1.   Kumar gave the traditional Hindu greeting.

2.   To most, she just pressed her hands together in the prayerful Hindu greeting.

3.   There was hardly any applause, and few people along the route clasped their hands together in the traditional Hindu greeting of respect when their new monarch passed.

4.   There was hardly any applause, and few people clasped their hands together in the traditional Hindu greeting of respect as their new monarch passed.

5.   There was little applause and few people clasped their hands in the traditional Hindu greeting of respect as their new monarch passed.