courtyard under a blue sky with scattered clouds. Two priests in saffron-orange robes stand at its base: one reaches up toward the top of the staff with an outstretched arm, while the other, to the right, holds a brass plate of offerings. Behind them, a row of people in white clothes stands under a corrugated roof, with palm trees, a red-and-white pennant and black stone sculptures around the courtyard. A dhwaja stambha with flag-raising ritual is visible, consistent with a dwajarohanam ceremony.2010-10-18 +1 copiesMarch 10 20132013-03-10December 14 20162016-12-14Outdoors among coconut palms, a tall copper dhwaja (flagstaff) rises from a red-painted stepped base. A saffron-clad sadhu in orange robes stands on the base beside the mast, and a bald man in orange robes kneels at its foot, hands on the structure. Nearby, a bald man in a white dhoti with a maroon-bordered shawl stands watching, and to the right a man in white dhoti and orange robe with a marigold garland holds a tray of red flowers. Orange and red pennants flutter, and a camera operator films the scene.2010-10-18 +1 copies