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February 09 2012

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A photo of a devotional blessing indoors. A smiling man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, wearing layered gold beaded necklaces and gold bangles, raises his right hand to touch the crown of a clean-shaven young man in a white shirt, whose hands are pressed together in anjali. Beside them a man in a grey shirt holds a small child in a red Chelsea-style football shirt. A bald man in orange robes stands at right, and a man in a pink shirt with folded hands is at left edge. Background shows a hall with cream walls, a red curtain and a white screen.2012-02-09February 09 20122012-02-09November 03 20132013-11-03December 25 20112011-12-25Indoor photo of a devotional blessing in a hall with framed portraits on the wall behind. A man in an orange turban and orange robe with heavy gold necklaces and gold bangles stands at right, smiling and placing his raised hand on the head of a man in glasses and a white shirt. In the foreground a man in a white and navy polo kneels with palms pressed together and head bowed, while a woman with long dark hair and a man in grey stand nearby. A tray of offerings is visible at the lower edge. The orange-robed figure fits the probable Swamiji cues of orange turban, ornate gold necklaces and bangles, so he is described as Swamiji (probable) performing a blessing.2012-02-09A photograph of a temple darshan line. A bare-chested man in an orange turban, rudraksha-style gold and beaded necklaces, gold armbands and an orange-brown dhoti-wrap stands on the right, smiling and placing his hand on the head of a man in white who bows forward. Behind the bowing man, several onlookers in white shirts and dhotis, one in a green-and-white sweater on the left, wait behind metal stanchions with chains. A projector screen and colourful deity murti paintings decorate the hall in the background.2013-07-31A photograph of a crowd inside a hall with framed portraits on the wall behind. In the foreground a man in a light cream shirt bows with hands folded, and a man in a checked shirt bends forward. A bald man in a white t-shirt stands in the middle, hands pressed together. On the right, a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robes, with a red bindi, heavy gold beaded necklaces and gold armbands, raises his palm toward the bowing devotees in a blessing gesture. Other onlookers stand in the background, and a framed portrait with a golden frame hangs on the wall.2012-02-09December 25 20112011-12-25November 13 20102010-11-13A photograph of a blessing line in a hall with hanging orange, red and yellow decorative banners. A man in an orange saffron garment with a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces, bare-shouldered, with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi, places his hand on the head of a young boy in a dark shirt. Behind him another man in orange robes wearing gold necklaces stands near a silver tray. To the left, a man in an orange polo shirt presses his palms together in namaste, and a man in a light blue shirt bows with folded hands, while a boy in dark clothing looks up. Devotees in white dhotis and saris stand in the background. Swamiji (probable): the man in the orange garment with long swept-back hair and rudraksha mala is the central blessing figure.2011-02-20November 14 20102010-11-14September 25 20112011-09-25