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April 16 20122012-04-16A photograph of a devotee in saffron-orange cloth bowing forward with his forehead resting on a carved grey stone ledge, his right hand flat on the stone. He has dark hair tied in a top knot and wears multiple rudraksha malas on his neck, arm and wrist, with a white ash mark on his forehead. Behind him stands a polished brass vessel or lamp stand and a stone temple wall.2012-04-25April 19 20122012-04-19January 21 20112011-01-21November 23 20112011-11-23A photograph of one person bending low and close to a grey stone ledge or step, pressing the palm of the right hand flat against the stone surface. The person has shoulder-length dark hair with a decorative comb at the top, a gold hoop earring, and a long orange-red beaded rudraksha-style mala draped over the bare shoulder, with a saffron-and-gold cloth wrapped around the body. A carved floral relief panel decorates the stone at left. Gold bangles and bracelets are visible on the wrist. The setting appears to be a temple or ritual courtyard, and the person seems to be touching or blessing the stone. a person identity is unsure from appearance.2013-05-12February 09 20122012-02-09A bare-chested man with hair in a top knot bends forward and rests his forehead on a carved grey stone ledge, his right hand pressed flat on the stone. He wears a maroon cloth with gold-bordered orange edging draped over his shoulder and tied at the waist, and multiple beaded bracelets on his arms and wrists. A gold-toned metal vessel sits on a stone platform behind him, with carved stone pillars in the background. The stone bears a white vertical line marking.2012-04-04April 20 20122012-04-20November 24 20112011-11-24A person in orange and saffron clothing bows forward with forehead pressed against a grey stone ledge, one hand resting flat on the stone in reverence. The figure wears a rudraksha-style bead mala, gold chain, bangles and a gold hoop earring, with a white vertical mark on the forehead. The stone has carved floral relief. The kind of physical devotion shown is prostration or pranam at a sacred stone.2013-01-17December 03 20112011-12-03