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Indoor photograph of an ashram gathering in white ceremonial clothing. In the foreground, a young man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala stands and places his hands on the head of a seated older man with grey hair, who wears a white shirt. Behind them, several men in white and orange or saffron shawls look on, one wearing a gold bangle and another with a gold chain. A white plastic chair and white cloth covers are visible at the edge. The scene reads as a blessing or initiation moment.

February 24 2007

February 24 2007

A photograph of a man with closed eyes and short dark hair, wearing a white shirt with a dark rudraksha mala, receiving a blessing as another man in an orange-trimmed garment presses a hand to his forehead while holding the back of his neck. Behind them, people in white robes and orange stoles stand in a crowded hall, with a bangle and bracelet visible on the blessing hand. The scene suggests a gathering with blessing or initiation, with the wider crowd in white and orange.

Close photo of a balding, mustached middle-aged man in a white shirt with eyes closed, his head held between the hands of a young man with a shaved head, white tilak on the forehead, and an orange shawl. Behind them, people in white dhotis and orange shawls stand in a crowded hall, one holding a small black device and wearing a wristwatch. The young man appears to be giving a blessing or touching the forehead of the devotee.

Photograph of a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a small red tilak on his forehead, leaning in to hold the shaved head of another man seated in a white chair, who wears an orange shawl over white clothes. A white-clad man stands at the right edge in an orange shawl, and a metal lighting truss and white backdrop are behind them. Indoor event setting.

December 18 2009

Indoor photograph of a close, face-to-face blessing exchange in a plain whitewashed hall. A man in a green t-shirt and wristwatch holds the head of a bald-headed, bare-chested sannyasi, who wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and has a red mark on his forehead. The sannyasi has long dark hair tied back, and his hands rest on the older man's head. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl stands at left, and other devotees are partly visible in the background, with a red velvet cushion in the lower left corner.

Photograph of a man with dark hair and a grey moustache in a white shirt and gold bracelet, eyes closed, being blessed with a hand placed on his forehead by a figure in a red sleeveless top and orange shawl with long dark hair tied back. Another man in white stands behind them, and a few people are partly visible at the edges. In the background a dim hall has white garments on a rack and a framed portrait, with a seated figure at lower left. The orange-shawled figure is a candidate for a person by appearance cues of long swept hair and orange clothing, but the face and build are not clear enough to confirm, so this is marked as probable and uncertain.

September 13 2009

2009-09-13 +1 copies

A photograph of two men in close contact in a gathering of people dressed in white. An older man with grey hair and a grey moustache, eyes closed and head tilted back, receives a touch on his forehead from a younger man with black hair who wears a rudraksha mala and gold bracelets. Other people in white clothing are visible behind them, and one older man in the background wears a gold chain. The scene suggests a blessing or anointing gesture.

December 02 2010