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June 14 2013

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November 27 20112011-11-27July 15 20132013-07-15July 26 20152015-07-26A 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.2015-07-26A photograph of a devotional blessing in an indoor hall with pale yellow walls. In the foreground, a woman in an orange-red sari with a gold border and white flower garland, wearing a red beaded headband and gold earrings, presses her hand on the head of a man in a turquoise and white striped polo shirt with a rudraksha-style mala and red thread on his wrist. White sandalwood or vibhuti lines mark her upper arm. Beside them, a young man in a light blue shirt watches, and other devotees with folded hands stand in the background.2012-05-19September 12 20132013-09-12A 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.2011-10-28A photograph inside a large hall with white tiled floor and red curtains, where a robed figure in orange-brown saffron cloth with a gold waist band and a long rudraksha-style bead mala places his right hand on the head of a man in a white polo shirt. The figure has long dark hair tied up, gold earrings, bangles and a forearm band, and a ceremonial gold necklace. A man in a white shirt on the left stands with palms pressed together in namaste, and another man in a white shirt with a blue collar and a man in a checked shirt stand nearby in a line of devotees behind chrome stanchions. Several people in white clothes stand in the background near a stage with a deity image and a yellow arrangement.2013-09-05 +1 copiesJune 24 20122012-06-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a long-haired woman seen from behind in an orange-and-saffron garment with a rudraksha mala, her right arm extended and palm pressed to the forehead of a young man in a striped collared shirt with a red name badge. He stands with his hands raised in front of him, eyes closed in an intent, receptive posture. Behind them seated figures in white and cream clothing, one older man with a tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala, watch the exchange against a pink wall and red drapes, with a fan and a blurred crowd in the background.2013-07-04September 25 20132013-09-25A photograph of a devotional blessing at an indoor event. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala and a gold-toned necklace stands center, smiling, with his palm raised above the head of a young man in a blue shirt who has his hands pressed together in namaskar. Beside him, a bare-headed priest in an orange-and-gold shawl with a red tilak and gold necklace stands near the line. An older man in white on the left also folds his hands in prayer. Several other people in white and light clothing stand in the background, with a yellow-and-blue banner visible at the top. The central figure has long swept-back hair and distinctive saffron robes and mala, consistent with Swamiji (probable) performing a blessing as a sannyasi.2011-02-28 +1 copies