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January 08 2012

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Outdoor evening darshan at an open-air ashram venue lit by string lights. A long-haired man in a saffron-yellow wrap and red-and-white beaded rudraksha-style mala stands at a red-draped table with fruit and flower garlands, placing his hand on the head of a seated devotee. Women in saffron and maroon saris, one with a gold necklace, and other devotees wait nearby, with loudspeakers, railings and a camera on a tripod behind them. Several white-clad attendees stand in the background.

A seated figure in a rust-red and gold-bordered garment, wearing a large garland of white jasmine and red flowers with green leaves, extends a hand to bless a devotee's head. The blessed person bows forward, and another woman in a rust shawl with a beaded necklace stands beside them with folded hands. Around them, a crowd of devotees in white and saffron-bordered clothes fills an indoor hall with a fan and a cooler in the background, and a red curtain hangs at right. The blessing appears to be a darshan-style gesture. The seated figure's appearance does not clearly establish identity, so the role is described without naming.

Indoor satsang scene. A long-haired man in orange-brown robes with a red flower garland sits on a dark red chair, his right hand extended to rest on the head of a young boy in a black T-shirt with yellow trim, who holds his palms together in front of him. Behind them, women in orange saris with yellow borders and rudraksha malas sit or stand, one in a white sari with a gold necklace. A tray of sweets sits at lower left, a folded orange towel on the armrest, and an air conditioner is mounted on the wall. Several people are visible, including a girl in white at right.

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A photo of a seated figure in an orange-red turban and saffron robes, wearing a white flower garland, a rudraksha mala and bead bracelets, extending his right hand in blessing toward a devotee's head. A woman in a maroon saree with a red bindi stands beside him holding a small sheet of paper. Devotees in white and orange clothes crowd behind a white curtain; a golden ornate object is in the lower left foreground. A printed banner on a pole is visible in the background.

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A photograph of a man in saffron-orange robes blessing a young girl by placing his right hand on her head. The man has long, swept-back dark hair, a white tripundra mark with a red bindi on his forehead, and wears rudraksha malas in red-brown beads and ornate silver-and-gold beaded necklaces. A gold earring is visible. The girl has her hair in a bun, wears a purple earring and a light teal top, and bows her head. Behind them stand other devotees, including a man with a red forehead mark and a bald man in orange at the right edge, in an ashram hall with yellow walls and a round wall clock. Several people are visible. Swamiji (probable): the man's long swept-back hair, saffron robes, rudraksha malas and ceremonial silver-and-gold necklaces match the page's Swamiji reference, and he is performing the blessing.

A seated figure in an orange-brown robe with long swept-back hair, a red and gold beaded garland and gold bead necklaces places a hand on the head of a balding older man in a white shirt and orange shawl, who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Women in saffron and white saris sit and stand around them, some with orange and gold shawls, with a tray of sweets at lower left.

A photograph inside a hall at a satsang. A man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark and an orange dhoti with gold border, wearing layered beaded necklaces, stands smiling and extends one hand over the head of a kneeling devotee in a pink striped shirt with palms pressed together. The kneeling man wears an orange-beaded mala. Other devotees in orange and white stand behind, and a bald man in orange cloth is at the right edge. Red cloth and offerings are on a table in the lower right, with warm ceiling lights and a white screen behind.

A photograph of a long-haired man in orange robes and heavy gold necklaces placing both hands on the head of a seated boy in a white shirt during a blessing. Beside him a woman in a pink and blue sari with jasmine in her hair holds one hand out palm-up, and a shaven-headed man in orange with rudraksha mala on the right touches his own forehead. The background is a green forest backdrop and white wall. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), a long-haired figure with ornate gold necklaces and orange clothing, giving blessings as the central figure.