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September 28 20132013-09-28September 29 20132013-09-29A seated man with long swept-back hair, a white vibhuti marking on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and orange-saffron cloth sits on a gold-framed throne in a temple-like hall. Facing him, a bearded man in a white kurta raises both hands in a blessing or pranam gesture toward the seated man's head. Behind them, a deity murti is decorated with red flower garlands and a purple cloth, with red drapery and gold pillars. A standing man in white dhoti and shirt watches at right. The seated man's distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala make him a probable Swamiji in person.2013-09-28September 28 20132013-09-28A seated man in an orange-and-saffron shawl with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead raises his right hand to bless a balding, white-moustached man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala who stands before him with both hands raised. The seated man has long swept-back hair and sits behind a large gold lion-headed carved armrest or throne. Behind them, a standing man in a red shirt, a woman in a white sari with an orange garland, and other people watch in a hall with a red curtain, a wall fan and a framed seascape picture. The seated figure is an appearance-based probable Swamiji (probable), with long hair, orange shawl, rudraksha mala and gold throne as cues, seated in a blessing role.2013-09-29A photograph of a seated man in saffron-red robes, bare-shouldered with a draped red-orange shawl, a long swept-back hair style and a sandalwood-paste tilak on his forehead, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded necklace with a gold ornament. He sits on a red-cushioned throne flanked by gold lion-head carvings, and a standing man in a white shirt with an orange-and-white neck cord faces him, both palms raised toward each other in a blessing exchange. A woman in white with a bindi and beaded necklace watches at the right, with a white wall-mounted air conditioner and a red-and-orange lattice screen behind.2014-08-31A seated man with short dark hair and a rudraksha mala-like bead necklace wears an orange-brown wrap and hands out palms in a blessing or energy-transmission gesture toward a young man in a white kurta and sandals-free stance, whose palms are raised facing him. Gold ceremonial items sit in the foreground. Behind them, a seated woman in a rust-coloured sari wears a beaded necklace, and several people in white kurtas and dark clothing stand in a plain room with a pedestal fan and a red floor mat.2013-11-05March 17 20142014-03-17A photograph of a ritual blessing in an indoor hall. A figure in a saffron-orange dhoti with a long rudraksha mala and white vibhuti marks on the forehead extends a hand to touch the head of a man in a white kurta, who stands with palms raised in a gesture of reception; a visitor badge hangs from his shirt. Behind them a woman in orange sits holding a rudraksha mala, and men in white shirts and grey trousers stand watching. In the foreground a gold ceremonial object is visible, and red draping and garlands frame the scene.2013-09-28September 28 20132013-09-28A man with a bun, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti-style garment and a long brown rudraksha mala, stands at left with his right hand raised in blessing, touching the forehead of a young man in a white collared shirt with rolled sleeves. Behind them a woman in a white sari with an orange border and a red-and-gold bangle-decorated arm stands near a red curtain, and several men in casual shirts watch. A gold ceremonial object is visible at lower left. Indoors, with a white wall and tiled floor.2013-09-30September 29 20132013-09-29