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October 20 2013

October 20 2013

A photograph of a ritual blessing in a hall. A man in a white kurta with a red-brown rudraksha mala kneels with his eyes closed, palms raised outward, while a woman in a pink and cream flower-garlanded blouse presses a hand to his forehead. A rust-orange cloth with dark printed script drapes over his shoulders and neck. Behind them, a second person in white with a red thread on the wrist and a gold-trimmed white dhoti stands in the background, and blurred figures appear on the left.

A photograph of a ritual scene at an ashram. A man with long dark hair, a white forehead band and a red-brown shawl over his shoulders, wearing heavy gold necklaces and bangles, holds a white thread between his hands and smiles. Beside him, a bare-chested man in an orange cloth with a white thread across his shoulder and rudraksha beads gestures in front. To the left, a man in white with folded palms watches, and behind them a young man with a white forehead mark and rudraksha malas stands near a silver object. Probable Swamiji (the figure with long swept-back hair, gold necklaces and a red-brown shawl), performing a thread-tying blessing with devotees.

2017-09-17 +1 copies

A shaved-headed man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala stands with bowed head while a bearded man with long dreadlocks, wearing a pink and blue flower garland and a bare upper body, drapes a long orange saffron sash inscribed with black text over his shoulders. A cameraman with a tripod and other people in white clothes stand in the background. A wooden compartmented tray with red interior sits in the foreground. The scene appears to be an initiation or honouring ceremony.

A photograph of a ceremonial moment indoors. A man with long dreadlocked hair and a reddish-brown robe holds an orange cloth printed with Sanskrit-style script and a person text, draping it over the shoulders of a smiling clean-shaven man in a white kurta who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari stands near a warm-lit wall, and a gold ornamental object is visible at the lower right. a person: the dreadlocked man in the reddish robe, presenting the shawl, matches the presentation cues of long hair and saffron-toned clothing, and is identified only as a presenter of the cloth.

September 20 2015

October 06 2012

August 09 2017

2017-08-09 +1 copies

A photograph of a ceremonial moment in which a man in a red-orange turban and saffron-orange robe with a beaded rudraksha-style mala stands over a seated devotee. The standing man, with a red turban and wrap, leans forward and drapes an orange cloth over the head of the kneeling man, who wears white clothes and a red beaded mala and bows his head. A brass gong hangs in the background, and pink flowers sit in the lower foreground. A ceremonial shawl-offering or blessing is taking place.

A photograph of a ceremonial blessing inside a temple hall with white arches and a blue-framed shrine niche. A man in a saffron-orange cloth with a red-and-gold trim, a red-bordered shawl, a flower garland, a red-bead mala and a braided hair bun with a red floral crown places his hands on the head of a man in a white shirt, who has his hands folded in prayer. Probable Swamiji is the central figure, with long hair in a bun, a crown, ornate gold earrings, rudraksha malas and a white garland, matching the appearance-based cues for the presiding figure. Around them, devotees in white clothes and orange shawls stand with hands folded, and a man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads stands at right. A yellow sunshade hangs at the upper left and a golden halo shape appears behind the crowd.