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December 02 2013

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A seated man with long dark hair tied in a bun wears a rust-red draped garment with gold border and a long braided white garland with a rudraksha-style mala at his neck. He reaches forward, placing his palm on the crown of a short-haired man in a white kurta with a dark beaded mala, who holds his hands together in a respectful gesture. A wooden staff with a carved top stands between them. Behind are a golden kalasha-like object, dark wall panels and a woman in white with green plants at the right edge. The seated man matches the page's described appearance cues (long swept hair, rudraksha-style mala, ceremonial garland) and is presumed to be a person, though this is an appearance-based inference only.2013-12-02December 03 20132013-12-03December 03 20132013-12-03July 14 20142014-07-14December 03 20132013-12-03December 02 20132013-12-02A photograph of two men in a close one-on-one blessing. On the left, a man with long dark hair tied back wears a rust-red shawl over a gold-bordered garment and has a yellow sandalwood mark on his forehead; he is seated, raising his right hand palm-out while his other hand rests on the crown of the head of a bald man on the right. The bald man wears a white kurta with a rudraksha-style mala at his neck and bows forward with his eyes closed, hands pressed together at the top of his head. A gold bangle is visible on the blessing man's wrist, and a red cushioned seat and gold ornament are visible at the edges. The setting is a warm-toned room with wooden doors and a red banner behind. Appearance-based label: a person for the man in the rust-red shawl, shown in person giving a blessing to a devotee.2014-01-13A photograph of a seated man in a white dhoti-style wrap with a red-and-gold border, wearing multiple rudraksha mala necklaces and beaded bracelets, with hair tied in a bun and a white forehead mark. He smiles as his arms are raised toward a devotee in a green-and-white striped polo shirt with a purple cord, who holds both palms toward the seated man's forehead in a blessing gesture. Both sit before an ornate gold-framed throne with red and maroon cushions and draped dark red fabric in the background. The seated figure is an appearance-based a person, given the rudraksha malas, bun, and white wrap, seated on a throne in a blessing exchange. The devotee in green and white stands in front, receiving the blessing.2012-04-15A long-haired man with a white vertical tilak on his forehead, wearing a rust-red shawl over a bare shoulder and a gold-coloured chain, extends his right arm to press his palm onto the crown of a short-haired man in a white collared shirt with a rudraksha mala. The younger man holds his right palm up in a gesture of reception and bows his head. A golden figure stands in the background against cream wall panels. The appearance of the figure in red suggests a person giving blessing, while the bowing man is a devotee receiving blessing in a blessing gesture, possibly during satsang or darshan.2013-12-03A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes with a gold ceremonial necklace and a bare upper torso, smiling as he places his right hand on the forehead of a short-haired young man in white kurta and orange shawl. Behind them stand a tall silver-capped staff, gold-coloured ornamental lion-head and throne elements, and golden draped curtains. A peacock-feather fan appears at the left edge. Two physical people are visible.2014-07-14May 12 20142014-05-12A photograph of a seated man with short dark hair, a red-orange headband with gold embroidery, a red-orange robe, and a long beaded necklace, extending his right hand to press his palm onto the forehead of an older bearded man in a white kurta and red-orange shawl. A tall silver ceremonial staff and a peacock-feather fan stand behind them, with a gold lion-headed seat ornament at lower left. A woman in a red-orange shawl stands in the background. a person is seated, blessing the devotee in a ceremonial darshan setting, with the distinctive saffron-orange robe, headband and ceremonial necklace cues present.2014-05-05