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A woman with long light-brown hair prostrates face-down on a pale stone floor in an outdoor courtyard, palms flat beside her head. She wears a green kurta over white clothing with a bangle and red beaded bracelets. Behind her, a seated woman in a red and pink patterned dress and a white-clad person sit on stone slabs, with sandy ground and dry leaves visible. The scene suggests a devotional pada-puja style prostration, though no ritual objects are shown.

December 19 2006

A photograph of a person lying prostrate face-down on an orange cloth spread over sandy ground, in full-length prostration. The person wears a white garment with gold-coloured border, long dark hair spread over the head, and bare feet. Nearby, the edge of a white stone platform and a brass plate sit at the frame's edge, with rows of yellow-gold blocks stacked along the right side. Sunlight and dappled shade fall across the ground. Behind, the lower legs of several people in white dhotis and sarees are visible, standing on a green and patterned mat area.

A person lies prostrate face-down on a stone floor marked with faded red, blue and green paint or powder, performing a full-body pranam-style prostration. The figure wears an orange-saffron garment with gold borders and a gold necklace of beads, with long dark hair gathered at the back. Hands are clasped beneath the forehead. Bare feet and the legs of standing onlookers in white and grey appear at the edges, and an ornate brass railing runs along the right side.

2012-09-11 +1 copies

A photograph of a devotee bowing with forehead pressed against a grey stone ledge at a temple. A man with dark hair in a topknot wears a green sleeveless garment with gold trim. Beside him, a folded maroon shawl with an orange edge rests on the ledge. A carved stone pattern is visible at the base of the ledge and a red structure appears in the blurred background. The person's face is not visible enough to judge who they are, so this is a devotee in a temple setting, not a confirmed a person sighting.

A woman with long wavy light-brown hair stands on one leg in a tree-pose-style balance, palms pressed together at her chest, eyes closed. She wears a green tunic with gold-thread stripes over white loose trousers, a small red bindi, a rudraksha-style mala and bangles. Behind her, a woman in a yellow-green floral top and purple skirt also holds her palms in anjali with eyes closed. Participants sit and stand on mats in a hall, a red boxed item and a rolled green mat lie on the floor, and a yoga session or meditation retreat setting is visible.

A devotee in a beige short-sleeved top and white dhoti bows forward with forehead pressed to a brass kalasha decorated with yellow and purple flower garlands, while another person in an orange-red robe extends a hand to steady or support the vessel. A tripod and blurred figure in orange stand in the background of a studio-like setting with a patterned floor mat. The devotee has hair tied in a bun and is not visibly showing identifying cues of the page's named figure, so a person is unsure at most; no clear candidate is shown with qualifying cues.

May 09 2012

A photograph of devotees standing in a garden beside a large banyan tree with aerial roots, their hands pressed together in anjali mudra in prayer. In the foreground a woman in a white shawl with a white sari and gold bangle stands with eyes closed. Behind her, a man in a green t-shirt and red-striped trousers and two women in white saris with red borders also stand with hands folded. A red-painted wall and green shrubbery form the backdrop. The scene appears to be a quiet moment of prayer at a tree shrine.

A photograph of a person lying prostrate face-down on a teal tiled floor in a temple-like room, wearing an orange saffron cloth wrapped around the body and head. Standing behind them are several devotees in white clothes, including a woman in a white sari with a pale green border and men in white dhotis and kurtas, with hands clasped or held together. To the right stands a white and red altar platform holding a steel bowl of yellow fruits, flower garlands, a coconut, brass lamps and a lit oil lamp with a flame. The scene suggests a devotional prostration before the altar.

A photograph of a devotional gathering on an orange cloth. A woman in an orange sari with a dark red border stands at left with palms pressed together in namaskar, head bowed. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and shawl with an orange garment prostrates on the floor, forehead to the cloth, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. At right, a woman in a cream sari with a red border sits cross-legged holding a folded cloth. A microphone on a stand is mounted against the wall, and a brass vessel and a framed picture sit on a low platform behind. Two more people in orange robes are partly visible at the edges. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present; the prostrating man's appearance is not distinctive enough to attribute.

2011-03-05 +1 copies

A photograph of a person in an orange saffron garment bent forward with their head resting on a grey granite platform, one hand pressed flat on the stone. The long, tangled, greying hair falls forward over the face. Behind the stone are a row of polished brass pots, kalasha-style vessels and a brass lamp on a ledge, with a stone deity or guardian figure at the left edge. Sunlight falls across the scene. The gesture suggests prostration or prayer at a shrine. Only the back and hair of the person are visible; no face is shown.