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Anybody approaching this or any other lamaist altar for the first time is meant to prostrate himself three times, standing with joined hands, falling to the knees and then touching the ground with the forehead. After these prostrations no special attention is paid to the altar, and it is quite permissible to turn one’s back on it.

• Source: Gorer, Geoffrey. Himalayan village: an account of the Lepchas of Sikkim. London: Michael Joseph, Ltd., 1938.
• Culture: Lepcha
• Location: Asia