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A shirtless young man stands in a hall with a red bindi on his forehead, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a gold pendant chain. Lemon fruits with yellow tassels are pierced through the skin of his upper arm and shoulder, and his body is smeared with white ash. Behind him a child with a red bindi and red beads stands with eyes closed, and a red and teal decorative banner hangs at right. A partly visible banner on the wall shows a mountain landscape. This is a lemon piercing ritual; the man is a devotee performing the piercing, not an identified a person.

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January 03 20182018-01-03January 02 20162016-01-02 +1 copiesJanuary 03 20182018-01-03 +1 copiesJuly 15 20112011-07-15March 12 20202020-03-12January 03 20182018-01-03Photo 11710655 +2 copiesJanuary 03 20182018-01-03May 24 20172017-05-24 +1 copiesJanuary 03 20182018-01-03Photograph in profile of a long-haired man seen from behind and to the side, with dreadlocked hair falling past his shoulders. He wears a white-and-red flower garland around his neck and has several small green lemons pierced onto his bare upper arm and shoulder with green and red threads, a lemon-piercing practice. His skin is greyish with applied ash. Behind him, a blurred crowd of people in saffron and orange clothing stands in an outdoor setting with green foliage.2018-01-03January 03 20182018-01-03