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February 06 20172017-02-06A prostrate devotee in orange robes with a gold-trimmed cloth lies flat on a leopard-print mat on a stone pavement, arms stretched forward, hair in a bun with gold ornaments. Around them a crowd stands in a covered hall: men in white dhotis and orange shawls, a bald priest in orange with a rudraksha mala pressing palms together, and women in orange and blue saris. Several people hold their hands in anjali. A man in white kurta and an orange shawl on the right holds his hands folded. Several photographers stand at the edge.2012-09-12A photograph of a temple floor where a person with long dark dreadlocked hair, wearing an orange-brown garment and a white flower garland, lies prostrate face-down in full obeisance. Standing around them are devotees in white dhotis with gold borders, one holding a bouquet of yellow and orange flowers in a maroon cloth, others in orange saffron robes with bare upper bodies and rudraksha beads, and a person in a turquoise jacket and blue track pants. A seated woman in orange at left has ash marks on her forehead. Grey stone pavement and carved stone pillars frame the scene.2017-02-06August 17 20122012-08-17A photograph of a devotee lying prostrate in full length on the stone floor of an outdoor temple area, arms stretched forward with palms pressed together. The prostrate figure wears an orange-saffron cloth and a gold-trimmed orange garment, with dark hair in a bun and a leopard-print mat beneath. Around them stand a crowd of about twenty men and women in white dhotis and kurtas with orange shawls, saffron robes and rudraksha malas, many with hands folded in namaskar and watching. One man in a white kurta at center holds a microphone. A man on the right in white holds a camera, and a masked figure appears at far left. Behind them are carved stone pillars of a temple hall.2012-09-12April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesMarch 11 20182018-03-11August 17 20122012-08-17May 18 20122012-05-18A photograph inside a stone temple of a bare-backed man in an orange-brown dhoti lying prostrate in full-length obeisance on a dark grey granite floor. Garlands of white jasmine and orange-yellow flowers lie near his head, and a rudraksha mala is visible on his wrist. Beside a dark stone plinth, a few other people in saffron and orange robes and white-and-gold dhotis stand around, their bare feet visible. The scene reads as a devotional act of surrender at a temple shrine.2018-04-29March 11 20182018-03-11May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copies