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A man in a red and gold bordered dhoti or wrap bows low, pressing his forehead to the carved stone edge of a temple platform or plinth. His right hand rests flat on the stone. He wears a long rudraksha mala with a red tassel tied at the back of his hair bun. Behind him are carved stone pillars and a red-and-orange flower offering on a ledge. The setting is a stone temple precinct.

A man bows low with his forehead resting against a carved grey stone plinth in a temple. He wears a white dhoti with red and gold border, a red-and-white shawl draped over bare shoulders, and has his hair in a bun with a white tilak on his forehead. He stands barefoot on a leopard-print mat. Behind him, a stone lion carving and a dark deity sculpture sit on pillars against orange and white striped walls.

A man with his hair tied in a top knot bends forward and touches his forehead to a carved grey stone ledge, his right hand resting on the stone. He wears a white dhoti with red and orange border, and a red and white shawl draped over his shoulder, bare-chested. Behind him are stone pillars and a red wall. No other people are visible.

April AF 2012

A man in white ritual dress bends forward at a carved stone ledge, pressing his forehead to the stone in a reverent gesture. He wears a white dhoti-style garment with an orange border and a long rudraksha mala with a red tassel hanging from his neck. His hair is tied in a topknot. A carved floral or lotus-like relief decorates the stone beside him, and the weathered stone steps and walls of a temple setting are visible behind him. The posture suggests prostration or deep veneration at a sacred site.

A photograph of a man bowing forward with his forehead pressed to the carved stone edge of a temple plinth, one hand resting on the stone. He has hair tied in a high bun and wears a white dhoti-style cloth with an orange border, orange and gold bead bracelets, and a long orange-and-gold rudraksha mala hanging from his neck. Behind him is a red and white wall and a partly visible orange-clad figure. The scene suggests a devotional gesture of reverence at a temple structure.

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October 19 2011

A person in a rust-red garment with orange-gold borders and a matching orange-gold sash bows forward at a grey stone altar, pressing the forehead to its ledge with one hand outstretched. The stone altar carries carved floral and scroll relief, with a brass oil lamp and a brass vessel with a spoon, plus a small red-and-gold shrine and a deity murti in the background. Red-and-white striped walls frame the temple hall, and a patterned mat lies on the floor before the altar. Offering bowls and a small pile of white offering sit in the foreground.

A close side view of a man bowing low and touching his forehead to a carved grey stone step or plinth. His head is bare with dark hair tied in a knot, and a horizontal white paste mark is visible on his forehead. He wears a white upper cloth with a gold-yellow border draped over his bare shoulder, and a dark rudraksha mala hangs around his neck. His right hand rests flat on the stone edge in a gesture of reverence, and an orange-red wall is visible in the background. The act reads as a devotee's obeisance at a temple threshold.

A photograph inside a temple hall of a woman in a rust-red sari with gold border bowing forward with her head pressed to a grey granite altar ledge, one hand outstretched on the stone, bare feet on a woven mat. The carved stone altar holds brass vessels, a brass lamp, a flower-garlanded plate, and a small incense stick; a gilt-framed deity murti sits in the background against orange and red walls. Single physical person.

A photograph of a man bowing deeply with his forehead resting on a grey stone ledge in a temple setting. He wears an orange saffron robe with a maroon border, bare shoulder and a long rudraksha mala hanging from his neck. His hair is tied in a topknot. His right hand rests on the stone. Behind him, brass lamps and an incense stick stand on a shelf beside red and white painted walls and carved stone pillars. a person is not asserted here; the figure shows a saffron robe and rudraksha mala, with no crown or swept hair, so identity is uncertain.

A barefoot person in an orange-saffron dhoti and matching shawl leans forward to press their forehead against the carved grey stone base of a shrine, one hand resting on the stone and a long gold-beaded mala hanging from the neck. The stone is decorated with floral relief carvings and a small blue-and-gold deity figure sits on a ledge at the top left. The person wears a vertical white tilak mark on the forehead. The floor has a woven mat and painted lines in red, green and yellow, with a red pillar and red-and-white walls behind. Identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so the figure is described by role as a devotee performing a prostration-style obeisance.