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A photograph of a saffron-robed figure with a white vertical forehead mark and red bindi, bare-chested with a saffron shawl, wearing multiple rudraksha malas on the arm and chest and a gold chain, placing his right hand on the head of a man in a white shirt and glasses who bows forward. a person performs a blessing on a devotee; the background shows a temple-like shrine with red and gold decor and a ceiling fan. Two people are visible, the blessed devotee and the blessing figure, with a partially visible third person at left edge.

A photograph of a devotional blessing at a gathering. A bare-shouldered figure in saffron-orange cloth with long dark hair and a red bindi places a raised palm on the forehead of a young man in glasses and white clothes, who has hands folded in namaste. The standing figure wears a gold pendant, a gold necklace, multi-strand rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets. Other devotees in white and saffron stand and sit nearby with hands joined, and yellow, orange and red decorative tassels hang in the background.

A photograph of a long-haired person in saffron-orange shawl and layered gold and red bead necklaces, smiling and extending a hand in blessing over the head of a short-haired man in white shirt bowing forward in a temple-style hall. Behind them a shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a gold pendant holds a white forehead mark, with a maroon curtain and colourful hanging pennants. Appearance-based candidate: a person, giving a blessing to a devotee. Other attendees stand in the blurred background.

2013-02-28 +1 copies

A photograph of a bare-chested man in a rust-orange cloth wrapped at the waist, wearing a long orange-brown beaded shawl and heavy gold bead necklaces, with long swept-back black hair and a red tilak on his forehead. He stands in front of a man in a white shirt whose head he is pressing with both hands, a traditional blessing gesture. A bangle-wearing wrist and gold bracelets are visible. Behind them, several onlookers in white and light clothing watch, and a colourful painted temple-style backdrop fills the background. Swamiji (probable) appears to be the man in orange, bestowing a blessing, based on his long hair, orange shawl and gold beaded ornaments.

June 21 2012

A photograph of a man in a light blue shirt with his eyes closed and head bowed, receiving a touch on the forehead from a robed figure. The robed figure wears saffron-orange clothing, a long rudraksha mala across the chest, layered gold necklaces, bead bracelets on the wrist and upper arm, and long swept-back hair, with white sacred ash marking the forehead. He holds a folded white paper in one hand while the other rests on the devotee's head. Another partially visible person in white stands behind, with a purple curtain and orange-clad figures in the blurred background. Swamiji (probable) appears as the robed figure, given the long hair, rudraksha mala, gold ornaments and saffron clothing, but this is an appearance-based label only.

2013-02-22 +1 copies

A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-brown draped robe with a rudraksha mala and a white tilak on his forehead, seated and reaching forward to place his palms on the forehead of a man in a white polo shirt with an orange lanyard. The recipient has his eyes closed and head tilted. A partially visible person appears at the lower right edge. Swamiji (probable): the seated figure has long swept-back hair, orange robes and a rudraksha mala, the appearance-based label applied here, with the page naming Swamiji for this event.

June 21 2012

September 27 2012

A photograph of a long-haired man with dreadlocks and a short beard, bare-shouldered and wrapped in a rust-red cloth, with gold ornaments, gold necklace, gold earring and red-orange rudraksha bracelets, placing his right hand on the forehead of a seated man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala. The seated man has his palms pressed together in anjali. Behind them stands a gold deity murti with a crown.

2017-07-07 +1 copies

A photograph of a man in a saffron-orange shawl and orange rudraksha mala with heavy gold bead necklace, a red bindi on his forehead and small gold earrings, standing with eyes lowered as he raises his right hand in blessing over a man kneeling with his head bowed at the lower left. Behind them a blurred temple-like interior with colourful painted panels and an older man in white clothing. a person is the man in the orange shawl, giving a blessing to a devotee. Watermarked archive photo.

A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-saffron cloth with a long rudraksha mala and a gold hoop earring, his right hand resting on the head of a kneeling man in a white shirt whose palms are pressed together in namaskar. The kneeling man's eyes are closed, and a faint white mark shows on his forehead. Behind them, other people in white and orange stand in a warmly lit hall with yellow walls. The standing man's distinctive long hair, saffron garments and rudraksha cues are consistent with the page's Swamiji reference, and he appears to be giving blessing during a puja or darshan.