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January 03 2012

A photo of a small room with pale walls where children and young people gather around a seated woman in a red-orange head wrap and ochre-and-red robes with a gold border, who applies a vertical white mark to a boy's forehead with her fingers. Her neck wears layered rudraksha-style beads. Beside her a bald man in red-gold robes, a rust-coloured bead necklace and bangles, stands watching. A young man in a checked shirt and a boy in a white shirt stand nearby, and a woman in a green top sits at a table behind. Plastic chairs and a white table fill the background.

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November 14 2010

A photograph of a dim indoor gathering where a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe and matching turban-like head cloth kneels and presses both palms to the forehead of a seated devotee in white clothes with rudraksha beads. He holds a leaf plate of sweets in his other hand on the left side. Around them, men in white kurtas and shirts, one in a light blue shirt with a pen, stand and watch, with a pedestal fan visible at left and a woman in a purple top in the foreground. The appearance of the orange-robed man is not distinctive enough to confirm the page's identity claim, so he is described by role only as a priest giving a blessing.

A seated man with a shaved-looking, swept-back dark hairstyle and bare chest wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and a gold necklace with a rudraksha-style bead strand. He smiles while touching the forehead of a young man in a white-and-navy striped top, who stands with palms pressed together and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Behind them hangs a red fabric backdrop; to the left, a man in an orange kurta stands and another person in white is partly visible. The scene suggests a blessing or darshan moment.

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October 20 2010

A photograph of a crowded indoor corridor with pale yellow walls and a wooden door frame at left. A seated figure in the foreground wears a beaded bead garland and a pink flower garland, hands raised to the face. Nearby, a bald man in an orange saffron cloth and rudraksha mala stands, while a man in white shirt and dark-rimmed glasses gestures. Several men in striped and white shirts crowd around; one in a white shirt holds an orange garland with a red and blue sash. A uniformed police officer stands at upper right. The people are surrounded by a press of onlookers in the narrow hallway.

December 12 2009

A photograph of an indoor sarva darshan blessing in a hall with a warm-lit backdrop. On the right, a person in a blue sari-style garment with gold-coloured bangles, layered beaded gold necklaces and a red tilak on the forehead extends a hand to bless the head of a kneeling devotee in a white shirt with hands pressed together in prayer. Other people in white shirts stand around, with a bald man in the right foreground. Behind them a large framed portrait shows a figure with long hair and an orange turban-like crown and saffron clothing.

July 20 2010

A bare-chested priest in a green and gold striped dhoti-shawl, with a gold chain and hair tied in a bun, applies a mark to the forehead of a man in a striped checked shirt. Other devotees in white shirts and plaid clothing stand with hands pressed together in respect. A large framed portrait with a golden halo hangs in the background beside hanging floral decorations, and a priest in saffron robes stands at the right holding a tray. The setting is an indoor hall.