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January 13 2018

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Close side-profile photograph of a smiling man with short dark hair and a light stripe of sacred ash across his forehead, his eyes looking to the right. A hand with a red thread bracelet is raised to his brow, apparently applying or blessing the forehead mark, while a blurred orange garment and a pale rope barrier fill the foreground and left edge. The background is a pale grey wall. No identifiable a person candidate is visible, only a devotee receiving a forehead blessing.2018-01-13August 23 20172017-08-23March 04 20182018-03-04 +1 copiesSeptember 17 20122012-09-17A photograph of a shakti initiation at an ashram event. A man with short dark hair and a vertical sandalwood or vibhuti mark on his forehead sits with eyes closed and hands pressed together in prayer. A hand rests on the crown of his head, a ritual blessing gesture. Beside him a woman in orange clothing with a dark beaded mala and a dangling earring is visible at the right edge. Blurred orange and cream fabric fills the background. A corner logo appears at upper left.2018-04-19A kneeling young man in a white shirt bows his head while a hand in orange-clad sleeve rests on his hair in blessing. Behind him a standing man with white horizontal tilaka stripes on his forehead and arms wears a white dhoti and holds his hands together. Behind them a crowd of people in orange and saffron robes stand with palms pressed together. A small brass oil lamp sits on a stone platform at right, with a red bracelet on the blessing wrist. The setting is an evening temple hall with lights in the background.2017-02-23March 27 20182018-03-27 +2 copiesA photograph of a ritual blessing. A bald man with closed eyes and a white zip-up jacket over a white shirt, wearing a rudraksha mala and a red cloth, has a red mark applied to his forehead. A figure in an orange saffron robe stands behind him, one hand on the crown of his head and the other applying the mark between his brows. A second person stands blurred in the background.2009-12-08A close side-profile photograph of a man with short dark hair and a moustache, wearing a white collared shirt, with his right hand raised to his head. He has a white forehead marking and a red tilak mark between his brows. Behind him hang orange and red draped cloths. A man partly visible at the left edge and another at the right edge are also in frame.2010-08-02 +1 copiesMay 16 20162016-05-16A close profile photograph of a bearded young man with short dark wavy hair, eyes closed, receiving a forehead blessing. A hand with several red and gold beaded bracelets presses a finger to his brow, while another hand is raised near the left edge. He wears beige clothing and a dark rudraksha mala at his neck. A blurred figure in orange-red robes stands in the background. The man is not clearly identifiable as a person from his appearance, so his identity is left unsure.2017-07-26April 22 20182018-04-22