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A photograph of a ritual blessing at a temple-style gathering. In the foreground a bare-shouldered figure with long dark hair, wearing a large garland of white, yellow, purple and orange flowers and beaded bronze-brown bracelets, places both hands on the head of a seated devotee in a red top with hands joined in prayer. Behind them a man in a white dhoti with a gold border and rudraksha mala stands with arms at his sides, and other white-clad attendants and onlookers are visible. Gold-colored ceremonial objects and orange and yellow floral decorations fill the background. The scene shows a head blessing rite.2016-10-09Close photograph of a devotee with short curly dark hair and a white garment being blessed by a priest whose hand rests on the top of his head, while another person's palms are pressed together in namaskar at the right edge. The priest wears several orange and red beaded bracelets and a plain gold ring. The background is soft and blurred with warm red and orange tones. Visible action is a pad-puja style blessing. The image carries a copyright and source caption in the lower right corner.2012-01-08August 23 20172017-08-23October 12 20162016-10-12A photograph of a devotee with folded palms, wearing a cream kurta and a dark rudraksha mala, receiving a blessing as another person places a hand on his forehead. The blessing giver wears a saffron-orange garment and a garland of red and green flowers over the shoulders. Another partially visible figure stands behind the devotee against a dark background.2009-11-21A close photograph of a man in a white shirt with short black hair and a moustache, receiving a blessing as a hand in a saffron-orange sleeve presses on his forehead. Behind him stands a figure in orange clothing with a rudraksha mala, and a second figure with long dark matted hair decorated with pink flower petals and a headdress of green foliage and yellow fruit. A red-and-white patterned garland lies across the lower right. Another orange-clad figure is partly visible at the top, and a hand holds a fruit at the left edge. The setting appears to be a ritual blessing or puja.2017-02-02February 02 20172017-02-02September 30 20132013-09-30April 20 20182018-04-20March 04 20182018-03-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a Nayana Deeksha-style blessing. A bare-chested man with long swept-back hair, a gold necklace of ornate bead ornaments, rudraksha-style beads and a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap stands at left, pressing his palm to the forehead of a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a moustache, whose arms are raised. The blessed man's other palm is open upward. Behind them a seated woman in a white top and another in a patterned orange top watch. A small paper slip is held in the officiant's hand, and a gold deity murti or ornament sits at lower left. The officiant is probable Swamiji, with long hair, a saffron wrap, gold neck ornaments and a sandal-marked forehead.2014-01-04September 16 20122012-09-16