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July 11 20102010-07-11Close photograph of a seated man with eyes closed and head slightly raised, receiving a white ash or sandalwood paste mark across his forehead and neck. A second person in an orange garment reaches in from the right and presses fingers to his brow, during what appears to be a blessing or anointing. The man wears a white kurta and a rudraksha mala of brown beads around his neck. Behind them are white and orange fabric surfaces. Two people are visible.2010-07-28March 04 20172017-03-04July 11 20102010-07-11Close side-profile photograph of a man with short dark hair and a white shirt, eyes closed, having his forehead touched by another person's extended fingers at the brow centre. Behind him are blurred seated attendees and a bright red garment at the right edge. The setting appears to be an indoor hall, consistent with a satsang or initiation-style transmission.2010-12-02January 02 20162016-01-02July 11 20102010-07-11Close photograph of a man in a white collared shirt with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, eyes closed and smiling, receiving a blessing as a hand presses on his forehead from the left while his own right hand is raised palm-outward. Blurred figures in white clothing stand in the background against dark red drapery.2011-12-03A young man with short dark wavy hair stands with his eyes closed while another person's hand rests on his forehead between the brows, a blessing or diksha-style touch. He wears a white shirt with a dark rudraksha mala beaded necklace and a small pendant. Behind him a younger boy in a white collared shirt looks on, and a partially visible person in white stands at the right edge with dark hair in the foreground. The background is a plain grey wall.2010-08-08Close-up photo of a short-haired man in a white shirt with eyes closed and a small red tilak mark on his forehead, while a hand rests on his head in a blessing gesture. An orange background fills the frame, and another bald man with a red vertical mark on his forehead is partly visible at the right edge.2010-08-05March 03 20172017-03-03A photograph from a person Spurana convention in India. In the foreground, a figure with long dark wavy hair and a white garment stands with their back partly to the camera and reaches out to touch the forehead of a young man kneeling in white clothes with hands pressed in anjali. The young man wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant, and has a vibhuti or kumkum mark on his brow. Behind them, several men in white dress stand with hands folded at the chest, one wearing a rudraksha mala, and one wearing an orange shawl. The scene suggests a blessing or initiation moment during satsang.2006-07-30