Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon) is one of the most religious countries on earth. It is an island country just south of India, which has 90 per cent of the world’s Hindus. While Sri Lanka is mostly Buddhist, there are many Hindus living there as well, including this woman who has come to a temple to bring offerings. I photographed her just as she was about to get out of the auto-rickshaw that brought her to the temple. Holding her bags, she looks at us intently as she is about to emerge from the auto-rickshaw. Her expressive features are intensified by the symbolic markings upon her forehead. Given this intensity, this photograph proved to be one of the most expressive portraits I made on this trip.