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August 03 2010

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August 03 20102010-08-03August 03 20102010-08-03A woman in a white kurta with pale pink and yellow dupatta bows and presses her forehead to the hand of a large black stone statue. The statue wears an orange robe and is draped with long garlands of yellow marigolds, purple flowers and red roses, with a rudraksha mala hanging across its chest. Behind is a silver-embossed pedestal and green foliage.2010-08-14A woman in a white and orange-striped sari bends forward and presses her forehead to the dark hands of a standing figure in saffron-orange robes. Her hands are clasped around the figure's dark hand, and she wears a gold bangle and rudraksha beads. The robed figure wears a long red-and-yellow garland of marigolds and roses and a wooden rudraksha mala. Green foliage blurs in the background. The scene reads as a devotional gesture of reverence.2010-06-30July 08 20102010-07-08A man in a plain white shirt bends forward and presses his forehead and folded hands against a dark stone or metal statue. The statue is draped in yellow and red flower garlands with rudraksha beads and wears saffron-orange robes. A second man in a green checked shirt stands partly visible at the lower left, and a tree canopy forms the background. The photo is a devotional darshan scene at an outdoor shrine.2010-07-08A devotee in a beige short-sleeved top and white dhoti bows forward with forehead pressed to a brass kalasha decorated with yellow and purple flower garlands, while another person in an orange-red robe extends a hand to steady or support the vessel. A tripod and blurred figure in orange stand in the background of a studio-like setting with a patterned floor mat. The devotee has hair tied in a bun and is not visibly showing identifying cues of the page's named figure, so a person is unsure at most; no clear candidate is shown with qualifying cues.2019-01-05A close photograph of a woman in an orange sleeveless top bowing her head low over a heap of marigold and chrysanthemum garlands in orange, yellow, white and purple, with a pink and white garland draped over her shoulder. Her face is hidden against the flowers as she touches them with her hand. Behind her are blurred orange fabric and a bouquet of purple and yellow flowers. Her head is bowed in reverence near the floral offerings.2009-12-24July 01 20112011-07-01A man in a white shirt and white dhoti leans in close to embrace a dark stone murti of a seated sage wearing an orange saffron cloth and an orange-and-green patterned headband. The murti is garlanded with a long chain of yellow marigolds and red roses. Overhead, the broad branches and leaves of a banyan tree frame the scene.2010-07-08A photograph of a woman bowing with her forehead pressed onto a pair of large black stone padukas (sacred footprints) set on a dark pedestal. She has white flowers in her hair, a white blouse with embroidered details, gold bangles and a thin chain. A rudraksha mala lies across the padukas, which are scattered with marigold petals and surrounded by a border of pink flowers. Behind her, a second devotee in a teal blouse bows, and a man in a white striped shirt stands in the background near an orange wall.2010-02-18July 31 20152015-07-31