2016-11b Orissa's Ethnic Mosaic (35)

Close-up street portrait (indoor headshot, three-quarter view) of the imam of a local Muslim community, having an extensive prayer bump aka zebibah on his forehead, and wearing a white prayer cap aka taqiyah;

Rayagada, Odisha fka Orissa, East India.

 

More context:

Outlining Orissa's Ethnic Diversity (photo blog),

Sporting a Pious Beard (photo blog),

Doing a Background Check (photo blog).

Done