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A seated figure with long swept-back hair wearing a rust-brown wrap, a dense multi-strand garland of green-yellow beads and pink-white flowers, and a yellow-green fringed cloth is touched on the head by devotees bowing low in white clothes and garlands. A woman in a rust-brown sari with a rudraksha mala and a woman in cream stand behind, and a gold-framed backdrop with floral garlands is visible. Petals scatter around the seated figure, and a standing fan and a small green plant are nearby. Figure with long hair and distinctive ornaments and a rudraksha mala: Swamiji (probable), giving blessings to devotees.

February 14 2016

A photograph of a ceremonial blessing in an ashram hall. A seated figure in a rust-brown robe, with a yellow floral headdress, a long multi-strand garland of yellow and pink flowers, and bangles, reaches out and places a hand on the head of a kneeling man in white who wears a white and red flower garland. Beside them, a man in white with a grey-streaked head and a yellow-and-red garland kneels with hands folded. Behind them, standing devotees in white and rust clothes, some with rudraksha malas, watch, and a golden ornate throne-like structure and floral decorations frame the scene.

A photograph inside a small room with green walls and a dark tiled floor. A man with short dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange-red dhoti with an orange shawl, sits on the floor garlanded with a thick red and white flower garland and a strand of lime-green citrus fruits. He raises one arm to hold a metal pole. In front of him a woman in a white sari with orange border kneels and tends a brass plate of flowers and fruit, while a man in white with a rudraksha mala assists beside her. Other devotees in white dhotis and orange robes stand or kneel nearby, and a child in a yellow dress stands at left, with hands folded in reverence. a person: the seated bare-chested figure with the garland and orange shawl and dhoti.

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A seated man in an ochre-brown robe is garlanded with white jasmine, red roses and green leaves, with a gold-coloured floral garland across his chest. He sits before an orange and maroon drapery decorated with floral swags, and several women in cream and gold sarees and red sarees with flowers in their hair stand around him, one holding a red flower garland. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti reaches over to offer a fruit or basket to him while another man in a red shirt holds lemons and limes in his hands; a wicker basket of limes sits in the foreground. A ceiling fan and a computer monitor are visible in the room behind them. a person cues: long dark hair, beard, ochre robe and multiple garlands are visible on the seated central figure.

A photograph of a darshan blessing at a temple-style hall with red curtains and a red carpet. A man in a maroon garment with a long swept-back hairstyle, multiple garlands of white jasmine and red and pink flowers, and orange-beaded arm bands, stands at left and places his hands on the head of a kneeling devotee in white clothes. Another white-clothed person with a long braid kneels with hands folded, and a line of women in white and green saris waits behind. A gold figure and leopard-print cloth sit at the left edge, with flower offerings on a tray in the foreground. Probable Swamiji (wearing the long hair and rudraksha-style garlands of the presumed figure) is performing a blessing; the image is a photo.

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A woman in a yellow and multicolour striped sari places a long garland of white jasmine flowers and red roses over the head of a person in white, whose face is lowered. Behind them a young man with a vertical white tilak on his forehead wears a rudraksha-style mala and a pendant. Other devotees and onlookers in the background, including a man in white, watch the garlanding in a crowded hall.