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On the Stamp
A figure kneeling and bending back to hold the heels on a plain coloured ground, with its name in Hindi and English, on a ₹6.50 stamp.
Ustrasana
India Post issued four stamps on 30 December 1991 as Yogasanas, at ₹2, ₹5, ₹6.50 and ₹10. Ustrasana is a kneeling back bend, named from the Sanskrit ustra, camel. India Post’s brochure for this issue is not online, so this text draws on Wikipedia and on the stamp itself.
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