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April 05 2012

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A figure in profile with long dark hair sits beneath a carved stone temple ceiling, raising one hand toward the stone beam with eyes closed. The person wears a red-orange cloth draped over the torso and a red-orange wrap, with beaded rudraksha-style bracelets on the wrist and upper arm and a beaded necklace. Behind is a bright orange wall and sunlit stone pillars with ornate carvings. a person: long swept-back hair and orange clothing with beaded adornments fit the a person profile, though the face is turned away.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A photograph taken in profile of a man in an orange saffron wrap with long dark swept-back hair, a dark rudraksha mala hanging from his raised right hand, which is pointed toward a carved stone pillar and ornate granite ceiling in a temple hall. The background shows pink and white painted walls and a patterned cloth.2010-08-30A photograph of a man with long dark hair in a sleeveless orange-saffron garment, seen in profile, with a dark rudraksha mala hanging across his chest. His hand rests against a carved grey stone pillar in a temple, with smoke or incense haze drifting around him and ornately carved stone above him. Ornate reliefs decorate the stone beam, and red and white walls appear in the background.2010-08-30Close side profile of a man with eyes closed, forehead pressed against a carved grey stone pillar or beam, his right hand resting on the stone. He wears a rudraksha mala of dark seeds around his neck and an orange and maroon saffron-coloured shawl draped over bare shoulders. His long dark hair is tied back. Red and white walls blur in the background. The figure's appearance matches the page's a person label only partially, with a rudraksha mala and orange-maroon wrap as cues but no crown, long swept hair or ornate gold, so identity is uncertain.2011-02-20A photograph of a person with long, loose black hair bowing forward with forehead pressed to a grey stone ledge in a temple setting. The person wears an orange-red garment with a gold border, a gold chain necklace, and red-brown beaded bracelets on the wrist. A brass plate sits at the top left on a stone step, and red painted pillars frame the background. The person is shown from behind and the side, with the face hidden. a person is not established by visible cues here, so the figure is described only by role as a devotee.2012-04-14April 18 20132013-04-18December 05 20112011-12-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a person bowing deeply and resting their forehead against a carved grey stone plinth or threshold of a temple structure. The figure wears a bright saffron-orange garment with a gold-bordered cloth draped over the shoulders and a gold-and-maroon bordered waist cloth, with long dark hair swept back. Multiple rudraksha mala strands hang from the neck, and rudraksha bracelets with silver spacers are worn on the wrists. A red painted wall is visible in the background. The posture reads as a devotional prostration or reverent obeisance at a temple shrine.2011-11-15 +1 copiesClose side profile of a man with eyes closed, forehead pressed against a carved grey stone pillar in a temple setting, one hand raised beside the stone. He wears an orange and maroon sleeveless wrap over bare shoulders and a long rudraksha mala of dark seeds around his neck and wrist. Red walls form the background. Whether this man is a person cannot be determined from appearance, so he is described by role as a devotee performing a ritual touch of the sanctum pillar with the forehead.2011-02-20A person in orange and saffron clothing bows forward with forehead pressed against a grey stone ledge, one hand resting flat on the stone in reverence. The figure wears a rudraksha-style bead mala, gold chain, bangles and a gold hoop earring, with a white vertical mark on the forehead. The stone has carved floral relief. The kind of physical devotion shown is prostration or pranam at a sacred stone.2013-01-17May 26 20172017-05-26