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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.

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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.2011-09-07April AF 2012September 13 20112011-09-13A 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.2011-11-14 +1 copiesSeptember 12 20112011-09-12 +1 copiesA 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.2011-10-03A 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.2011-09-30October 19 20112011-10-19A person in an orange and gold garment and a red-beaded rudraksha-style necklace bows low, pressing their forehead to a carved grey stone step at a temple. Their dark hair is tied in a bun, and one hand rests flat on the stone edge. Red and white painted walls and carved stone pillars are visible behind.2011-11-25A devotee bends forward and presses his forehead against a carved grey stone ledge at a temple, one hand resting flat on the stone. He wears a pink and green garment over bare shoulders and a rudraksha mala hangs from his neck. Carved stone reliefs and red-painted pillars sit behind him. He appears to be offering reverent obeisance at the temple structure.2011-10-07A photograph of a devotee in a saffron-orange garment bowing low, pressing forehead and one hand against a carved grey stone step or plinth. The person wears a red-brown beaded mala around the neck, a gold pendant on a chain, small gold hoop earring, and a wrist mala. White ash marks show on the face and forehead. The stone has carved mouldings and the background is a blurred red and white temple wall. One person, prostrating in reverence at a temple threshold.2013-01-23April 18 20132013-04-18