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May 01 2005

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A seated figure in a cream turban, long dark hair and a multi-coloured striped wrap with gold border, wearing white flower garlands, places his hand on the forehead of a seated man in white kurta with a rudraksha-style mala, who has his eyes closed. Standing behind them in a hotel-style hall are several people: a young woman in white with a red bindi, a man in a checked shirt holding a clipboard, a woman in white holding papers, and an older woman in white. A small child in orange sits nearby. A gold statue and a framed landscape painting appear on the right.2005-05-01A photograph of a hotel-style meeting room with patterned carpet. A man in a cream turban with long dark hair, wearing a white garland and a saffron, pink and gold striped shawl, is seated and places a rudraksha mala around the neck of a kneeling older man in a white striped shirt with hands pressed together. A bright gold statue stands behind. Standing devotees in white and casual clothes hold booklets and malas, including a man in a light blue denim shirt and a woman in white. A wall painting and a side table with water bottles are visible. Swamiji (probable): the seated turbaned figure with long hair, saffron-patterned shawl and garland is the probable candidate, presented as giving a mala to a devotee.2005-05-01May 01 20052005-05-01A photograph of a hotel conference room with patterned carpet. A man with long dark hair, wearing a cream turban and a white shawl with gold and maroon stripes, places his hands on the forehead of a man in a green checked shirt with a name badge, who has his eyes closed. Behind them, several women in white saris and a woman in a dark patterned dress stand watching, some holding papers. A gold deity murti stands on a table at right beside a microphone stand and a bouquet of white and yellow flowers. a person at the center of the blessing, identified only by appearance cues of long hair, turban and striped shawl, is giving a blessing.2005-05-01A photograph of a crowded indoor gathering of devotees, many wearing white clothes with orange shawls. In the centre, a man in a white turban and a cream-and-maroon striped kurta with a large yellow and purple flower garland is bending forward and placing his right hand on the forehead of a kneeling man in cream clothes with an orange shawl, whose palms are pressed together in namaskar. Other devotees sit nearby, a woman with palms joined in the lower left, and a bald man in white and orange stands behind. A white cloth-covered seat and a patterned bag are in the lower foreground. Whether the turbaned man is a person cannot be established from appearance alone, so he is described by role as a figure giving blessing.2008-08-03Indoor photo at an evening event. A person in a white turban with gold trim and a white garment with multicoloured flower garlands (purple, pink, green) reaches out to press a palm to the forehead of a seated man with closed eyes, a moustache and a rudraksha mala with a gold pendant. Around them, several men in white shirts and dhotis stand and watch, one wearing an orange shawl. A small fan and a bright lamp are in the background.2006-07-30A photograph inside a hall at an indoor satsang or convention. In the foreground, a long-haired figure in a white turban with a gold-edged cloth and a garland of pink and blue flowers places one hand on the forehead of a seated man in a white shirt wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant. Behind them, several young men and boys in white shirts and trousers stand watching, and a blue cooler sits at the right edge. A person in an orange-and-white garment is partly visible at the far right, and a camera is visible at upper left.2006-07-30A seated figure in a cream and gold dhoti and a white turban with long dark hair, a multicolour flower garland and gold bangles, presses a hand to the forehead of a seated man in white clothes with a red tilak and beaded necklace. Standing devotees in white shirts with hands folded watch, and a man in an orange shawl with a rudraksha mala sits nearby. A cooling unit, a ceiling fan and flower garlands hang at the left edge, and a cameraman and a photographer stand in the background. The setting looks like a blessing moment at an indoor gathering.2006-07-30A seated figure with long dark hair swept back, wearing a rust-orange wrap, a red and white flower garland, gold-toned bangles and a gold necklace, places his right hand on the forehead of a standing man in a white kurta with a rust-orange shawl. The seated figure appears to be a person, giving a blessing. Behind them, women in orange and saffron saris with rudraksha malas watch, and a woman in a red bindi smiles at right. Walls are pale and a window with a white air-conditioning unit is visible.2013-05-28May 01 20052005-05-01May 01 20052005-05-01May 09 20042004-05-09