Jain sadhu priest bowing touching clean shaven head on the feet of Lord Bahubali Gomateshwara Sravanbelgola India

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Jain monk holding fan peacock feathers prostrates on large feet of 58 feet tall grey granite colossus Gomateswara Sravana belagola in South Indian state Karnataka This thousand year old monolith is among the most remarkable works of art in India astonishing visitors at the amount of labour it must have entailed 1976

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Location: India
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