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March 28 2018

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A photograph of two men in a warm embrace in a storage area beside stacked timber planks and stone blocks. The man on the left has long, dark, matted locks with a red flower tucked above his forehead, a full beard, white ash marks on his forehead, and a bare chest draped with an orange-saffron cloth. He is smiling with eyes closed. The man on the right, partly visible, has his arms around him and wears an orange garment. Behind them are a yellow sack, an orange cloth draped over wood and blue material on the left. Two people are visible, and the scene shows an affectionate greeting.2018-05-05A photograph of a bearded man with long dark dreadlocks, a small red flower in his hair, and a bare upper torso draped in a rust-red cloth, embracing a second man from behind who rests his head against his chest. They sit amid stacked wooden planks and timber in a workshop, with a bright orange cloth and plastic containers behind them. The bearded man's eyes are closed and he smiles warmly.2018-05-05May 05 20182018-05-05Close photo of a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair, bare-chested under a saffron-orange shawl draped over his shoulder, wearing a dense rudraksha mala, smiling with eyes closed while facing a woman seen from behind with braided hair and a white garment with a rudraksha necklace. Behind them, out-of-focus seated devotees, one with a red-orange tilak on his forehead, and a red cloth and white backdrop suggest a ceremonial hall. Appearance-based label: a person, for the dreadlocked man with saffron shawl and rudraksha mala, seen in person during a darshan-style exchange.2018-04-13May 11 20162016-05-11A photograph of a blessing moment on a stage. A man in a rust-orange garment with rudraksha beads and a long swept-back hairstyle, with horizontal white ash stripes and a red mark on his forehead, rests his right hand on the head of a kneeling devotee with short grey hair who bows forward, wearing an orange shawl and rudraksha mala. A large silver ornamental figure stands behind them against a dark red curtain. The exchange appears to be a blessing. The bearded man matches the appearance cues described for a person, so this is a probable identification with an uncertain appearance-based label.2018-04-04 +1 copiesA bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and white forehead markings places a red-orange shawl over the head of a seated man with short dark hair and rudraksha beads. Behind them, several people in white and orange-red garments stand in a warm-lit hall, and a golden statue head appears at the lower right. The scene resembles a ceremonial initiation or blessing.2017-06-24May 17 20182018-05-17 +1 copiesJune 24 20172017-06-24Two sannyasis in saffron-orange robes embrace in a hall with large blurred photographic prints of fiery imagery behind them. The man in front has short dark hair, a light beard and a gold bangle, with rudraksha beads on his wrist, and his arms are wrapped around the other man. Beside them, a sannyasi with long dreadlocked hair wound up on his head wears white vertical tilak marks, a rudraksha mala and a silver chain, and looks down. Additional people are blurred in the background.2019-01-01A photograph of a long-haired man in a saffron-orange shawl wrapped over bare shoulders, wearing a multi-strand rudraksha mala with large dark beads, and a white tilak on his forehead, smiling and turned toward a person seated in front of him. That person, seen from behind with thick dreadlocked hair wrapped in a white cloth, sits closer to the camera. A blurred figure in a blue garment stands behind, with a gilded chair edge at left. a person: the long dreadlocks, saffron wrap and rudraksha mala are visible cues. The man is seated and engaged in conversation or blessing with a devotee.2018-04-13 +1 copiesApril 13 20182018-04-13 +1 copies