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December 03 20162016-12-03A photograph of a person with long dark hair and gold hoop earrings bending forward to rest their forehead on a grey stone ledge carved with a scrolled, floral motif. The person wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over the shoulder and arms, a dense necklace of brown rudraksha beads with gold accents, and a matching rudraksha bracelet on the upper arm and wrist. A pale ash mark is visible on the forehead. A golden metal vessel stands in the blurred background. The gesture suggests reverent prostration at a temple or shrine.2013-07-12 +1 copiesOctober 08 20162016-10-08March 10 20132013-03-10A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-brown sleeveless garment with a thick white and red flower garland, bowing his head low to touch a grey stone step at a shrine. Brass vessels, a brass kalasha-style pot, a small brass lamp and steel bowls sit on the ledge above. He is shown from the side, with a gold bangle on his wrist. Only one person is visible. This appearance-based candidate, with long swept hair and saffron clothing, may be a person, performing a prostration or padapuja-type reverence at a temple step.2013-04-30A woman with dark wavy hair pulled back bows low and rests her forehead against a pale stone ledge carved with a floral motif, while her right hand touches the stone. She wears a leopard-print top in beige, brown and black and a long strand of rudraksha beads hangs over her shoulder. The stone appears to be part of a temple or shrine structure with a red and white wall behind.2010-11-08A photograph of a person bowing with forehead pressed to a grey stone step or platform in a temple setting. The person wears a long garland of white jasmine and red roses with green leaves, a rudraksha bracelet on the upper arm, gold earrings, and long dark dreadlocked hair falling down the bare back. Beside them a folded bundle of orange-red cloth rests on the stone, and a carved stone motif decorates the base. This is a devotional prostration.2016-10-08A person in an orange-red wrap and a leopard-print top bends low and presses their face against a weathered grey stone step, one hand resting on the stone. A long rudraksha mala with large brown beads hangs from their neck. Light smoke or haze drifts through the frame, and the carved stone edge of a temple step is visible at left. The image reads as a devotee prostrating in reverence. a person identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so the figure is described by role only.2010-11-09A photograph of a person bending low over a pale stone step or platform, one hand extended flat toward the carved stone edge. The person wears a leopard-print shawl over the head and shoulders, with a rust-red garment beneath, and a long rudraksha mala of dark beads hangs down the front. The stone has carved moulding along its edge. The figure's face is angled downward toward the stone, and the setting appears to be a temple or shrine space.2010-11-09May 25 20132013-05-25April 30 20132013-04-30A photograph of a long-haired man in a red and gold saffron-toned garment bowing forward with his forehead pressed to the carved edge of a grey stone temple platform. His right hand rests flat on the stone, and he wears gold bangles on his wrists and arms. A gold kalasha-like vessel is visible at the upper left against the stone structure, and a red background wall sits behind him. The scene suggests an act of reverent prostration at a temple.2011-12-18