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July 02 20152015-07-02A photograph of a seated devotee in a white kurta with a red rudraksha mala and a red-and-white tilak on his forehead, looking down with a smile as he holds out cupped hands. Another person's hand, with a red thread on the wrist, places a small clear crystal atmalinga into his palms. In the foreground, a shirtless figure with long dreadlocks and a pink-and-white flower garland faces away from the camera, seated near a golden frame. In the background, a blurred person in white walks through a hall with red fabric. The setting suggests an atmalinga energization darshan.2017-03-04July 05 20172017-07-05May 06 20162016-05-06A man in an orange-saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala with gold beads speaks into a small headset microphone while holding up a clear, translucent oblong crystal between his fingers. He wears a purple and blue woven wristband and a red tilak on his forehead. Out-of-focus audience members sit in the background of a cream-coloured hall. The crystal is the clear focal object in the foreground.2015-07-07December 08 20132013-12-08A photograph of a ritual scene indoors. A man with long dark hair wearing a white and gold-bordered shawl over white clothing, with pink and white flower garlands and a gold chain, presses his fingers to the forehead of a younger man in a white shirt who wears a brown rudraksha mala. A small brass bowl, vase of flowers and a pink-draped table sit behind them, with a fan and wood-panelled wall in the background. The second man is a devotee receiving the blessing.2006-04-23Two people stand before a dark red velvet curtain in a photograph taken at an indoor event. On the left, a woman in a cream and pale-gold sari holds a small white object near her mouth, with rudraksha mala beads around her neck, a gold bangle, and white tripundra markings with a red dot on her forehead. On the right, a man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a white shawl wears rudraksha malas and dark rudraksha armbands, with white tripundra and body markings and a red bindi.2013-11-10February 08 20122012-02-08A photograph of a seated man in a maroon-brown shawl and a long dark rudraksha mala with his hair tied in a topknot, holding an incense stick and gesturing toward a bald, grey-haired man in a white kurta wearing a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch, who has his palms pressed together as the incense is offered near his face. A small golden deity murti and a potted plant sit on a table in front of a beige wall with a window and a red cushioned chair at left.2011-08-31February 08 20122012-02-08A young man with short brown hair and a small red tilak on his forehead stands reading a sheaf of white papers while holding a pen in his right hand. He wears a plain white T-shirt, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and an orange shawl printed with dark script over one shoulder. In the right foreground a second person with a dark ponytail tied with a red scrunchie is partly visible, turned away from the camera. The setting is an indoor hall with a blurred pale wall and wooden panelling. No one in the frame is clearly identifiable as a person, so no appearance-based identification is made.2016-02-08