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August 31 20152015-08-31August 31 20152015-08-31August 31 20152015-08-31August 31 20152015-08-31March 03 20132013-03-03 +1 copiesNight outdoor event under a blue tent cloth. A man in an orange-saffron shawl and draped beaded rudraksha-style mala, with gold bangles and a white vertical mark on his forehead, reaches out to hand something small to a young man in a white t-shirt with a red thread necklace and a white tilak. The young man holds white cloth and a small yellow card-like paper. Seated devotees and white plastic chairs are behind them, with a fan at left. Appearance-based candidate: a person, with the orange shawl, mala and gold bangles as cues, giving a blessing-style handover of an item.2015-08-31Night photograph of a seated ritual exchange. On the left, a man in an orange-and-gold shawl over a bare upper body wears a gold chain of beads, gold bangles, a gold ring and white forehead markings; he rests one hand on the crown of a shorter man's head in a blessing gesture. The shorter man, in a white shirt with a red cord necklace, bows forward with a folded white cloth and a small yellow card in hand. Behind them, seated devotees in white and a blue cloth backdrop fill the scene.2015-08-31March 03 20132013-03-03Night-time photograph of a ritual blessing. A seated man with long dark hair swept back, a white vertical tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange-saffron cloth and a beaded rudraksha-style mala with gold ornaments on his wrists, presses his right palm to the forehead of a young boy in a dark green graphic t-shirt, who holds a white cloth and a small yellow envelope. Behind them a blue and red cloth canopy stands, and several seated people in white clothes sit in the background, one holding a dark beaded mala. Gold and red cushions and a brass object are visible in the foreground.2015-08-31December 25 20112011-12-25October 11 20122012-10-11A photograph of a seated man in an orange-saffron robe with a sleeveless bare-shouldered drape and layered rudraksha malas and gold ornaments, wearing a white vertical tilak and red bindi on his forehead and gold-beaded armlets. He rests his right hand on the head of a young boy in a navy t-shirt standing before him, a ritual blessing gesture. Behind him a golden throne with red upholstery; another figure in orange robes and an orange head covering stands behind, raising a hand. Red cushions and a tray of flower petals sit at the lower left, and a white-clad attendant is partly visible at the far left. Plain white wall and a wall vent in the background.2012-10-16