An Indian man is blessed by an elephent in the ancient Uirupaksha Temple in Hampi, Southern India

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Tourists give the elephant money in it's trunk, in exchange for the elephant to put his hairy trunk on their head, a blessing.

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Location: Hampi India
Photo credit: © Jonathan Goldberg / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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